COOKING COMPETITION

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19029, 1 June 1936, Page 10

COOKING COMPETITION

POWER febARID'S EFFORT VALUABLE PRIZES Amateur cooks in many households throughout the district served by the Poverty Bay Power Board are polishing up their technique of cooking a. fruit cake, and already there has been a considerable demand for entry forms for the free cooking cbmpe't'ition, in which substantial prizes, inay bo won.

The competition calls for the* cooking of a .i'r'u'it oako ' according to a specific recipe" liomTrifffed by the Power Board. This recipe has been tested and found to be . simple and certain of result,,all that is necessaryis to closely follow the published method of preparation. • There' are'two sections to the competition. Section 1 is confined to calces cooked by electricity. The first prize is a Crosley electric refrigerator valued at £37 ss. There are .10 other prizes varying in value frrjm £3 3s to 19s (id,'arid 13 consolation prizes of 4s Gd each. . In Section 2 the cake may be cooked by, any means other than electricity, and tiiC first prize is an Atlas electric, range valued at £2S. Ten other prizes ranging 'from £2 15s to 19s 6d, with 12 consolation prizes of 4s 6d caqh Complete the. prize schedule in this section., .. , , '

The judges will be Mesdames F. B. Barker' and A. MuVra'yv Scott, Dip. H.Sc, and Miss 'I. Miller, Dip. H.Sc. The judging will bo done at the' lecture hall .ttjist'atrsVih ..'• tHfe Regenp Theatre buildfilgti and all Entries riitlSt ftfadi there by 8 p.m. on Friday, .tune 12. Competitors must also state in writing, when they submit their entry, if they wish it returned to them. All cakes ftbt so fleclareft will be sold to "augment the funds .of the Heni Mate.roa. Children's Home..

Coinciding with the judging of the competition, the .Majestic. Theatre will feature a most amusing comedy entitled "If You Could Onlv Cook."

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