BEHIND THE SCENES

New Zealand Listener, Volume 1, Issue 19, 3 November 1939, Page 15

BEHIND THE SCENES

OT on exhibition-though there'll be N need of a traffic policeman there! — is the great kitchen that provides for the Restaurant and Cafeteria. Indication of the trade expected is the number of everything provided-2,600 jugs, etc. Excellent quality are the silvered teapots with their neat black handles. Remember to open one and look inside at the new strainer set high. Note, too, the short spout that proves the " perfect. pourer." All the ovens-six of them-are gas; gas frigidaires and hot presses; 6 grillers that each takes 9 chops; and 6 enormous hot water tanks. A point of interest is that ovens, in these latest appliances, are heated by concealed flame, which of course makes for safety and more even cooking, as well as no _ fumes. Electricity is used for an enormous vegetable steamer. No vegetable is, very wisely, to have all nutriment boiled out of it. Electricity, too, slices salads, and vegetables very finely, for soups, whips cream and such things as cooked apples or potatoes, . and breaks up the baked bread for crumb. There is an electric dish-washer that you’d delight in, fitted with a fan for drying. The minimum of work and the minimum of handling sounds a good combination, doesn’t it. Incidentally, the cooling fans disinfect the air as they cool it.