Chivers selected recipes

Pour a little Aspic Jelly into a mould, arrange in it slices of hard-boiled eggs, then fill the mould with lukewarm Aspic so as not to displace the pieces of egg. Put in a cold place to set, and turn out into the middle of a salad bowl or dish. Arrange the salad with slices of tomato round the jelly, and serve. ORCHARD TO HOME rece ec pce The Orchard Factory of Messrs. Chivers & Sons Ltd. is, as its name implies, actually surrounded by acres and acres of orchards and fruit plantations. For not only do Chivers make the wide range of fruit products mentioned in this booklet, but they grow the fruit as well. The advantages accruing from this are vastly important—it means that Chivers are able to use specially grown and absolutely fresh picked fruit, and further, 1t- means that actual production of Jam, Jellies, etc. is carried on in the fresh pure air of the country, far from the smoke and grime of city life. The story of the development of this great business is an interesting one — full of romance and _ inspiration. Since the early part of the 19th century the Chivers family had been farmers and fruit growers in Histon. Year by year by hard work and enterprise, the acreage was extended until the marketing of the increasing fruit crop became difficult. One day the idea came that it might be worth while making the fruit into jam on the spot where it was grown instead of sending it long journeys by road or rail to London, Bradford, etc., tc be sold for this same purpose. And so in the year 1873 the first boil of Chivers' Jam was made in a small barn still standing in the firm's estates. The venture proved an outstanding success, and in the following year a small factory was erected to meet the local demand for Chivers Jam. This building became the nucleus of the present day factory, for almost every year since then, additional accommodation has had to be made as the products of the firm increased in number and popularity Nowadays Chivers’ estates extenc to over 8,000 acres which constitute: the largest fruit growing concern ir Great Britain, and about 3,000 peopl are employed all the year round This will furnish some idea as to the progress that has been made. In addition to being the first fruit growers to make jam on a commercial scale, Messrs. Chivers are also the pioneers of fruit canning in this country. This was commenced in 1894 and has gradually developed LOSS NO TS PE RS NES SOR SRO into one of the most important sections of the business. All the millions of cans required each fruit season are actually made by the firm—a job which keeps the can-making department busy for the greater part of the year. Visitors to the Orchard Factory, and they come from all parts of the world, invariably express surprise at the extraordinary care and attention to detail, which is characteristic of every department. For example, when the fruit arrives at the factory it is taken to the ‘‘sorting” department where some 800 girls are solely employed in such a close inspection of the fruit that no damaged or unsuitable specimen is allowed to pass to the boiling rooms. Samples of each boiling, etc. are tested in the laboratories to make certain that the required standard of quality is being maintained. In addition to growing fruit and making fruit products, Messrs. Chivers are general farmers on a big scale. Large numbers of pedigree horses, pigs, poultry, etc., are bred each year. The horses work on the farms. In summer the pigs have free range in the orchards and eat up fallen fruit. The poultry destroy insects harmful to the trees and provide the eggs used in Chivers’ Lemon Curd. This association of general farming with ee NE aaa