27 APRIL 1918, Page 12

SUGAR BEET AS FOOD.

[To THE EDITOR OP THE " SPECTATOR.") Sza,--" 0. V. C." asks the best way of utilizing sugar beet as food. It is not-useful as a food unless half one in a curry, but it is very useful in sweetening stewed fruit and saving sugar. The method is- simple. Wash the beet thoroughly, slice it into a pan, cover with cold water, bring gradually to the boil, and let it boil until the sweetness is thoroughly extracted. Then strain off the liquid, and- use it with any bottled or fresh fruit a little at a time, or according to the amount of fruit. It will keep a week. It takes about two hours to boil. The pulp can be used for the fowl's pot,

or the pig's bucket.—I am, Sir, &c., E. J. R.