1960-01-23 — Page 11

THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, JANUARY 23, 1980.

WEEK-END WOMANSENSE

VERONICA PAPWORTH

Voila! From a fistful of food

comes a feast

V.P

JACOBY Con BRIDGE

WEST

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NORTH 4A354

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North and South vulnerable

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South West North Fant TV Double Po19 Pass

Opening lead- 10

Pars

COMETIMES a high card

can be a liability In- stead of an asset. In that i case it behooves you to get rid of it at the first oppor- tunity.

West close a diamond overcall instead of a double .with the idea of bidding | spades later on. North's cue bld was correct and when East went to four diamonds South doubled to show día- mond strength. This bid effectively stopped further bidding by East and West and also caused North to go, to four hearts. only.

I PUT TO TEST A BRITISH

SUCCESS THAT MAKES

EVERY MEAL 'A MIRACLE'

HAVE been taking part in a very small, very modern miracle--cooking a dinner for six from

a handful of dehydrated food weighing rather less than a handful of ping-pong balls.

Imagine a crescent of balsa wood turning into

a succulent pork chop before your eyes... minute cottonwool squares swelling into diced potatoes

scraps of loofah sponge burgeoning into fresh stewed apricots while you wait.

Well, that is the way it looked to me as I tossed the first of this newstyle food-the product of Govern- ment scientists employing an entirely new technique- into water.

Forget the old dehydrated mashed potatoes that tasted like scun... the felt-Uke ellees of reconstituted steak on which the P.B.I. marched (or munched) its way to victory.

The only thing they have in common with ladny's de hydrated food is the name. And I would advise the scientists to rechristen It "Vaporised." Otherwise the product starts off under an undeserved cloud

For this stuff is good! good, in fact, that even the most conservative members of the Minisity of Agriculture are claiming the development to be "as big an advance as the jet engine

over the platon engine."

Spectacular

The system, called A.F.U). [Accelerated Freeze Drying) food, consists of freezing the then turning the ice directly into vapour.

By this method it largely retains its texture and shape... but is virtually weighliess.

I have cooked cod cuilets. pork chops, green peas, diced potatoes, chips. apples and apricola. All that I used in preparing the meal-apart. from seasonings and sugar was water. Dehydrated food can be stored indefinitely

needs and

refrigeration.

no

It can be reconstituted in 20 minutes or less. The most sportacular is sliced pre-cooked beef which takes exactly two minutes, And none of the

navour is lost.

the

Indood, the verdict of my five

green peas and unanimous; Indistinguishable

guests on the

apricots was they were from fresh picked,

The question

How is the housewife likely to the burning rebel? That is question.

For the Ministry has arrived at the slage where dehydrated foods are ready to bo put on the market.

I

has

In fact, it is rumoured that one leading food concern been making experiments with the new-style dried vegetables, But, in an ego when eye-appeal is all-important, the looks feather-weight, moisture- extracted foods aro certainly not in their favour.

of

The fow British food packers I have so far discussed this now project with are wary.

"Put the staff in a tin with

a prolly-pretty pleture on the cover all vivid colour and

Bald slistening coo."

canning expert to me,

одр "and

we might have ■ big success

on our hands.

"But the refrigerator boys are

already out for our blood.

"It seems you girls are 'sold' on frozen foods. And there's a between canners war

and freezers.

"What do you want to make Tuddy cut-throat

of it

triangle?"

1

I think this could happen without any

Distance from

me.

She is bringing colour to the

Cairngorms

bern talking to much aunshine, I HAVE

Hilary Laing sk cham- bright colours,"

expert-who -to the

South won the diamond lead with the ace, ruffed a diemend, plon and fashion

hand plans to bring colour diamond snowy slopes of the Cairngorms

led a trump to his own and ruffed another Next he drew East's last trump and led a club to his jack. West won and led a club back. East teck the ten and led the king which South ruffed.

Now South led a spade to his see and East had that queen of spodes but not for long. It wasn't going to do him any good In his hand and he dropped it under the ace.

Now West made two spade tricks and set the hand but if Enst had hung on to that queen he would have been thrown in with it and forced to give South

this winter.

And knowing the Scots as I do after three cold years in Aberdeenshire, I would say it sounds like uphill work.

they

ski-pants, a couple of proofed She showed me the ski pants

she has chosen "elasticised t -tops and the usual sweaters."

trip.immediately fit me like As for hor

tur. a glove"i12 after to the Cairngorms: "The quoise. fondant-pink and illac, same, with perhaps a brilliant With them go bloused silk adore fleece-lined jacket" and she shirts lying around the hips-

"warm enough to ski showed me the Itle beauty we have photographed above.

the sun shines." Together we deplored sloppy looks of winter sporters I said.

