IN SHORT SUPPLY
LITTLE STARCH AVAILABLE
CORNFLOUR AS SUBSTITUTE One of the commodities at present practically unprocurable is starch. One of the reasons for this, stated a grocer, was that as starch was made from rice, which is a food, most firms had stopped making it. Many housewives have, been reduced to using cornflour as a substitute, as this seems to serve the purpose. However, housewives need not worry about always having to use as a substitute in the future. Another grocer stated that starch Avould soon be manufactured from maize.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 7, Issue 64, 14 April 1944, Page 3
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91IN SHORT SUPPLY Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 7, Issue 64, 14 April 1944, Page 3
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