1872 Cooling Cups and Dainty Drinks (Mixellany)

Use of Refrigeration. 125 lated by the length of time it remains, or by placing it in direct contact with the ice, or otherwise. To Remove the Iced Beverage from the Re- frigerator. —"Remember, however, on removing the wine, &c, from the refrigerator, to wrap it round with a wet cloth. That the usual mode of exposing liquidwhich has been cooled immediately to the effect of warm air, without such protection, is decidedly un- philosophical and bad in practice, is shown thus :— Immerse a thermometer in cold water, and on taking it out it will be found to sink several degrees; but it will immediately rise to the temperature of the air. Wrap a wet cloth, however, round the bulb of the thermometer, and it will retain its cool state till the cloth dries. It is necessary to use care in selecting an ice-chest or refrigerator, for those badly made only assist in melting, instead of preserving, the ice. Those of the Wenham Lake Ice Company* (who first introduced them into this country in 1845) are both trustworthy and of excellent work- manship. This company has recently introduced an excellent vessel called " The American Double Wall Ice-Water Pitcher/' which is suitable for claret and all kinds of cups and cool beverages. They are in general use in America, and only require to be * 140, Strand, London, W.C.