The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-09-18
1942 APPLE CROP
 MEETS WAR NEEDS
Growers Fulfill Demands Despite Transportation
 and Labor Shortage

and Labor Shortage
 Fresh apples are now Victory Food Special-that fruits most patriotic designation since it went West with Johnny Appleseed in the early 1800's. Those frontier orchards planted by the man with the tiny |. deer-skin bags of appleseeds have helped the national apple-tree population flourish to more than a hundred million trees.
 1942's crop is meeting war needs, with lots of fresh apples left over for plenty of apple eating on the home front. Hence its role as Vic tory Food Special in our Govern ment'S wartime food program.
 Consumers and homemakers who look for Victory Food Specials, and use more during the designated periods September IT through the 18th for fresh apples-are helping Uncle Sam avoid waste of seasonally abundant foods. Crop estimates pre- dict that producing apples trees will have given to this years wartime food supply at least 122,215, ,OOO bushels of apples, which is more than last years crop, but none too much for this years needs, if we use them properly. The apple still the Army's favorite fruit. It's also included on Uncle Sam's Lend- lease shopping list. Thus, large quantities are needed for shipping in processed forms dried apples, concentrated apple juice, applesauce, apple butter, canned apples, and even knid of apple popcorn which soldiers like by the pocketful. Apple growers are meeting these needs in spite of shortage in labor and transportation. Proof of plenty lies in the heavier volume of cer- tain varieties of fresh apples which reach peak appearance on local markets during the aforementioned ten-day period.
 Homemakers who increase the use of luscious soft" varieties abundant during this period save wartime food and lessen the demand for the kinds of apples needed for war pur- poses.
 Grocers help the homemaker by featuring the current Victory Food Special during the period of plenty, bringing to her attention the par ticular food so designated by the Agricultural Marketing Administra- tion. Most wartime housewives are already familiar with the VPS em- blem-a large letter V placed on a filled market basket, with the words Victory Food Special" intersecting the base of the V.
 The apple is the most versatile of fruits. There are countless ways of capturing its delicate flavor in dainty desserts or harder mealtime standbys. Here are a few sugges- tionS:
 Scalloped Apples, Sweet Potatoes 4 medium-sized apples, pared and
 cored.
 3 medimu-si sweet potatoes # cup sugar
 F teaspoon salt
 3 tablespoons butter or other fat
 Cook the sweet potatoes in boiling water until tender; cook, and skin. Slice the sweet potatoes and apples and place in alternate layers in a greased baking dish. Sprinkle each layer with salt and sugar, and dot with butter. Add little water and bake for 30 to 45 minutes, or until the apples are soft and the top layer is brown. Serve in baking dish.
 Baked Apples
 Wash the apples and core them without cutting through the blos- som end. Place the apples in a bak- ing dish; fill the holes with sugar and butter. and raisins, if desired. Add just enough water to keep the apples from sticking and cover the dish. Bake in hot oven until the apples are soft. Serve baked apples hot or cold, with or without cream.
 Dutch Apple Cake with
 Cinnamon Cream ? cups flour egg
 tsp. baking large apples
 powder tbsp. melted is tsp. salt butter l tbsp. sugar 4 cup brown 6 tbsp. butter sugar 2.3 cup milk E tsp. cinnamon
 Few grains of nutmeg
 Mix and sift the flour, baking powder, salt and sugar. Gut in the 6 tablespoons butter with 2 knives or rub In with the ilngertIps. Com. bine the milk and slightly beaten egg and add to the dry ingredients mixing just enough to moisten. Spread in a buttered baking dish. Peel the apples and cut in wedge shaped pieces, Arrange on the top Of the dough, ln even rows. press. Ing the pointed edges downward, Pour the { tablespoons Of melted butter over the top. sprinkle with the brown sugar, cinnamon and nutmeg mixed together. Bake in . not oven (s2b degrees p for % to 70 minutes er until the apples are tep9er, Serve warm with cinnamon cream made as fotlowsi
 V cup whipping cream
 h teaspoon cinnamon
 2 laasp00n sugar
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