Public lessons in cooking, delivered from a fleet of instruction: vans sent out by the Government, were gested by Lord Dawson, the King's doctor, when the Physical Training and Recreation Bill was given a second reading in the House of Lords.
Much of the under-nutrition in Great Britain, Lord Dawson held, was due to the fact that people did not know how to choose food; that they Cid not know how to spend their weekly earnings to the best advantage, and that very few knew how to cook.
Much more about food was known en the Continent. In homes in Britain, children sat around tables on which were tinned fish, tinned vegetables, and many other such foods which avoided the trouble of cooking. It was not only because the parents were unwilling to cook, but because in many cases they did not know how.
One of the best investments that could be made would be for the Government to send out travelling vans to go about the country and stop here, there and everywhere giving lessons and lectures on the choice and cooking of food.
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