324 SALES OF AUSTRALIAN BEEF AND MUTTON. 
in flavour to the finest Scotch beef, and I think I know the 
reason why, as I shall show another time; but it was tasteful, 
agreeable, and even rich, almost melting in the mouth ; and 
in all respects equal, if not superior, to second rate English 
beef. Gratified beyond measure at the success of my 
effort, I proceeded to deal with the grease that I had scraped 
off the meat. Placing it in the hot dripping-pan, I let it 
gradually melt, and then I poured it into a large yellow 
basin, holding about a pint (which it quite filled), and let 
it cool. The next day, finding that there was about a 
cupful of gravy underneath, I had some Suffolk dumplings 
made to eat with it, and precede the cold joint, and I found 
it rich enough to bear a teaspoonful of hot water. The 
meat was even better cold than hot, and cut cleanly; it 
seemed more consolidated, and to have improved in flavour. 
Congratulating myself upon the result I had achieved, my 
eye fell on the basin of rich, yellow fat I had strained off. 
I know that “ dripping" is regarded as a luxury by the 
family of a working man, for butter is not an article of which 
his children get much. Spreading some, therefore, on a 
slice of toast, I pushed my experiment to the extreme, with 
a happy result. The fat tasted mammy and sweet, and was 
perfectly wholesome, and free from any trace of rancid oil. 
Thus ended my first experiment. I have made others 
since then, but they must be reserved for a future telling. 
By w r ay of conclusion, let me say that nine meals w 7 ere made 
of the meat, w T hich, with firing, flour, puddings, vegetables, 
cost 4 s. lOd. ; from w r hich deduct the value of a pound of 
best dripping, value 6d. This gives the cost of each meal 
as — sixpence. — A. J. Larkins, in Food Journal. 
SALES OE AUSTRALIAN BEEF AND MUTTON. 
On M arch 1 st, the first of a series of sales of Australian meat, 
w 7 hich are to take place on the first Tuesday in each month, 
took place at the Hop and Malt Exchange in Southwark 
Street, under the management of Mr. Tallerman, the agent of 
the Australian Meat Company, who also acted as auctioneer. 
The quantity of meat submitted was 100 tons, consisting 
chiefly of mutton, cured in carcase, hind-quarters, hams, and 
rolls, packed in pure fat, w 7 hich realized 3%d. to 6d. per 
pound ; barrels of sheep's tongues, packed in pure fat, real- 
ised 8 d. per pound; 1000 smoked sheep's tongues realised 
Is. to Is. Id. per dozen ; and 300 smoked ox tongues averaged 
from Is. 1 d. to Is. 2d. each; 60 cases of mutton, in tins 
