Evening star., 1943-01-07

you delicious chicken soup, and the
.leftovers can be used in a salad, q
curry, creamed on toast, in little pies
and a number of other ways to give
you another excellent meal. If you
put rice or barley in the soup, or
enrich 1t with milk, you've a splen-
did main luncheon dish for the chill
dren when they come home from
school, that, supplemented with
bread and butter and some fresh or
stewed fruit, will give them a nicely
balanced and nourishing meal.
Any "red" meat that you are able
to get should be used to the very
last bone. Remember that there is
always the soup kettle-and lamb or
beef bones can be set to simmer
with a bunch of herbs and a vegeta-
BILE or two to provide a warming
and wholesome cup of broth. If you
stretch it with little of the water
In which other vegetables have been
cooked you can pat yourself on the
back for having used every possible
source of needed vitamins. No waste
allowed CneSe Gays!
And there is always fish to use
In place of meats. Our fish supply
here is good, and while some prices
are higher than they have been in
former years, fish is still one Of the
most economical Of all buys. It's
mighty good for you, too-and
you're really doing favor for the
family when you serve 1t to them.
Red snapper and baby scrod, smelts,
founder and mackerel are particu-
larly recommended.
Produce prices continue on the
high side, but there has been a
noticeable improvement in the
quality Of most items this week.
Broccoli is excellent-the heads
close packed and small budded.
Brussels sprouts are larger now and
very firm and green. Turnip tops,
kale, mustard greens, collards and
spinach are fresh and crisp-and
all fairly reasonable. Nice red rad
ishes from Texas, and spring"
onions give fresh interest to the
relish and salad dish. Tiny little
new potatoes, with thin red skins
can be cooked in their jackets, and
served with a bit of precious butter
or margarine mixed with chopped
parsley or chives. Peas are still
high, but unusually good, and string
beans are of nice quality, and have
dropped a few cents In price. Let
tuce is more reasonable, and there
is wide variety ON the market, with
some endive available, as well as
chicory. And there are plenty Of
mushrooms to be had, quite mex
pensive, and offering wonderful
solution to the ''what-to-serve-in-
place-of meat" problem. Although
mushrooms lack some of the impor-
tant food values found in meats,
they are filling and nourishing in
their own right-so may be made
into many delicious dishes that will
please the family when the meat
supply fails.
Beginning today, and lasting
through January 16, citrus fruits
oranges, grapefruit and tangerines-
take their place as Victory food
special They will be fairly reason
able in price, we are told, and very
plentiful. It seems odd that we
have not seen many Of the King and
Temple oranges about-usually they
are all over the place at this time
Of year. There are some nice little
cumquats around, and, for the trop-
ical touch, enormous papayas. Good
pineapples, too, are still with us,
and Tokay grapes as well as the
huge "hothouse" type are here from
California. Pears and pomegranates,
nice apples, cranberries, rhubarb
and persimmons round out the list.
The butter situation continues
grim. Most stores are limiting Gus
toners to one pound at time
other stores Just don't have any
butter at all. More people now are
buying margarine than ever before
people who have always said they
would never, never use anything
but butter in the home. War is
great leveler! Cheese, fortunately,
seems to be still plentiful and rea-
sonably priced-there again is an
other good substitute for meat. And
who would snarl at being served a
golden and gently heaving cheese
souffle?