Evening star., 1943-08-12
Report to the Housewife

Washington marketers will find
their produce stalls we'll stocked
with wide variety of fruits and
vegetables this week end, but prices,
in the majority Of cases. remain
high. Cheapest buys seem to be
tomatoes and snap beans, both
plentiful and of good quality. You
can get either the fiat or round
type beans, depending on your pref
erence. Peas are little lower than
they have been and are exception
ally good. Other recommended
items include eggplant. cucumbers,
corn, Iceberg lettuce and potatoes.
Celery is not quite as high as it
was, and in moderate supply We
find carrots, beetS, greens, broccoli,
lima beans and onions. Green pep
pers and cabbage are scarce in local
markets. Mushrooms are scarce and
horribly expensive. to boot.
Lemons are little cheaper, but
oranges remain at ceiling prices.
Grapefruit are, as usual at this time
of year, of inferior quality. There
are good lines to be had, along
with fine supply of apples of vari-
Gus types, cantaloupes and honey
deWs Watermelons are slightly
lower in price, but peaches show
little inclination to drop down to
levels where they are feasible for
canning or preserving. Good pears
and grapes from the West Coast are
recommended, as are plums and eX-
cellent pineapples.
Poultry appears to be much easier
than it has been, and chickens are
once more within the bounds of
possibility for the average housewife.
Fish, too, is more plentiful, and the
two items will help tremendously in
eking out those precious red points
that never seem to go far enough.
Meats in general show little
change from last week, with a few
cuts of beef, lamb, veal and pork
to be found here and there in diff
ferent parts of town. We still have
to see that great supply of beef that
has been so heralded-at least,
mighty little of it seems to be COM
ing the way of the average house
hold.
Best bet for the week end would
appear to be the inevitable hams,
smoked picnics, Boston butts, pork
or veal chops and the costly, but
useful, luncheon meats.
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Here and There One of the
largest food chains in town is fea-
turing free leaflets this week on
canning tomatoes and other fresh
fruits and vegetables. =. The De-
partment of Agriculture says to
spare that smudge on your pots and
pans. Less securing will save heat
and metal and a dull surface alb
serbs more heat than shiny one.
Oh, me-what are we coming to,
when shining pots and pans are
no longer the mark of efficient
housekeeping? =. There are going
to be lots of sweet potatoes. Start
now collecting good recipes for using
them. .. The Poultry and Egg Ma
tional Board has issued nice little
leafiet on killing and Dressing
Chicken designed to aid the anna
beuI pOulGly ldhcl. 1oo Noh "iAeo
for it to the Poultry and Egg Ma
tional Board, 3O8 West Washington
street, Chicago, 6, Ill. Special
training is going on in the bakers
and cooks school of the WACS at
Daytona Beach on preparing de-
hydrated foods. Many of those
taking such training feel that there
will be real job for graduates after
the war, teaching housewives all
over the country how to make use
of the new type of food. d. Pre-
serving the Victory Crop" is the title
of the third in a series of motion
pictures Pointers for Planters"
which has been produced by the
motion picture bureau of the Aetna
Life Affiliated Cos. in order to help
the Nations Victory gardeners get