Hawke's Bay Herald. SATURDAY, JULY 27, 1895. THE GOTHICS CHILLED BEEF.

Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXX, Issue 10058, 27 July 1895, Page 2

Hawke's Bay Herald. SATURDAY, JULY 27, 1895. THE GOTHICS CHILLED BEEF.

FULt, dabails by mail are now 60 hand of the Gothio'o shipment of chilled beef, and they fully boar out tho cabled reports oj the success of the cxpeilmcot'. One correspondent writes that) n<3 tho bsef was landed, sling by sUn R> each lot proved to bo In splendid condltiou, of bright color, and without the slightest symptom of mould or taint. A test wan at onco made by porforatiou, when it v/aa ascertained that boyoml a Blight harduoos jus!) ou tho surface the meat woo soft everywherei find fhowed no i.lgnn or being frozen or lmvin K been fronon. Tho quality of tho of thn buef wnn also pronounced by the oxpertß to bij "(irat rate," Iv short, thu

axperimenl; seemed iv all respixts sue- ' -eesful, and a cocslderab'e portion of the hipment was sold at 6J--1 perlb before the vessel nrriyod in ('.oak, Al] the shipment •lid not tarn nab equally well, That was not duo to the chining, or any failure in the machinery, but because some of the meat was of inferior quality, and should never have been shipped, but even that averaged 5Jd, It appears that the beef was slightly frozen on the outside. During the greater portion of the voyage the temperature was maintained at 28deg, bub after leaving Tenerlffa Mr Prentice, the engineer in charge, thought It Bafer to lower the temperature. "ft was a case of skirting the edge of a precipice and seeing how neßr you conld go safely. Ho thought he hod gone aa close to the edge of danger na was wise to venture, and bo he carried the meat the rest of the way In a greater decree of cold. 11 It was only a mere orust on the surface that was frozen, as skewers conld be thrust through it with ease, and inside the beef was quite aolt and juicy. No doubt this somewhat told againsb the beef, bub i It still brought an average of over 2d pet lb more than the best Queensland beef, even when treated by the new " defrosbing " proeaso, and only a little below the beab American chilled beef. One gentleman very much interested in the expetj. toent was delighted at the appearance of the beef when cut up, but determined to get quite a disinterested opinion on it. So he had a piece of rurapeteak cut off, and book ib to be cooked. This is bis report? :— " The cook looked at it. ' This la American chilled beef,' he said, ' I can tell ib at nnce. It's first-rate beef, bnt It won't be fit to cook for a day or two. It wants just) a little more thawing. You see there are little bits of Ice here and thero. There always are with that American chilled beef. 1 So you see that very experienced cook, without having the leasb notion of what I was np to, entirely confirmed my judgment, So I contend lb is a fact that the experiment has proved an entire success, and that the shipping of chilled beef from Now Zealand to London is no longer an experiment at all, but as | accomplished facb. Next time, nodoubb, they'll go a little nearer the edge before thoy lower the temperatnre, but whether or not, they are warrpnted in Btating this shipment to have been completely successful."