MARGARINE

Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 296, 3 September 1918, Page 6

MARGARINE

Sir-Appearing in your ft-ahiable paper a tew days ago was a letter signed by "A.H., ,, elated August 1L "\R." asks: "What is margarine/ , •'Well,. Sir, the margarine to whioli ho apparently refers, is a guaranteed product'.passed by the lieaiui authorities, the base of which is olco, a product of the freezing works lvhicu is every bit as wholesome as the butterfats extracted from the cow, without, the risk of tuberculosis, which, according to ■ statistics, we in Now Zealand are not entirely free from. Iho reason of this pure article appearing on ha market is because the price of butter most out of reach of the, worker. Can "A.11." honestly say that the w'orkin" man in New Zealand to-day can afford to pay Is. Sd. for butter o make cakes, scones, and pas riesjv? 1 think not, Sir, as the cost oMu-mg s still steadily rising. } ™Mf £ "A.H." to the Pure Food Act, and Hie penalties when he refers to but ta Lin* mixed with margarine oi uce ve a, mul wish to assure the. puWw that Alpine margarine is pure mniß - iue I know that there is g'ei fc pit" dice against the article, but his > on account of tho inferior quality of :;ar~inthcpast,wl l| cl,l,s ll o ; , Eugh it could bo done, .being in every respect as wholesome as hu ter, bat I do "B* that for cook.ng it w bettor tluiu some cooking Inilta. 1 will 1 further and oiler. "A.H." to nay £10 to any charitable him) if he Inula that tho margarine to which'he apparently refers docs not make nkes as well as butter, leaving Absolutely no taste of margiiriiio wtiwi the cake'is cooked, it being understood he i>avs if my contention be proved. \s to'his eating tho mixture of butter and margarine in England for seventeen years, I feel sorry for him, as beforo tho war pure butter was obtainable* there at Is. per 11)., and if ho could not afford to pay tlint price then ho was indeed to be pitied. In conclusion. Sir, the war has forced thousands or people to eat margarine in England, simply because, they could not obtain anything else, the. price of butter .being beyond their limited means. So it will bo'in New Zealand.—l am, etc. NEMO.