Whale Steaks at Less Than a Shilling per Pound
Received Friday, 9.50 p.m. LONDON. August, 10. The new Minister of Food (Sir Ben Smith) has stated that he hopes to be able to restore the food ration cuts of fats and cheese later in the year, but there is at present no certainty that this can be done. Meanwhile the public are being promised whale steaks at less than a shilling per lb. next year. They are stated to be tender with a flavour like veal and with not the slightest fishy taste. Full Government support is being given to the British and Norwegian whaling interests in London and there is an attempt to resuscitate the whaling industry which before the war was worth £50,000,000 in oil, meat and fertiliser. A new system of quick freezing is reported to have been developed so that the pick of the whale meat is frozen like mutton and lamb and made ready for the retail butcher in steaks and joints for roasting.
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Manawatu Times, Volume 70, Issue 189, 11 August 1945, Page 5
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