Evening star., 1943-06-10

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your main course. There's no doubt
about it. the situation calls for every
ounce OF patience and ingenuityswe
women possess.
Produce is. for the most part, very
plentiful, and exceptionally good
this week. Cherries are at their
peak quality. full of firm meat and
little or no spoilage Good canta-
loupe, early watermelons. few
rather poor peaches. nice plums, fair
strawberries-at price-and none
too-extra blackberries have been
noted. Blueberries have been scarcer
and are selling at prohibitive prices.
String beans will be the bargain
buy in vegetables, and the last of the
asparagus is also recommended. Car
rots, too, are plentiful, as are beets.
iceberg and garden lettuce, radishes
and spring onions. Supplies Of reg
ular onions and potatoes were very
light the first of the week. but there
should be enough to go around, with
more shipments arriving. No zuc-
chini, but good white and yellow
squash, corn, both white and yellow
(the latter is the best), green's
celery. some lima beans, turnips and
caulihower are of fine quality. Egg
plant and mushrooms are few and
far between. which is bad news to
those who like to make main dishes
Of them Cabbage, while not cheap.
is of good quality.
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Here and There: Fish and
Wildlife Service of the Department
of the Interior says that the meat
of domestic rabbits, unlike that Of
wild rabbits, is in season all the year
around, Just like chicken. whats
chicken, Mama?) Hutch-raised
rabbits 3 and months old make
excellent eating. but even 2-month-
old rabbits may be used and will
cost less. The meat of the domes-
tic rabbit is all white, instead Of
dark like the wild variety, and
hutch-raised rabbits are not subject
to tularemia, the service continues.
So, in addition to that poultry pen,
you might start raising a hutchful
of rabbits for Sunday dinners. The
trouble is-they get to be such pets!
The Home Economics 1nsti-
tute OF the Westinghouse Co., Mans
field, Ohio. has issued fine booklet
called Home Canning Guide" In
cluded are directions for quick freez-
ing, brining, dehydrating and other
forms of winter storage, as we'll as
clear and detailed directions for
canning and preserving. 1t is Law
ishly illustrated. is one of the most
complete booklets I have seen in
its field and may be had from the
company for the price of 10 cents,
According to those "in the
know" the vastly increased need for
refrigerator storage space by the
frozen foods industry has been re-
sponsible for the drastic reductions
In point values on quick frozen
foods. Point values have been cut
IN order to clear out present in
ventories to make room for the 1943
pack, which will be ever so much
larger than that of last year.
After the war. housekeepers may re-
joice In the use of new gold, tinted
window glass, now used in high-alti-
tude planes to prevent sunburn and
eyestrain, that will be extremely
helpful in filtering out sunrays that
cause fading of curtains and fur
n1shings. The variety of greet
ing cards and amount of paper for
them have been limited by WPB.
Maybe, in some extreme instances,
this is a blessing in disguise.
One out Of every three civilian Jobs
in the Quartermaster Corps of the
Army now Is held by a woman. The
peacetime ratio was about one to
seven. Lemon powders, useful
in desert marches and in global spots
where the water Is not to be highly
recommended, are the most popular
dehydrated beverage elements used
in the Army. Grape and orange
powders come second and third in
favor. Vanilla tablets are a new
Army wrinkle, too They save a tre-
mendous amount of packing and
cargo space as against the old
fashioned vanilla extract in a glass
bottle. "a Guide to Wartime
Cookery" Is being offered free to
housewives, war workers, nutrition
lists. clubwomen, Red Cross and can
teen instructors, school teachers, ag-
ricultural groups, etc. The booklet is
jam-packed with helpful informa-
ton and suggestions on nutrition,
lunchbox meals and so on. Copies
may be had by writing the H. j.
Heinz Co., Department GR-9, Pitts
burgh, Pa. Brazil is facing
an orange crisis. Surplus crops with
no place to 60 since export has
been curtailed, are presenting a real
problem. Brazilian experts are
working on the matter and have sew
eral solutions in mind, among them
expanding domestic consumption by
reductions in freight rates, free dis
tribution of oranges at government
expense to the armed forces and
school children, establishment of
orange juice stands and increased
Use VI VI dllSCo III IIlC
Of orange oil. Home baking
has been on the decline since Short
enings and other fats went on the
rationed list. Teas of the
L. S. A." is the title of smart
little green book by Blanch Pen
nington, published by the Signal
Press under the auspices of the Ma
tional Women's Christian Temper
ance Union. 1t contains interesting
and useful information on growing
and brewing "tisanes" famous
herbal teas so beloved in old Eu-
rope and looked upon for centuries as
panaceas for the ills the flesh is
heir to. The recipes sound delicious.
Egg production in the United
States has passed its yearly peak
and will decline until the seasonal
low in November. Reports say that