Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-03-18
Report to Housewife
Effect of Raised Price Ceilings
Seen in Produce; Variety Better
BY Betsy CasWeH,
Womens News Editor.

eWs Editor
, scrambled with eggs. for the next
evening. That makes two meals
from one fish, which is pretty good
going in any mans language.
Chickens are rather scarce Just
now, with mostly fryers and few
small roasting chickens available
Fowl are about non existent. as we
mentioned before The demand for
poultry has been enormous. of
course, and the difficulty of getting
manpower to handle and dress the
chickens has added to the poultry
dealers woes.
II you look longingly at the fresh
produce stalls, try to concentrate
on the root vegeta bles and citrus
fruits TO keep within your budget
carrots, beets, turnips, parsnips-
they aren't very exciting, but you
can afford them. Next in line are
string beans. which so far are still
fairly reasonable, although the
quality has not been too good the
first part of the week. Summer
squash is Sky-high, peas, broccoli
and caullf1oWer are also up. Cab
bage, too, rejoicing in the raised price
ceilings. has gone up a little. Kale
is good but high. while spinach, of
line quality. remains level Toma-
toes are about the same as last
week, asparagus has dropped little
New potatoes seem to be plentiful
and very reasonable.
Grapes are high, but citrus fruits
remain level. and you must have
them whenever possible, to replace
the tomato juice that costs so many
OF your precious points. The fruit
picture ir general is dull, with small
variety, because this year we are
receiving no fruits from Africa or
South America, and little, if any.
from ether countries. A few
bananas are still about, as are pine
apples, and, of course, our old
standby, apples, are plentiful and
reasonable.
In such circumstances you can't
do better than to turn to the quick
frozen fruits and vegetables that
require so few points and are so
easy and quick to prepare. There
Is no waste with these products
either, and more and more people
who once considered them a luxury
are turning to them now with a
sigh of relief.
Here and There: Consider
able concern is being manifested on
the part of officials of the District OF
Columbia Salvage Committee as to
the effect of the canned goods ration
ing on the tin can salvage program
here in Washington. With the cut
ting down on the use of foods in
cans collections may fall off seri-
ously, unless every housewife makes
1t her patriotic duty to put out every
can for salvage. There still seems to
be some confusion about the collec-
ton OF these cans, but. says the COM
m1ttee, the procedure is very simple
II you live in a private dwelling, put
your salvaged cans in a suitable con-
talner-NOT a paper bag, please
and set them alongside the garbage
on the regular garbage collection
days. They will be taken away. the
housewife is assured. If you live in
an apartment, make arrangements
with your house manager or the ian
itor to collect your tin cans at reg
ular intervals. If you are in
terested in drying the products of
your Victory garden. send for Farm
ers' Bulletin No. 1918, Drying Foods
for Victory Meals" addressing your
request to the Department of Agri-
culture. This booklet even gives
directions for building your own dry
ing equipment. >. There's a new
beverage that is prepared like cof-
fee. but boasts its own distinctive
taste, that contributes lots of that
precious vitamin B, in all its COM
pick forms, to your diet 1t is very
good, and recommended for children
as we'll as for adults. -. A War
time Homemaking Manual has been
issued by a we'll known magazine.
and is for sale for 25 cents. 1t con-
tains, in capsule form, menus.
recipes, directions for making re-
pairs to all sorts of household equip
ment, conservation hints, and what
nave you. . Another contribu-
ton by the Department of Agricul-
ture, Marketing Activities" tells us
that the use of glass in packing
commercially prepared foods has led
to the acceptance of the verb ito
glass" as compared with the old
standby TO can" Now it is "glassed"
peaches. tomatoes and so on: house
wives will be CHASING" instead of
canning" when they put up fruits
and vegetables this year. If you
are fond of presenting people with
gifts of food, watch your step. You
can give away as present processed
foods you have put up from fresh
fruits and vegetables primarily for
use in your own household-but YOU
can't give away more than so quarts
IN one calendar year. These same
rules apply if the food is to go to
poor families, charitable institutions
church homes and the like. But If
the food is to be used at church
supper, at which you are going to
eat, or for school lunches which your
child Will share, you may give as
much as you like. and it won't count
against your 50-quart allotment.
either. . . , A new reconstructed
milk is being used by our armed
forces. 1t is made from "Avoset,"
which is stabilized sweet cream that
is flash sterilized (butterfat content
undergoes no changes, and all bac-
terra are instantly killed., skim milk
powder and water. When "Avoset" is