Evening star., 1943-02-11

cneer1eSt picture this week end IN
local markets. They are brimming
with good things, and prices, in gen.
eral, are quite reasonable Peas.
lima beans and string beans are all
on the recommended" list; toma-
toes are lower in price, and eggplant,
IN most markets. is very reasonable
yellow and white summer squash,
greens, all members OF the cabbage
family Except celery cabbage
escarole, lettuce, celery. baby beets
and turnips are good buys. Green
and red peppers seem to be a little
on the scarce side. and cucumbers
are almost impossible to find. If
you do manage to discover one or
two, they are apt to be of the hot
house variety and priced accord
ingly.
Reports indicate that the swing
towards fresh produce has been def
nitely marked of late. Less canned
foods are being included in the
daily menus in many homes. This.
of course, is all to the good, AS using
the fresh, perisha BILE foodstufis is
the duty of civilians. in order to re-
lease as much of the other type OF
goods for long distance shipping and
other war demands. However. in
a number of instances. scarcities or
prices will prohibit the housewife
from buying certain fresh prod
Nct; she can then, fortunately, still
turn to a canned substitute, or to
the excellent quick frozen fruits
and egetables-especially in in
stances where certain items. such AS
corn on the cob, for example, are no
longer being put up in cans.
When peas or lima beans are
ecarce-the frozen ones step in to
relieve the picture in most salts
factory way. And the same holds
GOOD with number of other items.
Prices on these frozen foods, incl
dentally, are most reasonable. and,
In some cases, even lower than the
fresh product.
In the fresh fruit line the pic
ture remains much the same as last
week. Rhubarb apples, fresh dates,
plenty of avocados, Tokay grapes.
tangerines and pineapples are all
available. There are few Temple
and King oranges around, along
with tangeloes, to vary the citrus
fruit list. Wonderful Strawberries
are almost a must
As one dealer puts it. meat is
still "a hit-and-miss proposition
mostly miss At the close OF busl-
ness in the evenings many meat
market men have no idea what they
will be able to get for the next days
trade, until the morning shipments
actually come in. There seems TO
be a good supply OF meat sundries,
AZ usual, although sweetbreads be-
came bit scarce the early part
of the week. Lamb and beef are
very hard to find, and veal is oo-
tainable only in some markets
and in an odd variety OF cuts AT
that. Pork rolls and pork puddlngs,
luncheon meats, scrapple ana sau-
kages are featured in a NUMBER OF
stores. Bacon, we find, Is a little
easier to obtain than it has oeen
recently. Poultry is fairly plentiful
and includes frying chickens. few
ducks and some turkeys-mostly on
order. Fowl seems to be very scarce
at the moment. Eggs are reasonable,
and can be used as main dish
without too much damage to the
budget.
Cheese is also on the recon-
mended list for those main dishes,
and butter. some markets report,
seems a little freer than 1t was.
Speaking OF dairy products, don't
overlook the value of ice cream AS
a food for your family. It's not
tust a good dessert tit contains
lot of valuable dietary essentials.
In general, for your main dishes
depend on eggs, cheese. flsh-o1
which there is a good variety IN
town-the dried Iegumes, such as
heans. peas and lentils. cereals and
khe pastes-macaroni. noodles, and
~ on. Supplement these with fine
fresh vegetables and fruits and milk
tn some form or other-and your
family won't find the meat shortage |
such a real hardship after all.
Here and There: If you are
really anxious to learn about good /
nutrition, and how to cope with ra- /
tioning and still feed your family |
adequately and tastily, sign up for /
the series Of six lectures just an !
nounced by Mrs. Malcolm Moss /.
IN charge OF nutrition classes ,
OF the American Womens Voluntary
Services These lectures will be held
on Fridays, beginning tomorrow. at
the First Covenant Church, Con-
necticut avenue and N street N w,
from 10 to II m. You'll gain val
uable information and assistance.
General Foods Corp. has just
issued nice little booklet called
Baking Secrets" 1t abounds in
helpful suggestions for the wartime
housekeeper. These booklets may
be had by writing the Consumer
Service Department, General Foods
Corp, $50 Park avenue, New York.
Three other leaflets are worthy
OF honorable mention, too. Tempt
ing Lunch Box Meals" and Making
the Most of Meat" come from Swift
l. Co, Union Stock Yards, Chicago
They are compiled by that we'll
known home economics expert
Martha Logan, and may be had by
writing to the company. :. Third
in the group is the Poultry and Egg
National Boards "Serve Chicken
This gives you basic instructions on
buying and cooking all sorts OF
chicken-mighty important now
when chicken has become our main
stay Write to the board at 308 w.
Washington street, Chicago. Al
though the number of hives was
greatly increased last year. the
honey crop proves disappointingly
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