"Don't look now, but you may have a salad maker in the man of the household! Men seem to have a special knack for preparing salads and mixing salad dressings, especially the bowl varieties," says "The Mazola Salad Bowl," a pamphlet published in 1939 by the Corn Products Refining Co.
"Once exposed to the practice, men become proficient rapidly -- and how proud they are of their creations! . . . The next time you have a buffet or dinner party, tie an apron around the nearest man, and let him go to work."FOOD NEWS: The number of U.S. farm acres dedicated to producing organic vegetables, fruit, herbs and livestock surged nearly 50 percent from 1995 to 1997, the U.S. Agriculture Department said recently. . . . Prince Charles is eagerly awaiting Easter after giving up lunch for Lent. "You are supposed to give up something you like during Lent, and this was a personal decision by the prince of Wales," a spokeswoman for Charles said. . . . From a recent edition of the comic strip "Zippy": "The anticipation of corned beef and cabbage is always better than the fact of corned beef and cabbage." -- by John Lehndorff