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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 86, Issue 307, 30 December 1942, Page 4

British People’s Food Rationing of consumer goods, whicn was universal in Britain, had been very well done, said Sir Stephen Allen, who has returned after three and a-half years in England and the Middle East, when commenting on his experiences as an official of the Ministry of Home Security in Birmingham. The food rations were sufficient, but there was no chance of getting fat on them. The canteen system at factories and other establishments gave people who were work ing a certain advantage. The average of one meal a day, which they had at work was a relief to the rations they drew at home and ensured that the real worker got that little extra which he or she needed. Industry Revived New developments in the preparation of pilchards are expected to give an impetus to this recently-established branch of the fishing industry in the Marlborough Sounds and, by increasing the supplies of fish coming to the market, relieve the shortage caused by war conditions. Although pilchards have not been taken in New Zealand waters except for bait since the last war until this year, the industry has now been revived, and a canning factory is operating near Picton. The latest development is to salt, cook and smoke the pilchards, making them similar to the English kipper. With the knowledge that fish kippered, salted and spiced in the customary English manner would not be in great demand here, a Polish canning and curing expert has devised a method of preparation more likely to find favour. The New Zealand kipper is as bony as the English one, but th* l main bones are easily removed from the filleted fish, and the smaller onej, after curing, are quite as soft as in tinned salmon.