SCOTLAND’S TASTE

Southland Times, Issue 25315, 19 June 1935, Page 4

SCOTLAND’S TASTE

NEW ZEALAND PRODUCE. DANISH BUTTER PREFERRED? The primary products of New Zealand are not looked upon with great favour in Scotland, according to the Rev. J. H. M. Dabb, a minister of the favour in Scotland, according to the Wellington from England by the Rotorua on his way to Australia. Mr Dabb stated that it was very difficult to get people in Scotland to take New Zealand butter. They did not like the colour nor the saltiness of it. It was considered that there was a distinct difference between Danish and New Zealand butter, and the housewife preferred the former, despite the fact that it was twopence a pound dearer. The same feeling existed in regard to New Zealand frozen meat. The .frozen product was generally disliked. “Frozen meat,” said Mr Dabb, “is sold at about half the price of fresh beef and mutton, and that is about the only thing that commends it to the housewife. Scottish beef and mutton take a lot of beating, and although more expensive are generally preferred.” There was a public feeling in Britain, continued Mr Dabb, that the Dominions, so far as trade was concerned, were expecting more than they were prepared to give.