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Evening star., 1943-05-06
By the Vicfory Chief

Hundreds, thousands, yes, millions
Of peas are eaten every year in
America-we might almost say
every month-and yet the pea is
one Of the least known and least
understood Of all the array of good
things which come from the garden.
The pea is indeed 4 very, very
old table item. The Homeric Heroes
of the Odyssey, fond As they we've
OF mighty roasts, turned to vege-
tables as their first foods, and
among them the plates OF peas
ranked high.
OF course, 1t is known that Pytha-
goras, the great Greek philosopher,
banned beans. and Galen, the
Roman doctor, banned peas, but
this 1t is said was due to the fact
that beans and peas were used As
implements with which to vote
black beans and white beans or
dried yellow peas or dried green
peas-and these two wise men used
beans and peas figuratively-it was
In this way they warned their stu
dents against politics and politi-
clans.
On the other hand, among the
greatest OF the Romans, were many
who held the legumes in such high
regard that they took on family
names in honor of these vegetables
and 50 we have Fabius, named
after "faba." the bean, and Lentulus,
in honor Of "lenticula," the lentil,
while the great orator. Cicero, de-
rives his name from "cicer arieti-
num-" the pea.
Throughout Europe, peas were
important through the centuries,
but they presented T. particular
problem in England during the 18th
century. That was the period when
forks, the new idea developed in
Italy, began to clutter up the Eng
liSh dining tables and provide no
end of worry and discussion among
English ladies and gentlemen. It
is said that the Corporation OF
London gave annual turtle feasts,
at which three pounds of turtle were
set aside for each guest. not count
ing the endless variety of side dishes,
among which were peas. They were
the difiiculty-were they to be
eaten with these oddities, the forks,
now coming into much favor among
the fashionables? Or were they to
be stabbed at the points of knives
or arranged on the blades (as they
still are, according to evil comment
and report). Or were they to be
held back among the more or less
out-of- f-yogue spoon dishes? In
the end, compromise was effected:
New peas were considered to be 50
delightful that they were classed
as a separate and special dish, ad-
mirably qualified to adopt the fork.
And to this day, the fork is the
table utensil to go with the pea.
So popular have peas become
clear around the world that cooks
in many lands have developed novel
recipes for their preparation. In
Evening star., 1943-05-06

Recipe: BEEF BISCUIT ROLLS fLstorsr,}
2cups ground n sup chopped Erees
tssp.: ssi bssi stft dripping. y t.p ..lt -.
Brown the onion and green pepper with the
meat in the dripPings. Add the seasoning
cups -four. On Toured board. pat out soft
dough in a square or oblong about n inch
thick. Brush with melted fat and spread with
meat mixture. Rolllike a Jelly roll. pinch edges
together and cut in ~ inch alicea. Bake with
cut sides up on oiled baking pan in 425' F. oven
for 20 minutes. Serve with brown gravy q
mushroom sauce. servings.
FRIDAY-fnot rationedy
Broied Halibut Steaks Tartar Sauce
Plain Boiled Potatoes Chopped Parsley
Creamed Cabbage Broiled tomatoes
Lemon Meringus Pie
SATURDAY-Red Stamp Poiss-A
Baked Lima Beans with u lb. Star Bacon X
Bqststsd AAspsraTu. Tossed Green Salad
SUNDAY BREAkFAST-RAd Psisn-A
Serve Orange Juice, Scrambled Eggs with
on Toast. Cinnamon Coffee Cake and codee.
{. i c,.fe {,
MoNDAY-R Rcd Stamp Poists-S
Slice / lb. of Star Bologna X and serve 1t fried
with Hot Potato Salad. Raw Carrot Strips. For
dessert, Rhubarb Sauce. Milk.
TUESDAY-fSsnday Lsf7epsrs
Use the bones from Sunday's roast to make /.
delicious Vegetable Soup. Serve with Toasted
Crackers, Stuffed Prune Salad and Milk.
WEokESoAY-Red Stamp Points
Serve a Cheese Rarebit 4 on Whole Wheat
Toast with sliced Tomatoes and Lettuce Salad.
For dessert. Strawberries with Cream.
tMsans Ratoned Msats
Red Z and F stamps good this week.
c seamps become good Mays. !
Evening star., 1943-05-06
By DR.. Martha M. Eliot,

