Evening star., 1943-03-01
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On TOn1OrrOU'S s
Market List
BY Betsy CasweH,
Women's News Editor.

Womens News Editor.
Go as slow as you can about
using up those precious points"
especially until you get the hang
of the situation, so that you will be
sure to have enough left to carry
you through the whole period. Buy
unrestricted foods as often as pos
sible, and select the restricted ones
with care and intelligent planning.
You'll have to study the lads" and
the tables in the stores, to learn
which items take the fewest points,
and the fewest pennies to buy.
Good buys for tomorrow in the
rationed foods would include dried
beans and applesauce, as about the
lowest foods in both point and cash
cost. Unrestricted items that will
be easy on the budget are the pastes
tmacaroni, spaghetti, ETC., peanut
butter, rice, cereals, waffle mixes,
and evaporated milk.
Fresh fruits and vegetables are
all fairly high, but the best buys
seem to be spinach. kale and COL
lards. pascal celery, carrots, cabbage
rutabagas very cheap, apples,
beets, turnips, and oranges.
Meats continue difficult, with
scarcities showing up in some items
in some sections of the city. and
more of the same cuts in others.
You must be extra careful, these
days to be sure that the meats
especially the meat sundries-that
you do buy. are fresh and In good
condition The sundries are extreme
ly perishable, and hard to keep:
when you buy them, you should plan
to use them that same day, and not
try holding them over. If you do
your shopping twice or three times
week, instead of every day, plan
the menu to include fish and meat
sundries for the day on which you
market, and save your chicken, or
other meat for the "in-between"
times II you do have to keep the
sundries for any length of time, be
sure that they are in the coldest
part OF the refrigerator-but not
placed where they will freeze.
Eggs are good bet to use in place
of meat, and so Is cheese. If the
latter seems bit high to you. just
remember that a pound of cheese
goes long, long way in most cooked
dishes. Although it is bit early
for the real rush Of spring fish ship
ments, there is plenty of fresh fish
to be had in Washington, at reason
able prices Mackerel, bluefish, shad
and trout are good for dinner--and
so are the little breakfast fish" such
as smelts and perch. Poultry sup
plies are adequate for the average
demand, but it is possible that in
creased purchasing by consumers
will be exactingly heavy. Good
fryers and roasters are recon-
mended-there are few, If any, fowl
available. This, dealers say, is due
to the tremendous purchase of fowl
by the armed forces, and also that
many farmers prefer to keep as
many fowl as possible as egg pro-
ducers. This is going to be hard on
the housewife who likes to cook
things in advance, and has been
used to preparing her boiled fowl
and the resultant soup one evening,
and using them for subsequent
meals In various forms. Poultry in
general is not cheap. but it is about
the only solution to the large family
meat problem in many instances.
Remember, however. that you can
use frying chickens in a number of
casserole dishes that can be prepared
ahead OF time, and stretch the
chicken content like nobody's busi-
ness. We have good many fine
recipes for dishes of this type If you
would like to have them. Just tele-
phone or write us and we'll be glad
to send them to you.