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Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 239, 29 December 1927, Page 12

Fisherman’s Paradise Lake Okataina 25 Miles from Rotorua. The most beautiful lake in New Zealand, teaming with the finest trout. The Okataina Fishing Lodge Company have now built an accommodation house on the shores of this Paradise and have launches and boats for hire. The accommodation is limited, so if you intend taking advantage of this wonderful opportunity for a holiday there, book early. Address all inquiries to: F. C. DAVIDSON, Rotorua. Care of Foodstuffs SAVING FROM THE GARBAGE CAN The gigantic waste o£ food daily through lack of careful managing has recently been the subject of an investigation by an American business man. Most of the waste is undoubtedly due to spoilage of food through improper means of preserving it. Women should approach the question of the purchase of foodstuffs more intelligently. There is a happy medium, they say, between the wasteful “hand-to-mouth” buying and the purchase of too large quantities for immediate requirements. DAILY BUDGET SYSTEM The loss in wastage frequently costs more than the saving on the lesser price for the bigger quantity, and then, too, there is always the tendency to use recklessly what comes in large quantities. It is only when the daily budget system is brought into use that the best results are gained from frugal purchasing, and the waste of money through food spoilage prevented. If there is a proper storage place, it is wise economy to buy fair quantities of non-perishable goods, but there should be air-tight containers for loose packages. Sugar and flour should be kept in zinc tins and measured out periodically into smaller containers for everyday use, and so it should he all along the line. If the “wholesale” quantity is dipped into every time, the resultant waste is surprising when it comes to be reckoned up. Then there are the perishable goods, such as tomato sauces, cheese, bacon, jams and jellies and fruit. These should be in some place where the housewife can see at a glance how they are faring, and if they need to be used instantly. WAXED PAPER Vinegar is a great help to the careful woman, especially in hot weather. A double fold of cheesecloth, wrung out in vinegar, will keep the bacon rashers sweet and fresh, and if wrapped around cheese similarly there will be no mouldy waste. In hot weather meat can be kept by this means also. American women have always a plentiful supply, of waxed paper in the kitchen, and every bit of left-over food is immediately wrapped in this waxed paper to preserve it from any contamination or deterioration from the atmosphere. Bread comes from the baker well wrapped in waxed paper and keeps its freshness a surprising length of time. All biscuits and cakes are also wrapped in this indispensable paper, and sandwiches can be made on the hottest morning, wrapped in waxed paper, and come out in the afternoon as fresh as if just made. Yet, despite these careful attentions to food, the expert says a colossal amount of money goes into the garbage cans daily. If so, how do we fare? It has often been said that the Frenchwoman could keep her family well on what we waste, so it would be well to check up our habits and see how far our carelessness lessens the national wealth in a year, and reduces our own purchasing power. Sun-Bathing On the Beach DO IT CAREFULLY THIS SUMMER The sun-bathing season is at its height. Every beach within reach of Auckland City has its quota each weekend, and pale faces and limbs are gradually turning to bronze. Sun-bathing is not without its dangers. During the last week-end several unfortunate people overdid it, and were confined to their beds with blistered limbs. In the following article in an English exchange, Sir Herbert Barker, the famous manipulative surgeon, writes