By DR.. Martha M. Eliot,
Associate Chief, Childrens Bureau,
U. S. Department OF Labor
Associated Press Features.
In spite of food rationing, we have
cause to be thankful that there's
enough nutrition to 60 around. 1t
is the Job of mothers to see that it
does 60 around, that every child gets
the protective foods he needs for
health and growth.
The chief cause Of malnutrition
in children is not always either
shortage of food nor is 1t the lack
Of money to buy food. Often the
real cause Is lack Of knowledge on
the part Of parents about the right
kind Of food for children.
Every child should get these basic
foods every day:
Milk-11a pints to I quart a day.
Fruits and Vegetables-At least
four servings a day for each child.
Choose one that is rich In vitamin
c, such as oranges, grapefruit, to-
matoes, green leafy vegetables, cab
bage or turnips. Choose another for
its vitamin A and iron, such as the
green leafy vegetables, yellow fruits
Evening star., 1943-05-06
Short Cuts to Preparation
Of Meals Are Suggested

How long does 1t take woman to
prepare supper for the family? II
she's a war worker who takes up
her home job after an 8-hour trick
on a production line or in an office,
1t probably takes far less time than
1t did in pre-War days. For one of
the first things the homemaker war
worker has discovered is that her
leisurely pre-war methods were not
only unnecessary but often resulted
in less nutritious meals tnan those
she now prepares using short cuts
and streamlined methods.
With plenty of time on her hands
she may have cooked foods more
slowly than she does today; and
quicker cooking holds in more of
the vitamin content. She may have
cooked her vegetables too long, we'll
past the point Of Just tender which
nutritionists advise. And undoubted-
ly she did cook most Of her vege-
tables, though many are just as
tasty raw and actually provide more
vitamins and minerals than when
cooked.
One trick many war workers are
using Is to cook up on Sunday
enough food to last we'll into the
middle Of the week. A pot roast. for
instance. or pot Of baked beans, or
any Of those other dishes which are
Just as good cold as hot and which
also provide the makings for lunch
box sandwiches either for the war
worker or for the school children.
They've learned, too that many
foods can be cooked, either partially
or wholly, during a mid-week eve
ming. and quickly completed or re-
heated for next nights supper.
Stews are good example.
When they cook potatoes, they
cook twice as much as the family
will eat at one meal The remainder
Is then ready to make into potato
cakes or puffs, or nourishing potato
soup. Other vegetables-carrots
peas, beans and so on-cooked in
extra quantities. can be used in a
one-dish vegetable scallop which
takes very little time to prepare
when the vegetables are e-cooked.
Slicing or dicing such vegetables
as carrots, turnips and onions, or
grating beets. shortens cooking time
Evening star., 1943-05-06

considerably. Panning vegetables,
says Bureau of Human Nutrition
and Home Economics, United States
Department Of Agriculture, is
quick top-of-stove way to cook
many vegetables, and it holds the
food value, too, since the vegetables
are cooked in their own juices.
Favorites for panning are cabbage,
shredded in narrow strips; kale,
stripped from the midribs; spinach,
summer squash, cut in small pieces;
okra, with the pods sliced crosswise.
The system approved by Bureau
of Human Nutrition and Home
Economics Is as follows: For each
quart of prepared vegetables allow
two tablespoons OF fat. Melt the
fat in heavy, fiat pan: add vege-
table and cover to hold in the
steam. Cook slowly until tender
but not mushy. stirring occasional
ly. Season with salt and pepper
before serving. Milk can be added
If desired, first sitting flour lightly
over the cooked vegetable to thicken
the milk.
One OF the biggest time and food
value savers is serving vegetables
raw. Cabbage, cut up for slaw, is
one of the most usual ways. Raw
carrots. eaten with salt like celery,
are another favorite. and grated
carrots make delicious salads or
sandwich Filings. Not so well known
are raw young turnips, cut in thin
sticks and eaten with salt. Raw
caulif1ower, separated into its little
punches, can also be eaten this way.
One way to conserve the vitamin c,
the experts say. is to serve vege-
tables Immediately after they are
picked. Vitamin c disappears into
thin air when vegetables stand.
Diced raw rutabaga, chopped raw
green peppers and cold cooked po-
tatoes make quick and tasty salad,
full of good vitamins and minerals.
Raw chopped spinach and diced to-
matoes make another. Shredded
cabbage. chopped onion and
chopped peanuts provide an inter-
esting dish.
Egg dishes, such as omelets and
baked eggs. are quick to prepare
and can often take the place Of
meat in the menu.
Evening star., 1943-05-06
Your Peas andO's
The Latter Standing for Quality
In Your Favorite Vegetable

