Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-09-23
BY VIOLET FAULKNER
star Food Editor


star Food Editor
NEW YORK, Sept. ga
crispy new bite-size shredded
corn biscuit made its debut
at breakfast this morning
when the Nations food edi-
tors were the guests of Rails
ton Purina Co.
The tiny corn biscuits,
topped with huckleberries,
were part Of a real fancy
Ozark breakfast that included
orange and grapefruit seq
ments in persimmon Juice,
mountain trout, crisp and
golden in a corn meal coat
ing. and platters Of hot bis
cults, a natural for any Ozark
meal.
New Style Packaging
Along with the introduc-
ton Of their latest product,
company representatives
announced q new style of
packaging for two of their
old standbys. bite-sized
shredded rice and wheat bis
cults. Along about the mid
die Of November. they'll be
marketed in a box that opens
with a mere pull of the flap.
So simple you wonder why
no one thought Of 1t before.
After the package Is opened,
the top simply tucks into a
slot and locks into place.
Junior can tip it sideways,
upside down, or roll 1t around
and the cereal will stay put.
The new packaging also will
be used for the shredded corn
biscuit as soon as production
problems are ironed out.
The pace is getting faster
as we swing into the second
day of this annual food con-
ference sponsored each year
by the American Association
Of Newspaper Representa-
tives. Thirty-six food COM
panies are scheduled to APP
pear on the program before
the week ends, meeting with
LAG food editors from 80
States plus the District of
Columbia, Hawaii and Cam
ada. In all lat news
papers are being represented,
plus the syndicateS.
Watched Bake-Off
We spent an hour yester-
day morning viewing the 10th
annual Pillsbury bake-off
where 100 contestants were
cooking like crazy in the
grand ballroom at the Wal
dorf. Irene Dunno, recent
delegate to the U. N. dropped
by to have a look and de-
clared it the greatest bit of
Americana I've ever SEEN"
Miss Dunno will award the
$4,000 grand prize to the
winning cook at luncheon
this noon.
I stopped to check on our
Washington contestants.
18-year-old Mary Evans and
70-year-old Mrs. Maryellen
Adgate.
MY first cake is q funk"
sighed Mary measuring out
flour to have another go at
it. Mary was too excited
over her first trip to New
York to remember the vanilla
and how much -four she
should use.
Ha2el-eyed Mrs. Adgate was
much calmer and had her
coffee cake in the oven (away
from drafts to raise. II had
a time getting my daughter
to type up the recipe because
/ wanted a nice neat entry.
! Just made the deadline,"
she smiled and showed a pan
Of hot water into the oven
to hurry the coffee cake along
"just an old Irish trick" she
explained.
This jam-packed week got
of to an early start on Sat-
urday when Standard Brands,
Inc; the Pineapple Growers
Association. and the National
Fish and Seafood Committee
took the editors to see Say,
Darling" followed by a mid
night supper at Sardi'S. The
buffet supper featured I'M
usual seafood canapes, a va
riety Of hot and cold fish and
shellflSh entrees. a delicious
crisp salad (recipe follows
and an interesting new bread
made with buttermilk. Watch
for this recipe in the near
future.
The climax of the supper
was the display of five hand
some new desserts. Tiny Dam
ish pastries, rich cream pud-
ding-f1lled tarts, and a SHIN
mering, nodded punch were
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