BAD COOKS
INDICTMENT OF NEW ZEALAND WOMEN By Telegraph—Piess Association WELLINGTON, September “Can New Zealand women cook?” The Mayor of Wellington, Mr T. C. A. Hislop, rather thinks they cannot, and what is more, he said so at an assembly mainly of women at the annual meeting of the Wellington branch of the Plunket Society. “How many of you ladies sitting here can put your hands on a woman who can cook," he challenged, and hastily added, “other than yourselves?" The audience exchanged glances when the Mayor pressed on with the remark. “The amount of good food ruined by bad cooking is shocking.” Mr Hislop said his observations might not be popular, but they were true. He supposed he would get into trouble for such an opinion. If the Society desired to enlarge its activities, why not teach the women of New Zealand how to cook properly? In defence of his own household, the Mayor said he was not speaking as one who had suffered through bad cooking. Mr Hislop also added that the cooking in most New Zealand hotels was appalling.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXLII, Issue 20512, 2 September 1936, Page 8
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182BAD COOKS Timaru Herald, Volume CXLII, Issue 20512, 2 September 1936, Page 8
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