France, particularly, chefs have
brandished their wooden spoons in
culinary rivalry arguing the merits
of their favorite recipes.
Various continental countrie.
have invented countless method.
for taking the innocent pea and
so Disgusting 1t that it hardly
knows its own right name, and
have eaten peas cooked with let
tuce, cooked with various herbs
including mint, and mixed with po-
tatoes and carrots and smothered
In cream or white sauce. What an
insult to the delicate and delightful
vegetable!
Finally. these very United States
In these war days, have worked out
the most appealing Of all rules
and while it is not 4 new creation
1t Is a correct adaptation OF an
old bit of information about peas
at their best.
The secret. today, is to plant
yourself 4 Victory garden and,
Inrougn loving attention to detail,
grow yourself = row OF peas. Then,
being properly impatient. the mo-
ment the pod shows that it con-
tains tiny kernels, wake up bright
and early and pick your crop, while
the dew is upon them. Set them
In a cool place until shortly before
luncheon time. Then. for four
neat portions, shell pint. Now
place them in heavy stew pan
with a tight lid. Add three or four
tablespoons Of water and cook until
tender. Then add a bit OF salt. a
lump Of butter which is allowed to
melt-and- then the peas and the
liquor In which they were cooked
are served as an individual course.
Fresh buttered toast goes we'll
alongside. No other dish should
be brought in to comnete.
Evening star., 1943-05-06
'Mother Must Understand
Nutrition for Children

and ripe tomatoes. Every day have
one serving of potatoes and add TO
these another fruit or vegetable.
Egg-One day for each child If
possible, or at least four or five eggs
each week.
Meat or Fish-Once a day or at
least four times a week.
Cereals and Bread-Whole grain
or enriched. One serving of cereal
a day; bread according to appetite.
Butter or oleomargarine that con-
tains added vitamin A.
Cod-Liver Oil-Every day.
(This is the ninth in a series OF
articles on child health in Dar-
time. Tomorrow: Injury Stalks
the Home.)
Evening star., 1943-05-06
Try ThisHoney
Applesauce
Cake!

Delicious" is the word for it
this honey apple sauce cake which
uses neither sugar not butter.
~ cups flour.
cup raisins.
cup nut meats (chopped).
teaspoon soda.
teaspoon salt.
teaspoon cinnamon.
! cup honey, or "a cup honey
and u cup sugar.
Il cup shortening.
egg.
cup apple sauce.
teaspoon vanilla.
Cream the shortening; add the
honey and cream, mixing thor
oughly; add egg and beat well
until light and fluffy. Mix "a cup
flour with the raisins and nuts
and add to the creamed mixture.
Add the apple sauce and rest of
flour, alternately. Pour into
creased pan and bake in a mod
crate oven, $50 F., for As to so
minutes until done. Makes one
pan s"xs"x2h". Cool and ice
with orange icing.
II the cake is to be served inn
mediately. be kind to your sugar
and Ice with pastel jelly frosting,
made as follows:
Pastel Jelly Frestiny.
u cup jelly (any tart fiavor).
egg white.
Dash Of salt.
Place jelly il, bowl and set over
hot water. Add egg white and
salt and beat with rotary egg
beater until jelly is free from
humps. Remove from fire and
continue beating until mixture is
stif enough to stand in peaks.
Spread on cake and garnish with
bits Of clear jelly. Serve at once.
Evening star., 1943-05-06
Brighten Utensils

Aluminium pans and other kitchen
utensils are easily cleaned with a
lemon and some kitchen salt. Mix
salt with little juice from the
lemon and rub the article to be
cleansed. then wipe of with a wet
rag. Afterward shine with metal
polish, and you will have a surface
bright as new. When an aluminium
pot becomes darkened inside, fill
it with water, add a sliced lemon
and boil to remove discoloration.
Evening star., 1943-05-06
Wartime Hints

The easiest way to season a plain
hot vegetable in addition to salt
and pepper is to add meat drippings
or melted fat. Add hot drippings
to hot vegetables just before serving
for the best taste. A war aid, too.
Keep a jar Of ground peanuts on
hand. Add nutrition and flavor to
muthns, wafies, cookies and quick
breads: dress up salads with a sprin-
king on top Of mayonnaise or perk
up otherwise plain desserts such as
cup custard.
Evening star., 1943-05-06
| Armour$
|MeafRation
| Meals
| - 9 Hearty
~ Meat Meals
| %ra
| FAMILY OF 6

