BACHELOR MEALS

Ashburton Guardian, Volume XLV, Issue 10169, 26 July 1924, Page 5

BACHELOR MEALS

COURSE OF COOKING FOR SINGLE FOLK.

A course of lessons in cookery for single men and. women is something quite new in polytechnic work (says the ''Morning Post"). It is being instituted for the benefit of young men and women of very small incomes who are living in one or two rooms, with practically no "convenience for cooking, and with little knowledge of how they can cater for themselves. The Department of Hygiene and Public Health will give instruction'in the preparation of simple appetising and nourishing meals at little cost and labour. Many young people, especially girls, break down in health because they do not know how to feed themselves properly. They have m their rooms few conveniences for cooking, arid are too frequently content with tinned food or the übiquitous boiled egg It is the object of this course to show how appetising meals can be cooked on a single gas ring or a smaM oil stove. The syllabus will be an explanation of the necessity for mixed and well-balanced diets, with emphasis on the importance of well-planned and well-cooked meals, if indigestion and ill-health are to be avoided. The preparation of inexpensive dishes will be taught with regard to economy of fuel and"utensils, digestibility, variety and daintiness. How a meal may be cooked for three-farthings will be explained. The course is of 10 lessons, from 7 to 9.30 p.m. on Tuesdays, at a fee ot ss.