TESTING BY TASTE
UNIQUE PUBLICITY FOR NEW ZEALAND BUTTER JOURNALISTS AS JUDGES Reed. 11 a.m. LONDON, Thursday. As part of its publicity campaign, the Australian and New Zealand Dairy Produce Board invited a number of women representatives of newspapers to taste its butter and compare it with Esthonian, Ukrainian, Polish and Siberian butter. Mr. T. M. Wilford, High Commissioner for New Zealand, opened the proceedings by describing the virtues of New Zealand butter, and Mr. Walter Wright, a New Zealand expert, and Mr. Wigan, an Australian expert, explained the methods of manufacture and grading. . Sir Arbuthuot Lane said: ‘During the war we recognised Australians and New Zealanders as the finest men. We have now recognised their butters as the finest in the world, thanks to the sun and climate.” Although the invitation stipulated women only, 15 women and 20 men attended the tasting. The procedure resembled wine tasting, but was “reasier. Each took little bits of butter and tasted them, then spat them out One sample of European butter was decidedly strong, and made at least one taster turn pale.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 907, 26 February 1930, Page 9
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180TESTING BY TASTE Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 907, 26 February 1930, Page 9
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