Maris Clifford shows here how the
= 96 red stamp point allowance can
provide 6 meat dinners. 3 luncheons
and Star bacon breakfast for q
family of 6. The market order below
shows exact quantities of meat and
fats to buy.
svhDAY-Red Stamp Poinb -Ae
(Whh i,ftosers for Monday and Wedrssdsy)
Boneless Beef Rump Roast r
(Save bones for Tuesday luncheon soup)
Armour's Standing Beef Rib Roast<
Mashed Potatoes Brown Gravy
Fresh Green Beans with Bacon Drippings
Jellied Vegetable Salad
Pineapple Upside Down Cake
MokpAY-fSanday Leffopers}
Barbecued Roast Beef Slices K on Noodles
Buttered Carrots
Cabbage and Pineapple Salad
Baked Custard with Fresh Fruit Sauce
fUESDAY-Red Stamp Points-l1
Lamb Pie r Potato Puff Crust
Tossed Green Salad
Fresh or Frozen Cherry Tarts
The union times., 1943-04-10
Ouiz Ansuers

These are the answers to ques- tiOns on page 3:
 l. Chester C. Davis, St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank chief. 2. Be- cause it would prevent them from getting higher prices for low-grade goods. 3. Two dollars a day. 4. Col orado. 5. West Coast members of Aircraft War Production Council Inc. 6. Because he is a union man. z. The general praised their per fOrmance. 8. Recommitted to the House Ways and Means Committee. Specially Co.,, And Seek Equal Pay For Women"; l''Wholesale Beer Salesmen, Local 229Ol Is Nego- tiating With Cremo-Brewery Of New Britain; ''New Haven Council Is Conducting A Campaign To Sell Stock In Labor Realty Corp."; ''Labor's Hourly Out-Put Has Trebled Since l899"; Minimum Wage Board For Mercantile Trade In Connecticut Recommends SIG Weekly Minimum Wage-6O,OOO Clerks In The State Would Be Affected"; Pittsburgh Teamsters Fight Sale Of Japanese Coods"; Detroit Increases Wages Of City Employees"
 PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED workers, long ignored by employ CTS, are proving invaluable to nation at war. The U. s. Employ ment Service placed 9l,396 of these workers in jobs in l942, an increase of 72@o over l94l and 23OR over l94O. The USES, how ever, emphasized that there still are many employers who refuse to recognize that properly trained per sons, regardless of physical handi- caps, can do a job and do it we'll.
 ELECTRICAL WORKERS Jour- nal makes this interesting com ment: ''This publication has no brief for Walter NnncheIl, but there is curious contrast between
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As We See It, by The Staff

(Continued from Page One) judge; punctured Iung-leaky radi- ator; rubber bands-undersized tires; smoker - cigarette haul; spOOk repOrt-spOtter's report; the Men-police.'
 GUESS WHO FAVORS class struggle now? A solemn warning against the organization of fore men into unions as a menace to war production has been issued here by-surprise!- !-the National AssO- ciation of Manufacturers. The NAM, complaining that the fore men would be torn in allegiance between the workers and manage ment, demanded prompt passage of pending legislation forbidding es- tablishment of fOremen's unions.
 THE MAYOR of Niagara Falls, N. Y., is Stephen A. Lamb, presi- dent and business agent of New York Local 2, Bricklayers. Lamb has been a member of the Local since 1909 and has long been one of the outstanding labor men of the area. Lamb is also business repre- sentative of Local 463, Hoisting Engineers, and is chairman of the board of business agents of the Niagara Falls Building Trades Council.
 OSCAR DIMWIT: Pm fed up with this here rationing.
 JOE UNIONMAN: You dope! If it wasn't for rationing you wouldn't be fed-up or otherwise.
 ''IF YOU'D LIKE to give her the moon and the brightest stars-Or lay a BETTER WORLD at her feet give the immediate and lasting splendor of Sable scarf''- f''-adver- tisement of swanky Bergdorf Good man store in New York. So, in the better world we'll all fear sabIes- and like it!
 ONE YEAR AGO IN 1.-THE UNION TIMES": ''Organized Labor In New Haven And Bridgeport Protest Anti-Labor Legislation In Congress-Rep. Leroy D. Downs, And Secretary-Treasurer John J. Egan Of Conn. Federation of Labor Address The Park City Meeting"; ''Trolleymen Ask Pensions And $l Per Hour-First Offer By Connecti- cut Co. Is Refused"; ''Machinists In New Haven Intensity Drive In Local Plants"; ''New London Build ing Trades Form COuncil''; ''Local B-lO69, Stamford Electricians In- crease Production At Electrical
The union times., 1943-04-10

