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marks that we have synthetic sausage casings and tasty ice- 

 cream cones, which we don't toss away. "Why stop there?" 

 he asks. 



Remarking that the possibilities of President Dow's plan 

 are "gargantuan in scope," the Christian Science Monitor 

 declared that "citizens ought to do some thinking on the 

 problem. . . . 



"Perhaps you would prefer to contemplate an edible can of 

 whipped cream flavor to go with preserved strawberries. One 

 could then chop a can to pieces in the salad bowl and use the 

 contents on home-made biscuits. The union of rhubarb and 

 cream appeals as a happy possibility. And a tomato ketchup 

 flavored container to surround canned baked beans should 

 appeal to a wide public. The whole field needs thorough 

 exploration." 



When we don't feel like cooking even a delicious-flavored 

 can, we will turn over and go back to sleep when the milkman 

 delivers our milk at 6:00 A.M. No need to worry about getting 

 breakfast. The foodman will deliver it at 8:00 A.M. Better 

 Homes and Gardens for May, 1943, explains that the new 

 war-food packages have started companies to thinking along 

 the above line. Food for paratroopers is sealed under high 

 vacuum in bags of laminated plastic and paper. The packages 

 are hard as wooden boxes and can be thrown to the floor 

 without denting. Food in packages similar to this will keep 

 hot for hours, or even a day, after cooking. Thus food-utility 

 companies could deliver a day's supply of meals, which would 

 stay piping hot until you wanted to eat. 



In the not- too-distant future the housewife will be enjoy- 

 ing the speed, economy, and convenience of electronic cook- 

 ing. You can put a roast in the oven when you sit down to the 

 dinner, and it will be ready to serve when you have finished 

 your soup. Because this method generates heat from the inside 

 at the same rate as from the outside, food can be cooked 



