BRITAIN'S FOOD PROBLEM.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LV, Issue 16752, 19 January 1918, Page 8

BRITAIN'S FOOD PROBLEM.

' CONTRASTS VIN LONDON. PUBLIC KITCHENS ; ARRANGED. *'"" ' [FROST OTO OWN COaBESPONDENT.] ,- , LONDON, Not. 80. " Herb, is a painful contrast," said Sir Arthur Yapp' a .day or two ago., " This '* morning 1 received a report from the East -End of- long queue -with several policemen regulating it, composed ' largely of . women, with 7 " babies ' : aidJf small children, wailing to buy half-pounds of margarine. At an hotel to-day* the carte du jour for ' dinner, leading , off with hors d'oeuvre Is '.smoked salmon la 6d, oysters 4s 6d per dozen, and caviar 4s, contained—'.:; ■■'■■■': L'"-' ....■"::-.■■'-■■. «..d.:- v i. d. " '*" - Four soups'"...,./ ' ... 10to 3"0 Eight fun dishes ; ... 1 6 . ~7.0'; : ."'•. Eight .entrees ... 2 6 „ 9 0 . :■-.■-: Twelve toasts* - •: ... 4' 6 „16 0 -i . Eleven vegetables . .... • 1 0 '„■' 90 rr:? Six ejitrejnets: ■ ; ... 2- 0 ■■> ~3 6 .- Three ices, traits ....16. j r •Mainly poultry and game. , ." The. manager -of one of the leading restaurants:tells ■' me , that people ' often *csrae;to.hiift.>nd .say that they 1 cannot _£efcen'o]ighl'tb-.eat and that they can get '".. plenty in .the provinces. . It '. is ■ obvious Jthat they can' get twice as much, as they ought -. to have." - .;"- ■-•; ,■ > Local food committees have been asked to open' public.kitchens in thickly-peopled areas, and to make other, preparations for • sudden food emergencies. The committees, have been requested ;to compile a census of / ;catering facilities, particularly of estab.lishm.en.Ui. sufficiently, large and capable of :•■';';;' being easily and quickly' adapted for use ;•»■ as supplementary kitchens. '.{ No "establish. .Went which-it not capable of. supplying . 150 ft portions of food per day is to be ' taken into.account.. The committees have . ; been asked"for. "an immediate report" of .-;:. the. steps they » propose ;to ; take towards setting' rip kitchens, : and of particularsi of :. othfir. establishments which might be availablo in emergency. .-■■,