The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-08-28
We Eat BOrsht with Pleasure
4 or, When Cooks Enter \
\ Into Socialist Competition J

IN the factory Kitchen,
When Tekhonov was complimentes
for his good outlets, and zelesno'
received a good razzing, in person..
from workers forced to eat his poor
soup, the cooks began to take more
notice They had become figures Of
public Importance. The campaign
ers' agitation reused them; they
came to view their work in a new
light, as helpers in building social
ism.
The campaigners started a fight
against dirt in the kitchens and
dining room, and for better storing
Of supplies When they found pota-
toes dumped carelessly on the floor,
waiting the cooks knife, they spoke
out against this practice in their
daily sheet.
Later in the month, zelesnoy, Tex
honov and the other cooks decided
to enter into socialist competition
Who VIII Cook Better?"
They sent challenge to the cooks.
OF dining room ID. At q joint
meeting, the conditions of the con-
test were worked out: each kitchen
using the same raw materials, but
combining them as they liked, cook
ing in boilers OF an equal capacity
of $50 dishes each. A commission
was chosen composed of two workers
from the factory, two cooks from
Moscow's best Factory Kitchen, two,
housewives, two chemists and two
representatives of the Food Trust.
On the basis of the soups taste,
calories, price, and whether it was
served on time and prepared under
clearly conditions, the judges were
to rate each days product.
who viii Cook Better"
On the first day of the COMPETE
ton, the ball-bearing plant prepared
no borscht at all. Why? Be
cause we had no vinegar, and
how can you make good borscht
without vinegar" the cooks answered
However, dining room 10 succeeded
in making good borscht, without
vinegar. The second day the ball
bearing plant again lost. AT the end
of the meal, the workers declared
the borscht too sour.
zelesnov, Tekhonov and the other
cooks, now excited, began to COM
pete in earnest. Each evening they
started checking up on the conditions
Of the carrots, potatoes and other
supplies to see they were well stored
and in good shape for next days
borscht. Anxiously, they sampled
the days stew, swearing at any whe
held them back. They had decided
to win. On the fifth day, the ball
bearing plant diners declared the
borscht much improved. Elated,
zelesnov and Tekhonoy urged on
their comrades. The final outcome
they won the competition.
On Sept. %, ball-bearing workers
wrote in their wall paper, Nov We
Eat Borscht With Pleasure"
The cost is reasonable-twenty-
five kopecks (about Is cents) dish
Meanwhile, the cooks of the two
kitchens have started another COM
petition, this time on the second
course, Of meat and vegetables.
"Pravda,P calling the ball-bearing
plants experience to the attention
Of its readers, reminds the countrys
network of factory papers that fight
ing for better food supplies to the
workers is one Of its main tasks.
The All-Union Council of Soviet
Trade Unions has announced the
award of premiums to the best fac
tory cooks, and calls on local unions
to stimulate socialist competition be-
tween different factory kitchens,
Scores of more wall papers announce,
Now We Eat Borscht With
Pleasure" Il