DRIED VEGETABLES.

Southland Times, Issue 3417, 3 June 1879, Page 2

DRIED VEGETABLES.

T /.' 'Ml 'if &.'{'■■?/' /f? "VYe, North British .-lAgncuifiifist,. copy the following irom.^he/ Jpuriuil , ,pf Horticultui e, Visa hiattef of general ihtel-es't'to all who may ; desire to have a supply of fredh /vegetables but of season without resorting to tbpjiisj; of ; ! thdse which are- preserved' byf in -many instances, objectionable and uriwhPlesPmepro.cesses ;—^ We have recently tested some dried vegetables, which have been submitted to us /by Mr;Th'6edpreAlkemakey3 Melrose terrace, Stamford lioad: Tottenham; ■ Who' is ifbw on a Visit to this country flbm^Nordwyk,- Holland. The vegetables have been dried by 'a'process /which has / "open "adopEecT. by" /the/'Alkeinade 'family for upwards of a century, arid they, are iv great repute on. the continent. DurihgHhc drying process '^nothing," says the proprietor jf'ihas; been/addedr to- ;the>. vegetables, and nothing, except water, .taken from "them ; and when cooked they^assqine .their normal color, and, Jto a large extent/ their' flavor." This we 'have -found 1 true;/ / The; vegetables -we '■■ have tried- are' scarlet Tiinners, cut"'ready for cook;ingf; dwarf ikjdnpy, jbeaus' uncut rftnd . broad beans, small seeds;of the Mazagan type. In appearancQ the dried-Tesietables aro uninviting,: being 6mal^^^ .shrivelled, hut afterbeing/sqaked in^^wate^prsix'hpuH'theb' .change; dss marveUp^ ,;the\y .cplpr ; ieturning and their bidk.ihcreasing m. ; a. ! yery;,mai , ked manner. When cooked we were surprised by heir excellence. - - While "hbt;bsihg equal to freshly gathered- vegetablesy- they 'approach them i at more closely than; WQ expected, and sufficiently so to- be- T adceptable as a'change wheu<fresb.yegetahles;6f 'the; same kinds are nbfc obtainable. -The vegetables, such as the cutting of scarlet xunners/ have hitherto been prepared by the hahd[ a necessarily, tedious apd^coniparatiyely^ expensive, ..process, but . $$?ki Q ery is np\y' p^pjpcte)! for their prepara- * tibriy yvliicTi/ will, ho doubt, reduce the cost. Although as yegetabres/Ottt -of season they.are not particularly 'costly now - ,' yet if theyecan be. cheapened they?will almost certainly be in tiaf ge; deniand for;c6risump't3bn.'-bbth Phland and sea; It mayJbii noted that dwarf kidney /b,qans, -popularly termed , Freneh/beansyare not/usually //.sliced" /oh j the , Continent ; but .varieties- such; asrthe Princess are grown, and the pods are cooked whole after the beans are formed -.in. them. ■ The dried specimens are of this kind; and dn/Hthatf account are not, , wp Uunlcylikely^to^e^^