Employees, is rapidly working his way to be General. In the short while he has been in the Army he has become a Corporal and is in school in Kansas City. He entered the service last January. He writes that his experience as a waiter is helping him to become an expert radio operator. (Where the con- nectiOn is we don't knOw!)
 TO THE MAYOR and city fathers of New Haven: The N. H. Public Library which was closed Sundays during the depression as an econ- omy measure, is still not available to the public on their day of rest. Why not? Surely it can't be argued that there is no need for an open library on Sunday. Now with gaso- line ratiOned and motoring limited. and workers for the most part working six instead of five days a week, there is a greater need than ever before for library services on the seventh day of the week.
 IT IS NOT OUR intention tO argue for seven-day week for library workers. We would simply like to see the facilities of the pub lie library made available to work CTS on their day of rest. Isn't this reasonable?
The union times., 1943-04-10
f comments on This and That

by ROBERT B. BICKEL

NO GROUP OF CITIZENS con- tributes more to the war than labor the same group contributes most to the country during peace. ln- deed labor never institutes war, and where labor has some say in the affairs of government, that govern ment goes to war when no alterna- tive is left. It is time that the world recognizes this historic fact and acts accordingly. The record of labor in this respect alone en- titles labor a place at the peace table.
 IT IS A SAFE BET. that peace dominated by the conscience of the working people of the world, would be the nearest thing to just and lasting peace. It would differ from the peace dictated by statesmen inasmuch as it would not be die tated in the terms of political ven- gence and narrow special interest hoggishness. Labor desires peace in greatest way. It only places honor and self-respect above peace, and for that alone it has thrown itself fully and furiously into this war.
 SECRETARY OF LABOR PER- KINS reports that fatigue, eye strain, poor ventilation, poor heat and sanitation and improper food facilities are factors which increase the number of workdays lost in war industry due to illness which, com bined with accidents, is responsible for 90 pr cent of absenteeism.' '' Somebody ought to tell these things to Rickenbacker, Pegler and like minded persons, including some Congressmen who do not practice what they preach in this matter.
 AN FRESHMAN applied for a job at the gas plant, reports the EIeUGtOr Constructor.
 'What can you do?" asked the foreman.
 ''Almost anything answered the applicant.
 'Well,'' said the foreman, "you seem to be all right. Could you wheel out barrow of smoke?"
 ''Sure; fill it up for me.''
 WILLIE SHORR, former mem Der of the Executive Board of Local 4O4, Hotel and Restaurant
The union times., 1943-04-10

his status before the American peo- pie and the status of Rickenbacker before the American people. Win chel has just been busted from his position in the U. s. Navy. There is a report in Washington that this was due to the action of Representative Clare Hoffman and his reactiOnary colleagues in Con- gress. Winchell was reputed to have besmirched the Congress. What Winchell really said was that the voters who voted for people like Clare Hoffman were fools, but Winchell is out. Rickenbacker has some connection with the War De- partment, but he is permitted to go up and down the country making malicious statements about Ameri- can labor. Rickenbacker has a quasi-relationship with the Ameri- can Army on about the same basis as WincheIl had with the American Navy. But WinchelI is out and Rickenbacker is in. Draw your own conclusions"
 EVERY MAN, woman and child who can work with a spade, rake and hOe," was urged to plant Vic tory gardens as ca practical defense against food shortages by James M. Landis director of Civilian de- fnse, this week. The director called upon local defense councils to give guidance in planning, planting and caring for such gardens.
The union times., 1943-04-10
SELF-HELP ON MEDICAL CARE

MYTH thousands of doctors in the Services and
 more leaving every day, the American people may it to ration themselves in the of vices
 it ration themselves of medical ser- vice. has made the following suggestions for conserving time of our civilian doctors.
 l. Call the doctor times when those who work specified hours calling;
 2. Do much of the consulting with the family doctor as possible the telephone;
 3. Don't expect the doctor the minute he is called; A. Help educate people do things for themseves and
 5. Don't demand expect luxury services
 This doesn't that you aren't call your doctor when you're really sick you call him the beginning of your illness, you'll take less of his time in the end.
The union times., 1943-04-10

Workmanship of union aircraft workers is reflected in the latest box score on U. s. and enemy plane losses, showing that the Axis lost four planes to every one lost by us. The Axis in l942 lost 987 planes shot down and 362 probably de- strOyed, compared to 3O9 U. s. losses.
The union times., 1943-04-10
NOrwalk Hatters
 Win Wage Increase

BOSTON.-The Regional War Labor Board this week announced approval of a wage increase of 2 per cent retroactive to Oct. l, 1922, for 1899 members of Locals 32. B, 8l and 97 of the United Hat ters Union and the Hat Corp. of America, NOrwalk.
 The VILE. consent order will be- come effective only on final approval by Economic Etabilization Director James ByrneS inasmuch as the wage adjustment is being used as the basis of a request for an increase in the price ceilings of the company's products.