RANDOM REMINDER

Press, Volume CVIII, Issue 31680, 16 May 1968, Page 20

RANDOM REMINDER

PROGRESS

The march of progress produces a few blisters now and then. There will be general sympathy with the views of “The Times” of London when it commented on Crosse and Blackwell producing canned annular spaghetti because it is easier to eat. “The Times” said one almost hoped the Italians would counter with tinned pre-sliced roast beef and Yorkshire puddingettes, and suggested that as pasta

is fraught with public significance in Italy, Crosse and Blackwell’s intervention was the act of a gastronomic de Gaulle. Things like this are inevitable, for scientific progress sometimes seems to merge with marketing methods. It is a pity that some good things can not be left alone. A start has been made with spaghetti, but who knows how long It is before we are buying pre-sliced sausages, there-

by depriving the diner of the pleasures of the knobbly bits at the ends? Boneless chops, perhaps, to put convenience before the benefits of healthgiving exercise. It might be a good idea to have green peas attached to each other in some fashion, to save the diner frustrating pursuits around the perimeter of the plate. But for New Zealand, the best bet would probably be pavlova, in cones.