DANISH FOODS.

Auckland Star, Volume LXV, Issue 27, 1 February 1934, Page 12

DANISH FOODS.

AUSTRALIAN'S EXPERIENCE.

"Lovely, but a little too sweet," was the general opinion about the horn ■'•made Australian jams which were token to Denmark by Madame K. E. Host, wife of the Consul-General for Dcnmaik in Australia when whe returned home. On her arrival in Australia again she said that Danish women were still keen on slimming, and that dieting was still the order of the day. So the Australian jams and conserves of guava, passionfruit, pineapple, and peach, though they were voted delicious, were regarded as a menace to the svelte silhouette which it is the aim of most Continental women to achieve. Madame Host, who is an enthusiastic advocate for Australian goods, also took home with her samples of passion fruit pulp, and this was much enjoyed, but freight and tariff restrictions make it at present an impracticable line to import into Denmark. The traditional tastes of the country are changing, said Madame Host. The rich cakes, whipped cream and buttery foods, are not as popular now as they used to be, but Danish women still retain their reputation as excellent housekeepers. This is chiefly because every girl, no matter what her social position may be, is sent while still young to a domestic college for six months or a year. In most of these colleges only cooking, household cleaning, and general household management are taught, so that whether the girl when she grows up must do her own domestic work, or whether she directs a staff of maids, she has complete knowledge of how a house should bo run. Madame Host said that child welfare was another subject that some colleges were adding to their curriculum.