Evening star., 1942-10-29

AS @SNoSS PASpoA Z 4ooC1A 10 q
OF everything, and prices are, for
chestnuts, of the Spanish type, hs
time to pinch hit for meat in a num-
ber of nutritious dishes. You won t
conflne your use of chestnuts to
stufflng and puree to go with turkey
this year-youll make souffles and
soups and casserole dishes with
them, too. BY the way, if you like
the old combination of Brussels
sprouts and chestnuts, we have some
grand recipes for them. Nice white
endive has arrived from New York
State, and with bitter chicory makes
q fine addition to the salad bowl.
The endive, however, is not exactly
cheap! Excellent avocados, French
artichokes, little red radishes and
crisp romalne are other salad items
highly recommended. Good cucum-
bers. tomatoes, white summer
squash, cauliflower and broccoli are
also on the bargain list. And, of
course, there are plenty of pumpkins
for your Halloween celebration.
Fruits Improve
In Variety
More and better fruits are coming
In, with the advent of russell Bose
pears, rosy pomegranates, perslm-
mons from West Virginia, green
fresh figs from California and a few
bananas. There are some pineap-
Piles obtainable at the speciality
shops, but in general they are
scarcer than usual. Florida oranges
are still pallid as to juice, but should
improve within the next few months.
Tokay and Ribier grapes, as we'll as
the seedless type are of good quail
ity. A few crabapples and Seckel
pears are still around, but for the
most part are fast disappearing. APP
piles, of course, are plentiful and
good.
Meat Situation
Unchanged
The meat situation remains about
the same-confusing! Last week
end, some of the markets of one
of the larger chains had nice little
beefsteaks for sale-others, of the
same chain hadn't scrap of beef
of any kind. 1t apparently just
depends on how stuff is distributed,
and whether the demand in GER
tain localities has exceeded the
supply. And still dealers tell me
that they see little or no attempt
on the part of the public to ration
their meat purchases voluntarily as
the Government has requested.
About the only new" item to be
featured this week are fresh pork
shoulders. Other buys will be leg
of lamb, some cuts of veal, that
elusive beef here and there, turkeys
and chickens. There seemed to be
an extra large supply of various
smoked SauSageS, such as bologna,
cervelat, Salami, ETC., on hand the
early part of this week. Whether
this was because dealers were so
short on other meats to sell that
they were putting out all the
sausage meats they had, or whether
a new supply had been released we
were not able to ascertain. Every
body questioned was pretty vague
about the whole thing!
Fish Somewhat
Scarce
Bad weather the first part of
the week made fish somewhat
scarce again, and prices were little
higher than usual. Watch for bar
gains in fish, therefore, for your
weekend purchases, or fall back on
cheese or nuts to replace some
meat dishes. Eggs are so high in
price that they drop out of the
picture, almost, as meat subSti-
tute.
Here and
There
The American Meat Institute is
offering two helpful leaflets to
housewives endeavoring to keep
within ration limits. One is called
"32 Tested Meat Recipes" and the
other Meat Buying Guide for
Thrifty Meals. Farmers Bulletin
No. 1474, United States Department
of Agriculture, deals with stain
Removal from Fabrics, Home Meth
ods." For sale by the Superintend-
ent of Documents, Washington, D.
c., at cents. If you like to expert
ment with new flavors, send to the
House of Herbs, Inc, Canaan, Conn,
for their booklet, Adventures in
Herb Vinegars," and their herb fla
voring chart. -. How to Win on the
Home Front" is a pamphlet put out
by the Public Affairs Committee,
Inc, and its author is Helen Dallas.
Aims to explain all the why's and
wherefors of rationing, etc, to
American women. :. A compilation
OF postal information and Sugges-
tions on handling mail to men in the
service has been issued by Rust
Craft, greeting card publishers of
Boston. This tells you everything
about the regulations governing
such mails. time for delivery, and
so on. Production of domestic fats
and oils is expected to total nearly
- billion pounds in 1943, greatly
exceeding all previous records. But
demand will exceed all previous rec
ords, too. Price ceilings have been
set for dates and date products, but
fresh dates are not under this con-
troll. Bad weather has caused a
drop in the production of honey in
Pennsylvania Seems that bees
won't work when it's wet. Isn't that
sabotage?