For Those Losing Weight

New Zealand Listener, Volume 32, Issue 815, 11 March 1955, Page 31

For Those Losing Weight

Dear Aunt Daisy, Could you repeat, through The Listener, a recipe I heard about six weeks or two months ago in the 11.0 a.m. "Mainly for Women" session of 3YA? Our radio was faulty, and I did not hear distinctly. I have tried vainly to get it from other listeners. It was for people who are steadily losing weight, and was probably given by a dietician. I know there were 3 tablespoons skim milk and a tumbler of, I think, water, but whether there was any fresh milk or any other ingredient I could not hear. I am hoping you can help me through The Listener.

L.

M.

Christchurch:

Yes, I got the recipe from the officer in charge of "Mainly for Women’ at 3YA. I quote: "Concentrate on the foods that you know are the body-building and strengthening ones, milk, eggs, cheese, meat, fish and the legumes. For ‘in-between meals’ milk is, of course, the most desirable, and to make milk higher in protein I strongly recommend the adding of skim milk powder. Here’s a milk shake recipe: 6 oz. milk (small tumbler), 3 level tablespoons skim milk powder, pinch salt, flavouring. Make a paste of the skim milk powder, add the rest of the milk, whisk with an egg beater, adding salt and any flavouring fancied (vanilla essence, orange juice, raspberry cordial, melted cocoa or chocolate). A beaten-up egg white folded in is a good thing when eggs are plentiful. Skim milk powder may be added tor other purposes-the milk in milk puddings, custards, ice cream and soups. And it’s absolutely grand for underweight people and children. Having given this advice to someone I found they were mixing skim milk powder with WATER; they weren't getting strong, and my point had been missed altogether!"