DUNEDIN SAUSAGES.

Patea Mail, Volume IX, Issue 1099, 15 October 1883, Page 3

DUNEDIN SAUSAGES.

— During the hearing of the case, against Ann Stohr at the Dunedin Police -Conrt the other day all the mysteries in connection with the manufacture of sausages, so far as Dunedin bntchers are concerned, were fully explained by several witnesses in the small goods line. It appears that when the meat is minced np it loses its colour to a certain extent, and on being allowed to stand for some lime it gradually assumes a blackish tint. To prevent this discolouration the manufacturers are in the habit of nsing what is known to the trade as Armenian hole, an earthy material of red colour, containing oxide of

iron. It however, sometimes happens mdhnt the supply of this very useful runs short. The butchers thus reduced too an extremity fall back on the painters, who supply them with an article very like the genuine Armenian bole. This contains those deleterious substances, oxide of iron and oxide of lead, which are, even when taken in small quantities, injurious to health. The genuine Armenian bole is something like the raddle used for marking sheep, and very similar to the red hematite paint used for building purposes. As has already been stated, it is used for colouring. But besides the ordinary seasoning materials, broad is also occasionally mixed with the minced meat. The whole composition is then forced into skins, and smoked and dried. This constitutes the average saveloy, which is then sent forth and displayed in tempting guise in the shop windows before the gaze of the British public.