Evening star., 1943-05-20

mighty good news with the salad
season upon US! And. Of course,
asparagus is one OF the very best
buys of all.
More cherries have come In this
week, and are really good this time.
Also plums, from California, and
the first Of the seasons cantaloupes.
These items, of course, are mostly
to be found In the speciality mar
kets and stores, but If you Just have
to have q new fruit to vary the
monotony Of desserts, there they
are! There will be more bananas
again this week and the usual line
up OF pineapples, rhubarb and
strawberries.
Here and There: Experienced
specialists warn housewives that
home bottled citrus fruit juices do
not keep long. and advise against
attempting this particular form OF
conservation. The pectin indus
try expects supplies to be adequate
for civilian as well as military and
lease-lend requirements. Produc-
ton this year will be nearly twice
the normal output. A new
method for dehydrating cheese has
been developed. Full fat cheese is
grated and then partially dried at
room temperatures. The fat Is
sealed in the particles, and these
may then be completely dehydrated
without loss Of fat, and the result
ing compactness will save much
shipping space. :. Our old standby,
the apple, now yields = sirup that
Is making = passable substitute for
glycerin in certain commercial pro-
cessing. The tobacco industry. in
particular. is using great quantities
of the product. OPA explains
that under the processed foods ra-
tioning program. home canned
foods, such as fruits and vegetables,
have = point price" Of eight points
per quart. Commercially processed
foods, on the other hand, have spe-
cific point values assigned to each
kind and container weight, accord
ing to the official table OF point
values. OPA has also released
the following time table" in con-
nection with the distribution by
mail Of War Ration Book No. 3,
which will provide stamps to re-
place those now running out in ex-
isting books. May 20-June S letter
carriers will distribute application
cards, each good for q single indi-
vidual or an entire family. June
lilo, consumers will mail cards, ad-
dressed to OPA mail centers. June
20 approximately July 81, OPA
mail centers will mail books to ap-
plicants. .. The Kerr Glass Manu-
featuring Corp, Sand Springs,
Okla, has issued a wonderful new
booklet. selling for 10 cents on order
from the above address, called
Kerr Home Canning Book" They
also offer, free, THE Home Can
ming Guide" Modern Homemaker"
and Twelve Lessons in Canning"
These are all excellently compiled,
very instructive and a real help to
women who are planning to pre-
serve and can this summer. Direc-
tions for putting up meats and fish
are also included, as are sandwich
spreads, plum puddings. sauces, etc.
Any housewife who has made a
friend OF the Kerr canning booklet
IN the past will welcome this new
group with open arms. Excellent
beans now come In = package, all
ready to be made into baked beans
IN real Boston tradition. They
have been processed 50 that pre-
soaking is eliminated, and the beans
may be cooked in IS to 70 minutes.
;. Fishery Council urges house.
wives to make greater use Of porgies
In their menus. They are rich in
food values, come from local waters,
are plentiful and inexpensive. In
case you'd like to know, they also
answer to the names soup. maiden,
fair maid and ironsides. H. j.
Heinz Co., Dept. BC-9, Pittsburgh,
Pa, is offering q gift to young
mothers in the form of q we'll
thought-out and appealingly pre-
sented "Baby's Diary and Calen-
dar." This can become a record of,
your baby's first year, and contains
charts for feeding schedules,
weights. teething and so on.
Plenty Of helpful hints are scattered
through the pages, too, and adequate
space for mothers special notes Is
provided. You may order one di-
rect from the Heinz Co., or through
your hospital or physician.