Queen of Tarts.

Radio Record, Volume III, Issue 50, 27 June 1930, Unnumbered Page

Queen of Tarts.

Meihod.-Line a sandwich tin with short pastry. Melt 1oz. of butter, beat the yolk of an egg well, and mix these together with about Ib. of orange marmalade, beating them together for a few minutes. Spread this on the pastry and bake in a moderate oven. When the mixture is set let it cool a little, then whip the white of egg to a stiff froth, stir in a Jittle castor sugar lightly, spread this on the tart, return to the oven and let brown lightly. Serve

hot or cold.-

99 "Nuomi:

DDITIONS to knowledge about the vitamins, or accessory food factors, are being made with great rapidity. A few years ago, for example, it was helieved that vitamin A served the double function of promoting growth and _preventing the onset of rickets. Evidence has since become available that vitamin A is the agent responsible for maintaining bodily resistance. Tt is shown that rich supplies of vitamin A are present in the livers of a large number of animals, and further that carrots, green vegetables, butter and egg-yolk contain supplies. The study now has been pursued from a different angle. Experiments with the substance known as "carotene" favour the view that the efficacy, as sources of vitamin A, of carrots, green vegetables, and even butter and egg-yolk, depends on the presence of carotene, and that it should prove valuable both as a prophylactic and a therapeutic agent. It is much easier to administer than liverfat and may be expected to act more quickly. Incidentally, the popular belief in the value of carrots and green vegetables finds a new justification. These articles of diet. it would appear, play an important, and even essential, part in fortifying the body against infection. Carrot’ and other vegetable soups and dishes ought, on this showing, to oecupy an important part in the food of childBeRe