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Dominion, Volume 37, Issue 196, 17 May 1944, Page 6

From the men who have returned to the Dominion after seeing service overseas with the Third Division the military authorities should be able to obtain information regarding food .supplies and other tilings of importance to those still with the forces. There have been reports that the dehydrated vegetables sent from New Zealand were not particularly p.-ila table. This may not be in any way due to the quality of the supplies but possibly to their preparation prior to being served. In the circumstances it may be extremely difficult for the army cooks to carry out the correct procedure, and probably to most of them dehydrated food is something new. If official inquiries should show that, the food is not palatable then, if detailed instructions have not been sent regarding the system to be adopted in preparing it, that omission could be remedied, and if the trouble is attributable to the practices adopted by the cooks, then a little supervision should quickly effect an improvement. The matter is of great iniportance to the men on active service, and if anything can be done to ensure that their food is issued in an attractive and appetizing form it should have immediate attention.