22 AUGUST 1952, Page 16

Prunophiles, Prunophobes

SIR,—As one who has been a cook in schools for several years, I should like to express the wish that on no account should any ban be placed on the use of the prune. Often, when filled with that awful depression brought on by the endless filling of stomachs, it has come to me, with a sense of great delight, that tomorrow I would give them prunes and semolina—and let them suffer ! Sometimes they would actually enjoy it, which was very annoying and almost drove one to giving them figs.—Yours sincerely, J. FORSYTH. Glen foot, Abernethy, Perthshire.