COOKERY COMPETITION

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21328, 1 November 1932, Page 3

COOKERY COMPETITION

tee use of rhubarb VALUE NOT APPRECIATED CONTEST THIS WEEK ;£;!inbarb is now in season and the competition this week will show what can bo dontj with it If its dietetic and medicinal •valces were more generally understood, it is probable that tho housewife would Bieiciso more ingenuity in its use than gha often does. As a general rule, nothing more is done v?ith it than to stew it,"make it into a pie or use it in some sonibination with other fruit to make jam. As a matter of fact, rhubarb ler.ds itself [o variety of uses and at this time of the vear it should be made the most of for its purifying effects upon the system. If the cook of the family would but concentrate upon tho more out-of-the-way methods of using it, there would be fewer protests from her household, and she "would realise what a standby is the homely rhubarb. Tho conditions are as follows: COMPETITION No. 16 jjßit P»ze, £1 Is; second prize, 10s 6d. Four Original Ways of Using Rhubarb, these to include a Conserve, a Beverage, a Chutney and a Hot' or Cold Pudding. As before, the prizes offered aro one guinea forthe first and half a guinea for the second. Other meritorious entries will b,j accepted at the rate of 2s 6d each and published. The judging will bo carried out by Mrs. iA. M. Mann, lady demonstrator at tho An: kland Gas Company's cookery department. Recipes may bo written or typed. If E't typed, they should be written clearly in :.nk on one sido of tho paper only. Hi,, name and full address of the competitor, including street and house num bi'i. should be written on a separate slip ' d: vaper. Entries should be addressed: New Zeaiasd Herald, Auckland, and competitors asked to write on the outside of the envelope "Cookery Competition No. 16. Entries will bo received up to the last mail on Friday night, November 4, and the announcement of the winning competitors will be made on Wednesday, November 9.