Evening star., 1943-01-28

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essential for shoppers in wartime
revised a dozen times in the course
There is usually a good supply
few of the stores and markets fea-
ture them particularly. With all the
animals slaughtered for the armed
forces end overseas consumption
there Is a steady stream of these
organ meats pouring in for civilian
use. These meats do not keep well
over long periods of time, and there
fore, in spite of their high food
value, are not used in instances
where shipping to far distances be-
comes a factor. That is all to the
civilians benefit, because all of these
meats are rich in vitamins and iron
and the best type of protein. You
may not like some Of them, but this
Is no time to be "choosy," and we
advise you to start learning to enjoy
them right now!
This week end you will find some
markets featuring pork roll, which,
it is suggested, you bake whole like
a ham. This will be good for slicing
cold, later on, too. Then there will
be another lot of those meaty bar
becue spareribs on hand, and there
is plenty of nice sauerkraut to go
with either of these meats. Chick
ems, of course, will be available.
along with few turkeys. some ducks
and plump little squads, if you and
your budget feel like being fancy.
The fish lineup looks good-much
the same as last week. with fine
scrod from Boston added to the
roster OF bluefish, trout, croakers,
paddock. bass. shad and Spanish
inackerel. Fresh shrimp have been
a little scarce, but there is good crab
meat, as we'll as oysters and clans,
available.
Wonderfully juicy Macintosh ap-
piles, not often seen around here at
this time of year, have come to local
markets, and strawberries are un-
usually tasty and sweet. Navel
oranges and tangerines are good for
eating "out of hand" and if you
search for them you will be re-
warded by some of the tiny little
'lady apples" that the children love
Pineapples from Florida are enor-
nous this week, and ripe and sweet
as well. And don't overlook the
humble little cranberries - their
Juice makes a fine tangy breakfast
drink that is mighty good for you.
Tomatoes are still high in price,
and not too good in quality. String
beans, lima beans, peas from Florida,
artichokeS and BrusSel sprouts are
all recommended. Spinach. kale,
mustard and turnip tops and fine
collards offer tempting array of
healthful green's. Pots of chives
and crisp punches of chicory lend
new interest to salads, and you can
bring breath of spring to your
wintertime meals by combining
them with scallions, red radishes,
water cress and few leaves of raw
spinach for a truly epicurean dish,
You may have noticed that a
week or so ago in our Readers
Clearing House" we published some
suggestions for using milk cartons
in salvaging fats. We were as
Sured by our contributors that they
had had no trouble in disposing of
these fat-flled cartons to the
butchers who handled the salvage.
Now, however, an individual in a
Government bureau takes us Sc
verely to task for passing along such
Information. 1t seems that only tin
cans will do-tof course, we all
knew that in the beginning, but
with tin cans becoming fewer and
fewer, most housewives have been
trying to find some workable sub
stitute). 1t now appears that, con-
trary to our understanding of the
original orders, We can use any type
of tin Can-no top is needed.
The No. cans will hold a pound
Of fat. our informant stated, and
should be used in place of the car
tons, which make the fat impure,
due to the paraffin with which the
cartons are treated. mighty fussy,
this fatD The butcher, the scold-
ing went on, will see that the tin
can goes to the proper tin can SAL
wage depot We suggested mildly
that the butcher could scoop out
the fat and return the tin can, there
by saving lots Of metal, but we were
told haughtlly that wasn't neces-
sary at all-there would be plenty
Of tin cans at least for this year.
And when they were all used up
then something would be done about
IT. We again intlmated that it
would be good idea if the Gov
ernment bureau looked ahead a bit
and did something about it before
the eventualty oCcurred-we were
told in no uncertain terms that
that was foolish idea, and un-
worthy of attention.
The telephone conversation ended
on note Of mutual diStruSt-and
the feeling on our part that if some
of the big shots who guide the
housewives destiny would come out
from behind their barricadeS of
typewriters and secretaries long
enough to really see just what
problems do confront home MAX
ers Of Washington, we might get a
little more practical instruction.
But that, We suppose, is too much
70 expect Of such important people
They deal only i'm theory