Evening star., 1943-07-01
By Betsy Cas,UeH,
Women's News Editor.

Washington markets, but you may
have to hunt for any one Of them
and even then take whatever cut
you can find. Rumors are that
veal Is going to be scarce in months
to come. because the Government
wants the calves to grow up into
beef cattle-which sounds logical,
but We have no oficial word on the
subject. Chickens are still definitely
out Of the picture, and If any one
can find q good fresh duck In this
town he can join the magicians' So
ciety with honors. Country dwellers
are to be envied their poultry runs
and duck pond behind the narn!
You can get your usual quota of
fish, Of course, including pollock
f1llet, haddock, halibut, porgies,
trout, sea bass and butterfish, as
well as the more expensive salmon,
swordf1sh. crab meat and so on.
There are soft-shell crabs in the
markets, and a few dealers have
some fine Maine lobsters-at q
price.
Fruits and vegetables should be
plentiful, but many stores carry a
small variety only, because the per-
lshable items are expensive and
hard to keep. To confuse you, po-
tatoes, which were rapidly becoming
pearls Of great price a few weeks
ago, are now so plentiful that we
are being told to eat as many Of
them as we can manage to choke
down. The new crop Is big. and the
spuds don't keep any too we'll at this
season. Don't buy any that are wet
and spongy. Tomatoes are good
now, but they are more expensive
than they ought to be at this time
of year. Cabbage, too, has climbed
in price but Is Of good quality. Snap
beans-although being plowed under,
as we mentioned before-are a bit
scarcer than last week, but ade-
quate supplies are around. Lima
beans are very scarce, as are onions
and sweet potatoes. There's good
yellow squash to be had. nice car
rots, fine broccoli. an assortment of
greens, including pretty fair, but
very sandy, spinach; the last Of the
asparagus and good cucumbers and
lettuce.
If you go to the specially markets
you can spend all your budget can
stand and get nice lot of various
fruits. Although berries have been
a little scarce, there are still good
ones to be found, such as blueber-
ries, black and red raspberries,
strawberries and currants. You may
even find gooseberries If you search
hard enough. There are a few
honeydews in town, expensive hon.
eyballs and nice cantaloupes, as
we'll as some watermelons. Hiley
Belle peaches are in and very good,
too. Bing cherries, fresh figs, CO.
conuts, California apricots and nee
tarines, Santa Rosa plums, seedless
grapes and mangoes round out the
list.
Here and There: Practically
as much ice cream will be sold 10
civilians this summer as in the sum
mers before the outbreak OF war IN
Europe-although probably not as
much as In the record high era OF
1912. In q booklet issued by the
National Dairy Council housewives
are advised, when storing bought
ice cream to run a spatula around
the side OF the carton to loosen the
ice cream from the sides; transfer
the ice cream to a refrigerator tray
by turning the carton upside down;
cut through the center OF the Ice
cream with the knife, folding one
half to each end Of the tray; cover
ice cream with waXed paper ana
place it In the freezing compart-
ment until ready for use. {.
Another herb farns-this one In New
York State, sends us delicious herb
blends for various dishes, spicy garlic
vinegar and other tempting sea-
sonings for use in making restricted
meals look like the real Mccoy.
These are on sale in a local store.
Charles B. Knox Gelatin
Co., Johnstown, N. Y. has published
some very helpful little booklets Of
wartime recipes and suggestions and
one of them is devoted to a repe-
tition Of their now-famous method
of extending" a pound Of butter
and various uses for the resultant
spread. There's no charge for
these-just write the Knox COM
pany. Speaking Of butter
stretchers, have you tried the new
one that has just made its appear
ance in local markets? It's an ex-
cellent product and very easy to
handle. Just pour one pint OF
slightly warmed milk into a mixing
bowl, dissolve the "stretcher" tablets
in the milk and mix with one pound
of butter to get two pounds OF
spread. OPA has revoked the
compulsory labelling provision which
required manufacturers Of soup to
inform the buying public that their
product was brought out under
WPB conservation order. This order
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