Evening star., 1942-10-08

the newest food items to be con-
trolled. AS prices varied quite a
bit, depending on quality, and the
standards maintained by each
dealer, you may find that you'll
have to shop around bit, as usual,
to get the price level you want
But that's nothing new!
Produce Items Better
Than Last Week
This week sees vast improve
ment in the quality of many fruits
and vegetables; also both are more
plentiful and varied. Oranges from
California are high, but the first
shipments from Florida are ex-
pected shortly, so that should ease
the strain a bit. And citrus fruits
are among the new frozen" items,
too, which should keep them steady.
The first cranberries Of the season
are in-we1l have some recipes for
you on Monday. There are plenty
of plums of all kinds to be had;
the first sugar pumpkins and the
first persimmons lend their gay
orange color to your autumn market
basket. There are ounces for pre-
serving, if you have the sugar to
spare, and peaches from California
for the fancy fruit bowl. Ribier
and Tokay and seedless grapes vie
in popularity with the luscious Con-
cords, DelaWares and Niagaras
Apples, of course, are "tops," just
now, and are getting ready to stage
repeat as Victory Food Special.
All the good root vegetables are
to be highly recommended. Pars-
nips, satisfy (oyster plant), little
white turnips, huge white radishes,
celeriac, carrots and baby beets are
of fine quality and inexpensive
Sweet potatoes are especially good
and the first of the tiny little new"
white potatoes. to cook in their
Jackets with chives and parsley
butter are here. Hubbard and acorn
squash, collards, kale and nice spin
ach are good buys. Peas and string
beans are high in price, and not too
good. Cauliflower. savoy cabbage,
celery cabbage and just plain cab
bage-present Victory Food Special
are all wise selections. There are
Brussels sprouts and broccoli, too, if
you prefer them. Tiny little egg
plants, to be cooked as the Italians
do, are found in some markets, and
mushrooms, though expensive, are
large and very good.
Grocery Stocks
Are Varied
You can still find soups in tins,
If you look around for them, but
the dehydrated and bottled types are
slowly replacing them. Condensed
soups, of course, will continue to
come in cans, and as we told you
few weeks ago, one of the largest
producers Of ready-to-eat soups is
now putting out many Of your favor
ties in condensed form Ready
mixes for bakestuffs and desserts are
enjoying a tremendous popularity,
probably due to the number of
brides keeping house, for the first
time, and to the pressure of these
busy days on other women. One
of the large downtown markets has
on display its first stocks of candied
fruits for winter fruit cakes-citron,
angelica, cherries, and so on. Won
der how many fruit cakes will get
made THIS year? j.. Supplies of
corn sirup are better; many stores
have both the light and dark on
hand, after the recent dearth.
And here's some good news-cer-
tain local markets are planning to
feature stocks of spices of all kinds,
made by one of the best-known
concerns, for week end buying. Now
is your chance to stock your pantry
shelf with the things you need, and
perhaps have not been able to find
lately. But remember, no hoard
ing, please! Spices don't last for
ever, so buy just what you need
and leave the rest for the other
purchasers