Hilary, ski fashion expert with the Jacger company, reports that sales of winter have sports clothes this season been terriße.

the

route,

the

And

when

"But not in the Cairngorms,"

sho

the So

showed feather-weight quilted jacket that has been a best seller in Scotland.

To travel by train in boots and ski-pants is to arrive "Goodnem knows what

creased, crumpled popular resorts will be like thoroughly scruffy looking. To

I'm not surprised. It 1 were Blackpool in Wakes Week prob- travel by plane similarly

a Highlander-skling or ΣΟΣΙΑ For the chic counly garb. os

ably. So many of our customers even if it does mean

clad, ek-ing-I would live in one all paying winter, remember it, is

no "excess weight" on your tweeds, a weatherproof jacket seem to be going sid-ing for the

acutely Un- with "gamoy flavour and the first time."

As a guide to the uninitiated. heavy boots, is

comfortable, ubiquitous headscarf.

ancient

FIRST-TIMERS

"But they really and becoming tremendously keen on ski-ing and ski clothes," says Hilary. "It's no uncommon sight to see

I asked what she is taking to Kitzbuhel next month.

"No formal clothes-I love to

relax in the everungs.

A BEST SELLER

Hilary travels in a tweed m "In fact, I'm not taking 24 and a nutria Jacket "but any skirt of any kind. Just four short cloth or fur jacket is fine pairs of really gorgeous atter- and so much mure useful than care rolling northwards through aki pants in' brilliant colours, long cost when one is there, Glasgow with skis on top. And, and a variety of shirts to match. Long coats

a rull and discard and his con-probably because there's not too Plus three pairs of elasticista awful."

tract.

♥+CARD Senses♦

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West

14

North East South

1.

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Pass

Pass PLES PARE

4 N.T.

SN.T.

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You have opened the bidding with one spade and your partner, has responded, two nostrump, You buldi

MAQIFERUJE ONDERGRA

What do you do?

Answer on Monday

THE DEVIL

DEVIL AND THE

THE

HIRE

is glazed look in the eyes of many a man those nights, a roll in his gals and a | bluff hearilness in his manner. For the old call of the ses is with us again.

To make maltem worze-sall- Ing is pecoming "fashionable Which is a pity but there it is, I am 100 per cent in favour of sailing--at least, in favour of the men who sail,

over pants

DECKHAND

look

dart

So if the man in your life is. • At squish you con boat-mirulod--loom what's ex-' around like mad, showing a por- pocted of you. And learn to do geous length of leg, and panting. it quickly and emelostly. That (But the floor of a squashi

is, if you want to stay on deck, court keeps dilil)

Otherwise it will be the galley.

for you and an endless round of

At golf you can relax and

cooking this, that or the other, enjoy the view from time to with the wretched old Primas time, Or find sheller in a bunker roaring away, positively no and exchango, cónfidences if the elbow-room, and all kinds of wind blown,

generally amiable malos kicking (Ar sea it's all "hold There is not a tougher or you around like a cabin-boy, and "drop that," and never & mare exhilarating sport, and Salling is an exacting sport noment of peace and calm.) I've yet to meet a sailor I did for women,

Take my tip: either

learn

not fall for on sight-prooided. At tennds you can dissemble to be a first-class decishana. I met him on shore,

-leaving all the tricky shots to Or study navigation,

But men of stat are im- your partner and looking suit- Meanwtillo, sleep tight In possible. I have been bewind ably decorative in something that wall-sprung bad while you out in boala mora times than 1 brief and piosted...

Mamay. Come summer, you may can

couit. by malen who

(No man cores how decorative. well be hanging on by your eye-* wouldn't say boo to a googo on or brief things are when it's to a mumellung bank. dry land,

blowing fores 7ʻor 8). "',

srefLondon Express Beroles),

• Sparkling white wool and nylon "fur" is used for a gorgeous, glamorous jacket to wear around the town after skt-ing. It is. practical for this country too, for it reverses com. pletely and the other side is proofed poplin. What could be more useful? Choose from cherry red or deep sky blue, with elaa- ticised pants to match.

Jacket by JAEGER

Ploture by JOHN ADRIAAN-