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Star (Christchurch), Issue 6186, 14 March 1888, Page 4

Insurance Companies. THB COLONIAL INSUBANCE COMPANY OP NEW ZEALAND. CAPITAL ... TT •••-* 2 » 0W »«t Effects every description of Fire and Marine Insurance at Lowest Current Batea. Being ft purely local institution olains axe Bottled with promptitude. cyl , r & GBAHAMf Managers fer Canterbury, 131, Lichfield street, Christohnroh, Agents wanted in unrepresented districts. 9178' The Nobwioh Union J?im Insubancb Sootett. HEAD OFFICE — NORWICH, ENGLAND, fiSTADIISHMD ... .., .., 1797 Ahoubt Ihbubbd „, 4200,000,000 LobsssPaid ... 44,500,00 Ola ma rattled with liberality and promptitude J. M, HETWOOD ft CO., OATHEDBAL SQUABE, CHBISTOHUBOH, Asenta for Canterbury, 817 THB EQUITABLE INSUBANCB ASSOCIATION OS NEW ZEALAND. CAPITAL— £I,OOO,OOO. INDUSTBIAL BRANCH. 1. Persons of both sexes admitted bom one month up to cixtyy ears of age from one penny par week and upwards. 2. Children may join to receive certain stuns at fourteen or twenty-one years of age. 3. a gents call at members' boufea to receive premiums. GEO. STBINGEB, Manager. Funerals. 1.0.0.P., \][^|ll|p Ml^' I VY» Xjangfobd, FURNISHING UNDERTAKES, Furnishes Funerals at the Lowest Charge?, And at Shortest Notice. Country Orders reoeiye prompt attention. Please note the address— Corner North and East Belt; or. Office, 133, Colombo street, Christohnrch. Business Notices. D. Macmillan, HOUSE DECOR ATOS, Has REMOVED from Colombo street, to 133, Manchester street, (Almost opposite Barrett's Hotel.) 9881 J. R. KING & CO., (late W. A. Brown and Co,), Lichfield Street, THE POPULAIi SALE YARDS. JR. KING & CD. beg to inform the Farmers • of Canterbury and the General Public that they have taken those Old-established and Popular Saleyords for many years carried on by W. A. Brown and Co. The position of the Yards is snch that they commend a ready access from. Cashe], Colombo and Lichfield streets. Situated as they are in the centre of this Block, bounded by these streets and Hi«jh street, the commanding position of theae Yards, and the convenience they possess for doing an extensive bueine'B, coupled with this fact, that J. R. KING & CO. have a wide acquaintance mth farmers and thbir requirements, justifies us in respeotfully soliciting an increasing continuance of the favours so liberally bestowed in times past on these well-known Yards J.E.KING & CO. sell all kinds of Live Stock, Produce, Merchandise, Vehicles and Agricultural Machinery every Saturday. Periodical Sales of Grain, Wool, and Dairy Produce. Every kind of Land Business transacted. Town and Coantry Sales, when required. Loans negotiated. Cash advances muds on Stock or Produce for absolute sale. Main entrance to Yardß for Carts, Liohfleld and Cashel streets. 9883 The Art of Cookery » . Is one of the most useful accomplishments that can be studied, and ifc is to be regretted that the British people, as a rule, are sadly behind cur Continental brethren in the concoction of savoury dishes. Whether modern accomplishments are thought to ba of more worth, or that an Englishman's proverbial good appetite requires less tempting delicacies than his Continental neighbours, the fact still remains that there is room for great improvement in the subtle art of cookery. It follows that in these English Colonies we have little but English ideas and customs to fall back upon, and without the bracing climate of England to give a zest to our gasfcronomical system, there remains a discrepancy that should be adjusted by extra finesse in the preparation of food. It is a well-known fact that our French brethren will produce wholesome and savoury dishes out of ingredients that most English people would consign to the waste repository, and scorn the idea of utilising, but it must not be supposed that such results are obtained without a little trouble and patience, combined with a practical knowledge of the mysteries of the cuisine. The preparation of coffee, for instance, in which the French excel, doubly pays for the little extra care taken in the preparation thereof, and if made in the following simple manner will be found a most delightful beverage : — To one pint of boiling water add one pint of new milk, and three teaspoonfuls of Taylor ahp Papps' fresh roasted coffee; boil gently for three minutes, and serve; add sugar according to taste. It is impossible to produce good Coffee from an inferior article, therefore see that you get Taylor and Papps' best Coffee at Is 4d per lb. Amongst the many good things our Creator has provided for our delectation here below there is nothing so appreciated as a good cup of Tea. Its refreshing and invigorating qualities are acknowledged by all, in fact, the almost total absence of fevers amongst the lower class of tho Chinese, even when living in the neighbourhood of low-lying rivers and pestilential swampa with which China abounds, in a great measure is owing to the quantity of Tea with which they regale themselves. There is no after ill effects from tea drinking, even if taken in excess, provided it is obtained pure and unadulterated; but like many other things, it is often spoilt in its preparation by not allowing sufficient time to emit the full strength of the leaf. The great variety of Teas are too numerous to particularise here, but for the present we will simply diride them into two classes, viz. : First, plain or all China Tea ; and, second, that when mixed with other Teas of an opposite nature called "Blended Tea." The worl blended is no new name, as some would hive us believe, neither is tea blending a new art ; the only difference is that new countries have of late years undertaken tie cultivation of the tea plant, and we have a larger variety of Teas to select from. More time should be given for Blended Teas to infuse, for ifc is only reasonable that where several Teas of an opposite nature are mixed together, it requires more time to exude its full complement of natural vitality than another of only one quality, and the absence of one essential point woiild naturally deteriorate the effect of the whole. The same care is not so much necessary in brewing of the ordinary China Tea, for where a diversity of qualities does not exist, the result of proper or faulty mating is simply a matter of strength. Tea made with our beautiful artesian water takes rather longer to brew than when mad? with rain or soft water, but to remedy this, and to extract hastily the qualities of the Tea- leaf, a very old expedient iff sometimes resorted to by inexperienced grocers, viz., that of mixing a small portion of carbonate of soda with the Tea when blend* ing, but it is a practice universally condemned by those of more experience, as it totally destroys its natural brisk piquancy, giving a fictitious strength to the first cup, and leaving the remainder virtually uselessi • - ! The teas sold by Taylor and Papps are guaranteed pure and free from any adulteration whatever. The fact of having held a subordinate position in a large concern at Home is often quoted by thoße commencing business as being a decided commercial advantage to those so fortunate. H; may be bo, no doubt, in some casa's, although it is questionable whether there is Very much virtue in borrowed j plumes; bt^|i of one thing we are certain, that tea blending cannot be learnt by theory or imitation, but only by a thorough knowledge W &*e merits of the different classes of te&, which can only be acquired by patient study and practical experience. Taylor and Pai»ss have had many years of such\experience ih N the blending of teas, which \they have evidently made good use i of if thaamountof favo&P withwhioh.their teaß are received may betaken as a on- j 3 tenon. " \ '