ELECTRIC COOKING

Bay of Plenty Times, Volume LV, Issue 9465, 23 April 1927, Page 2

ELECTRIC COOKING

ULMoNSTRATfON AT POWER BOARD sTiuSV Rooms.

The well-appointed show room of the Tauranga, Electric-Power Board was well-idled yesterday afternoon, when about a hundred women, with u sprinkling ot men, attended a cooking demonslialiou given on a Modalt range. Mr H. G. .'Stephens, Manager for Messrs Turnbull and Jones, Lid., who are New /.eaand Agents for the Moffutl stove, was in charge of the demonstration, with Miss .Scotl doing the actual work of demonstration. The stove used was a standard model range, with three rings, retailed al £27. This is the cheapest range suitable lor Ihe average household, and is the moil popular MoffaU made. There are of course other models to suit the varying needs of homes, boarding li..uses, hotels, etc., most of which are stocked by the Power Board, and . on. ernmg winch lull particulars as to prices and terms can be obtained trout the Board’s officials. The various ponds of Hie stove, its appliances, for cooking, grilling, toasting. etc., the necessary temperatures, how to heat the stove preparatory to cooking. renewing [uses that have •■Mown," the manipulation of the various switches, how to .lean the stove and elements, all were thoroughly explained by Miss Scot! in a quiet and instructive maimer, ami she Ihou cooked some small cakes, scones, tarts and a small sponge, all of which turned «ut to perfection, providing convincing proof lhal with a “Moffatt" in the home, every housewife e.mld satisfy the most exacting of fault-Unding husbands—except of course the "impossibles” and ttu'iv art 1 -Suiae. The actual demonstration over, afternoon tea was served, and the evident enjoyment of those who partook of it was the strongest testimony to the merits of (lie stove in the capable hands ot Miss ScoU. Another demonstration is being given this afternoon, and the Power Bean), and it staff, are to be congratulated on I heir enterprise in an endeavour to popularise the use of electric cooking appliances. A very successful demonstration was also given at the Board’s Te showrooms on Thursday.