Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-07-29
By Betsy CasveH,
Women's News Editor.


delectable and unusual dish. Egg
plants are more plentiful, but still
expensive; mushrooms are few and
far between. Iceberg and garden
lettuce are reasonable and good, all
members of the summer squash fam
lily are to be had, and there are plenty
of beets about. Lima beans, cauli-
flower and onions are scarce, but
there is good cabbage and broccoli
on the market. Peas from Colo
RADIO are expensive, though of fine
quality. Sweet potatoes are recon-
mended.
Fruits continue to be of only fair
condition and very expensive. Blue
berries have been scarce this week,
but there has been good supply of
black and red raspberries and some
blackberries on hand. A few goose
berries have been coming in from
Northern areas, but there are rela-
lively very few on the market.
Pineapples are increasing in supply
and dropping in price; there are
excellent Bartlett pears from the
West Coast, and a fine variety of
plums. Seedless grapes, mangoes,
bananas, apples and peaches are
high, as are honeydeWs and water
melons. Cantaloupes, mediocre, are
selling at upper levels, too. There
are still some cherries about that
are worth their price. Citrus fruits
are not too good, just now-but
lines are relatively cheaper than
lemons and can be used with equally
good effect in summer drinks, in
case you are interested!
X X
Here and There: Despite the
fact that this year soft-shell crabs
have been scarcer than hens teeth
in local markets, the Office of the
Co-ordinator of Fisheries seems to
think they are so plentiful that a
release on their preparation is most
timely. This offers instructions on
how to clean and cook them-all
very sound-but winds up with a
recipe making use of leftover crabs
in green pepper shells. Although
this is an old standby for the meat
of hard crabs, I confess adapting it
to the soft-shell variety leaves me
cold If you know of anything less
tempting or less suited to healthful
diet than 2-day-old fried soft crab
I'd like to hear about it. -. House.
wives over As are being urged to
contact their nearest Civilian De-
Tense Volunteer Office and apply for
some type of war work. Experts
say that the woman of this age often
is far more efficient, has more time
to give and is able to serve in many
more ways than the younger gals.
OF all the Liberty ships
that have been launched SIS are
named for women. For 10
cents you can get swell booklet
the "Bernadin Home Canning Guide"
that will be most helpful. There
are some good special" menus
thrown in for extra value, too. Lots
of nice illustrations and fine recipes.
Write to the Bernardin Bottle Cap
Co., Inc, Evansville, Ind. APP
proXimately 100000 additional
cases of canned baby foods, milk
"a oNoSts anu SCItdI anu
vegetables are expected to become
available for civilian use, WPB says.
Peaches, apricots and cherries are
NOT included in the lineup. {.
BY September 225.O0O pressure cook
ers for canning will have been COM
pleted, WPB announces proudly.
Pity you can't slow up the maturing
of your Victory garden crops to con-
form to the Governments idea of
the canning season! Cheer up,
maybe you'll be able to snag a
cooker somewhere before the vege-
tables ripen NEXT year. All
empty beverage bottles should be
returned promptly to local dealers.
There's shortage there, too.
Baltimore's own Mccormick &
co. is dehydrating Maine potatoes
for shipment to the armed forces.
we learn. This means thousands of
pounds of potatoes can he shjnpad