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Hawera Star, Volume XLIX, 25 July 1929, Page 7

The fact that the two-pound- loaf does not always weigh 320 z has been mentioned in Parliament with uncomplimentary comments in regard to- the Department qff Public Health. Chief among the offending loaves that do not scale by 2oz is the “b-arracoutn.” This is a long, lean leal', popular .in families where there is a great demand for a “crusty bit.” And crust appears- to be the whole point unless the complaining member is in possession of facts to prove that the solids content of his “ban-aoouta” is less than that of the .standard two-pound, loaf, says the “New Zealand Herald.” One housewife, who certainly does not weigh the bread she buys, is convinced by the usual intuitive method of her sex. that only the old-fashioned “turnover” or Maori loaf is liable to give a thud when it goes on the scales. However, the official facts from the bakers’ point of view were given by Mr J ■ Heaton linker, secretary to the New Zealand Master Bakers-’ and Pastrycooks’ Association. He said that for many years there had been considerable “pin pricking” about the bo-na tides of the- ba-r----racouta” loaf . For this loaf the dough was “weighed -in” as for a stand-aid loaf but ‘it lost more weight an the bakinm There was a bigger area of crust and greater evaporation of moisture. Bakers thus became liable tor prosecution for selling under-weight bread, although if tbe dough was conscientiously weighed the food value of the “barracouta” was precisely the same.