AUNT DAISY SELLS POTATOES!

New Zealand Listener, Volume 3, Issue 61, 23 August 1940, Page 47

AUNT DAISY SELLS POTATOES!

New Campaign Well Under Way

FEW months ago Aunt Daisy of the Commercial Broadcasting Service did a great deal ‘towards making the housewives of New Zealand " apple conscious," and now, with only two weeks’ campaign on the way, every housewife who is a loyal listener of hers is ‘ potato conscious," . Within three days of her request over the air that housewives should send in a letter telling her the best way to reduce the food budget for a household, by using © more’ potatoes, without lessening the food value of meals, she received more letters about this everyday vegetable than most film stars would receive in "fan-mail" in a week! The added attraction for listeners was 2 prize of £5/5/- for the best letter. The mail has been perused, and handed over to Miss Una Carter, of the Wellington Gas Company, who has judged the entries, Miss Carter has awarded the prize to Mrs. Margaret *Callaman, of 49 Manderville Road, Riccartoa, Christchurch, whose letter was adjudged the most intelligent and constructive. It is surprising how many appetizing dishes can be prepared mainly with potatoes, and already the second week’s competition has been entered into with gusto on the part of the housewives. There have been a number of recipes forwarded to Aunt Daisy for the "Potato and Fish" dish, and many hundreds more for the "Potato and Cheese" dish. A first prize of £3/3/- and a second prize of £2/2/- will be awarded to the best recipe submitted. Miss Carter declares that it was most difficult to choose the winning letter for the first week’s prize from all those submitted, as so many women had taken great pains with their letters, The third week’s. prizes are five of a guinea each, for the best recipe sent in for using potatoes in cake, biscuit, scone, pastry, or sweet recipes, enbk igh oy Sobers :