Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-03-18

This has been busy period IL
the marketing and food world ant
If YOU have been following the new
columns you Will be well posted On
Just how things stand. The raised
price ceilings ON fresh produce ha!
already had its effect on supplies
coming to District markets, fol
fruits and vegetables are noticeabll
less tight than they have beer
recently
But OH those pricesi For the
first time for many of us the fooc
problem becomes not only real, but
almost unsolvable. The house
keeper who has been living on g
restricted budget has felt the pinch
for a long time and only smiled
wryly when told to buy fresh vege-
tables and fruits instead of canned
ones and to use meats to make soup
stocks instead of investing in the
canned variety. All this while her
more fortunate sister, who did not
have to count the pennies spent
for each meal proudly co-operated
with the request to use fresh prod
nee. bought them lavishly and was
inclined to be superior about mot
using a single one of my coupons
my dear-eXcept for some chill
sauce!"
Now the whole picture changes.
The Colonies lady and Judy OGrady
meet on common ground OF scar
cities and high prices that neither
can overcome The only difference,
of course, being that Judy O'Grady
has the jump on the Colonel's lady
in practicing the fine art of substi-
tuition because she has had to do
so for some time and the painful
lessons are just beginning for her
fine-feathered counterpart.
The situation is no laughing mat
ter for any homemaker at this
point, and the problems it presents
are enough to take the starch out
of almost any woman. temporarily.
On the woman who works, and on
the women with young babies and
children. it falls hardest. Caesars
Ides of March were a pink tea party
compared to these of 1913!
But women will find a way out
as they always have. 1t will take a
lot of planning and lot of neigh
borly cooperation, but some ar
rangement will be worked out be-
cause American women have never
been downed yet. One of the best
and most helpful forms of war work
that could be developed would be
shopping and marketing service
formed by women in various COM
munities, for their neighbors who
are confined in Offices during the
usual buying hours. Other neigh
bors could arrange to care for
young children. or for older ones
after school This is being done in
various sections of town. but it
could become even more widespread
and do a lot of good. Even the
preparation of some dishes that take
time to cook might be managed for
the working woman, so that her
meal getting" would be shortened
considerably when she returns home.
High school girls could do their bit
by light cleaning and perhaps
mending for their busy elders, after
study hours.
AS far as the food itself goes, this
week end We suggest you stick to
fresh fish as much as you can and
to eggs Cheese, too, while it is not
rationed, will help you. The re-
duction of the points value of dried
legumes will help little in your
search for meat substitutes. Mush-
rooms are still plentiful and, al
though they are not really an ade-
uuate substitute for meat, they are
filling and tasty when combined
with rice or used to stretch a little
ground meat in luscious sauce for
spaghetti or noodles. To get back
to fish-if you buy nice roe shad
you can serve the shad baked for
dinner, and the roe broiled, with
q bit of bacon, If YOU have it, or