THREE YEARS’ SUPPLIES

Hokitika Guardian, 27 November 1928, Page 7

THREE YEARS’ SUPPLIES

-MEALS AT THE SOUTH POLE

DUNEDIN, Nov. 22

Hydrated vegetables :>ml preserved loods, from pork and beans to cranberries. arc being taken in tens of tons to tlie polar regions. The transhipping to-day (jif stores from the forward hold of the Eleanor Bolling to the shed was hastened. Thousands of cases of food-slnil’ were stored, and when the lwo ships, Eleanor Bolling and City of New York, finally clear from Otago lor the Ross Sea great quantities ol locally treated eons, meat, and vegetables will also he shipped. “We will Iced just as you would at home,” said the cook, Tennent, wtio has had charge of the ordering of all provisions for the ships’ crews. Twenty nine tons of fresh meat will he taken south, hut coffee will he one of the principal foods consumed. Americans are notorious coffee drinkers, and two and a half tons will he taken. Beans are another 'favourite dish, and hroad heans lima beans, and beans of all shapes and sizes, weighing two tons, will he stored at the commissariat. Two tons of dehydrated potatoes and a big quantity ol carrots will also he shipped. “Here are some of your own potatoes”, said Tennent, as a produce merchant’s van backed to the ship’s side and discharged a number of sacks of new season’s potatoes. “We are going to take a big supply, for we will feed well.”

Pommicau would be one of the main foods in the ice region, explained the chef. This was prepared, by pressing cooked meat. Pcmmiean could be made into a stew or any other dish. Everything has been ordered in the way of supplies for the party which will spend the winter at its base on the ice, and the party which will bring the Eleanor Polling hack to Dunedin for the winter months. There is no possibility ol the commsariat becoming exhausted throughout the dark winter i*i the Far South. The base will be in communication with the store ship at Dunedin, and a call for supplies will ensure the ship clearing H'or south as soon as the ioo barrier above tbe Ross Sea commonies lo break up, hut sufficient food will be taken to the base to keep tbe parly well satisfied for three years.