The Washington times., 1936-08-07


There you will find summer
vegetables and fruits fighting"
the fish-od0rs with their gay at
tfactlve freshness.
You will find gay quaint sum-
mer squashes, fresh hrnas, peas.
green beans, wax beans, darkly
polished &ss plant. fine snowy
cauliflower, home grown tomatoes,
and new cabbage. on the fruit
stands, neetArines, peaches, all
types Of melons from the Georgia
Rattler to the sweet-meated Tom
Watsoi1S.
With so much inspiration at
hand you are mighty sure to find
many "rnusts' for week end
menus.
Certain fruits are at bargain
prices now. The peaches continue
10 be the outstanding fruit value.
Home grown cantaloupes and
watermelon are also outstanding.
These are abundant and you Will
be able to choose wisely and well.
Plums and pears and that exotlc
fruit, the avocado, are all In
season and reasonable.
Corn is perhaps the outstand-
inR vegetable though green beans
are slightly cheaper. Golden Ban
tam, Country Gentleman, and
Stolis Evergreen are the favorites.
For corn on the cob, Golden Ban
tam and the StollS Evergreen are
the best purchases. The small
kefreled sweet favored Country
Gentleman is best cut off the cob.
Always be sure that every bit OF
the milk" is scraped from the
cob, however, in it's preparation
When you visit the market, you
will find it fascinating to CLEAN
interesting bits of history about
the different foods available, and
perhaps even a recipe or so.
TodAy's menu, Of course, In
cludes fish. Crab and lobster are
both available but one Of the best
purchases is trout. This can be
prepared in a variety of ways
stuffed and baked or sauteed.
Mackerel shipped from northern
water is very inexpensive.
This recipe for r1ackerel serves
it Spanish style.
Trout and Rocks
It is economy to buy in season.
In this way you will find food
most abundant, with the Quality
and flavor excellent. In the case
of fish this is especially impor-
tant. Freshly caught fish has
flavor that is far superior to the
frozen variety which comes In
from a distance.
For tonight's fish dinner, the
choice is between two fish that
are being caught in the bay
trout and rocks. Both are deli
cous stuffed, rolled and baked.
They may be fried. Trotit. When
fileted, is delicious broiled with
butter and sprinkle of lemon
on it.
Shrimp Plentiful
soft shelled crabs are at the
height of the season now. They
are smaller in SIZE this year than
they were last but are good buys
now. TneIr price has dropped in
The last 10 days. Shrimp are
plentiful.
Other fish on the market are
butterfiSh and porgies c6n1ing in
from New Jersey, fresh halibut
ana salmon from Seattle, on the
west C0asO, and Holsters from
Northern waters. which come in
Friday ana Saturday.
Baked Fresh MackereI
! medium sized mackerel
IA cups of bread crumbs
4 strips of bacon
u small onion
u teaspoon of green pepper
14 teaspoon Of summer savory
Salt
Pepper
Combine ingredients for the
Stuffing. spread on fish fillets,
place on this a strip Of bacon, fold
over the fish. place remaining
bacon on top and bake in a hot
oven (425 degrees), basting fire.
duently with fat in the pan. Serve
with q mock Spanish sauce made
by blending chill sauce and green
pepper with mayonf1aise.
-VnTE AnehieANS