Revived Interest in Papain

I N July it was reported from the United States that there has been a strong interest in some new products that have appeared on the market for tenderising steak. The basis of these trade

products is papain, the starch-like powder derived from the juice of the pawpaw fruit.

Whereas in the past products used for this purpose have been presented to the American public in the form of liquids or “spreads,” the new ones are in powder form,

and are shaken onto the steak. By this method the spreading is even and there is no o b ,i e a t i o n a ble flavour. One of the current trade products is said to have “captured the most cynical chefs by its amaz ing action on the toughest old bull steaks.”

All this could mean an im provement in the papain market which from time

to time during the past 20 years has been a profitable sideline, only to decline again.

Makeanui Teremoana Ariki, para mount chieftainess of the Cook Islands, and her husband, Dr. Tau Cowan, returned home from the Coronation in August.

Some prominent Fiji Indians: Mr.

Shankar Pratap, Mrs.

Banavalikar, M r .

Banavalikar of the Indian Com missioner’s Office, and Mrs. Pratap— taken in the garden of the Commissioner’s home.