Evening star., 1943-05-27
Report to the Housewife
Fresh Fruits and Vegetables Plentiful This Week.;
All Meats Except Pork Very Scarce in Markets

it, I suppose-and then they will
probably become scarce and expen-
sive! Well, there's only one thing
to do-enjoy our cheeses while we
may and give them up with smile
when we must.
Fortunately, at the moment sup
plies of fresh fruits and vegetables
are enough to bring some ease to
the housewives heart. AS you may
have noticed a day or so ago, some
items were so plentiful that they
spoiled and had to be thrown away.
That, under present circumstances,
seems incredible, and is serious
condition that should be looked into
thoroughly. Those discarded beans
and squash would have filled many
a quart jar If canned and tucked
away on closet shelves for the leaner
months to come.
Cantaloupes and cherries are bet
ter than ever this week, and straw
berries from nearby areas are at
their peak. In fact, If you are plan
ming to preserve the berries, now is
the time to buy them, for they will
have short season this year, mar
ketmen say, and are just right for
putting up at the moment Rhu-
barb, the citrus fruits, including
lines, avocados, mangos and a good
supply of pineapples and bananas,
are also recommended.
Although more potatoes have ar
rived here, supplies are still rather
limited. Corn from Texas has i'm
proved in quality and the Golden
Bantam is sweet and tender. Mush-
rooms, peas from California and
the Carolinas, snap beans, all kinds
of greens, cabbage, tomatoes from
Florida and Texas. asparagus from
Delaware and New Jersey, cucum-
bers from Florida and the hothouse
type from Indiana are all priced at
tractively. Some good limas from
Florida have come in and there are
more eggplants on hand than were
seen last week. Excellent lettuce,
romaine and escarole are to be had
and there are plenty of nice spring
onions and crisp red radishes to be
found. Though beets were scarce
in some local markets, they are OBJ
tainable in most places, and are
small and tender. Carrots from
California and all kinds of squash,
including acorn and zucchini, are
recommended.
incidentally, as the canning sea-
son gets under way. you'll find our
cookbook on wartime canning and
cooking real help The response
to our offer of the book to our
readers has been tremendous and
most gratifying. A few copies are
still available. however, and if you
wish to have one, clip and mail
the coupon that you will find on
the next page. Or you can get the
book yourself at the business counter
of The Evening Star.
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Here and There: OPA has
ruled that stores cannot insist that
an equal amount of sherbet or other
frozen confection be purchased
when ice cream is requested.
Rationed meat is being made avail
able in limited quantities by OPA
for feeding seeing eye" dogs owned
by blind people. Up to IL points
weekly will be allowed when un-
rationed horse meat cannot be OBJ
tanned. Those in the know"
are urging householders to order
next winters coal now-and to in
sulate their houses if they have not
already done so. 1t goes without
saying that they hope you've already
converted from oil to coal. :.
Applications for those rare jewels,
pressure cookers, must be filed with
county war boards. Preference will
be given to applications for group
or community use. Two more
Public Affairs Pamphlets are out.
The Beveridge Plan" by Maxwell
S. Stewart, and Freedom From
Want, World Goal" by Elizabeth
E. Hoyt. Each sells for 10 cents and
may be obtained from the Public
Affairs Committee, 80 Rockefeller
plaza, New York. Your precious
nylon is riding world skies today in
every type Of plane. Nylon chutes
are saving the lives of countless
American boys and no other fabric
fills the bill so completely. Who
cares about stockings? Here's
an awful thought: Some chemists
predict that the increasing use of
luminous paints may lead to a time
in the future when We won't need
any electric lights-our rooms will
be Illuminated by the walls and CELL
ings, which have stored up light
from the daytime. Fine as far as it
goes-but how in the world could
you turn it off? Stamps Is and
Is in War Ration Book l will each
be good for pounds of sugar for
home canning. They become valid
on Monday and will remain so
through October 81 Consumers can
take their ration books direct to the
dealer, instead of having to apply
at their local boards for sugar cou-
pons, as was previously announced.
. . . A newly formed committee of
physicians and specialists will assist
in formulating policies for handling
the special dietary needs Of invalids
under the rationing program, says
VIA. Don't forget to destroy
your unused expired ration stamps
if any. Even though that food
spoiler, botulinus, is said not to be
very prevalent here, use every pre-
caution you can when putting up"
foodstuffs and, just to be on the safe
side, boil the contents of the jars
10 minutes before serving the food
at meals.
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