From a Bachelor
Dear Aunt Daisy, I am a bachelor, but I always get a lot of interest out of your page in The Listener. 1 made some apple marmalade by a recipe given by "Wee Wyn" in The Listener of April 21. It turned out a great success, and I am very fond of the flavour. Your pages are a great source of interest to me, and I always look forward to scanning them for easy recipes. Here is a recipe, not original, but copied from an English journal. I make great use of it, as I can put either jam, marmalade, fruit or currants, etc., with the dough, and it is so quick to make and to cook. Make a scone dough, using 1 cup of flour. Put it into a greased basin and pour over the following sauce: 2 tablespoons of golden syrup, 1 tablespoon of sugar, and loz. of butter dissolved in enough hot water to make the whole smooth. Place a lid over the basin and steam for three-quarters of an hour. Bachelor recipes are always welcome, as so many ordinary ones take too long to cook.-‘"Putaruru," ° Yes, indeed, we do always welcome recipes from men, either married or single. They are always so practical. Moreover, since our chief object is to please our men (we may as well admit this truth!) it is reassuring to be told just the type of thing they really like. Here is a little poem about two bachelors, which was written for me just before I left 1ZB Auckland. Dea: old "Joyful Johnnie," who wrote it, has since died, and I treasure it in memory of that cheerful spirit:
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 3, Issue 61, 23 August 1940, Page 45
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280From a Bachelor New Zealand Listener, Volume 3, Issue 61, 23 August 1940, Page 45
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