Evening star., 1943-12-09

that the lowering of point values on
some cuts of meat has met with a
very happy response from Washing
ton housewives. Meat purchasing
has been brisk so far this week and
probably will continue to be so over
the week end To meet this de-
mand, butchers will have good sup
plies Of beef, veal, lamb and pork
on hand, In all cuts. Meat sundries,
too, should be plentiful, and such
items as pork feet, oxtails, heart,
kidneys and sweetbreads are obtain
able in most markets.
There have been a few more tur-
keys available lately. and. though
the majority are big birds, there are
some of the lighter ones to be found
If you look for them. Chickens Of
all kinds are plentiful and good.
Squads and guinea hen are in the
luxury class, but excellent party
fare if you can afford them. Has
anybody seen a duck?
The Boston fish strike continues,
affecting Washington marketers by
causing a scarcity of filleted fish
of various kinds, as well as New
England Holsters. However, you will
find other f1nny items plentiful and
reasonable, including porgies, croak-
ers, trout, sea bass, rockflsh Cheap
er than it has been), Spanish mack
erel, red snapper and the first king
fish of the season. If you've had
difficulty in getting oysters in quart
tins, now is your chance, dealers
say, because there is a shortage of
pint tins just at the moment, and
more of the quart size are being put
into service. Don't count on crab
meat this week end-it is scarce and
high. If you like them, there are
eels and black catfish to round out
the list!
Tangerines have arrived, much to
every ones delight, and the first
Temple and King oranges are ex-
pected shortly Stands are over
flowing with juice oranges, grape
fruit, both pink and plain; lemons
and lines. Bose and d'Anjou pears,
persimmons, bananas, cranberries,
dates and pomegranates are recon-
mended. Apples have been poor
a really good eating apple is mys:-
teriously hard to find just now.
Tokay and Malaga grapes are espe-
cially fine this season.
About the only scarce vegetable
item appears to be onions. Every
thing else is available in good guam
tity and quality. Potatoes, both
white and sweet, head the list and
other especially good items are the
greens-kale, turnip, collards, mus
tard, rape, landcress and spinach
the squashes, white, yellow, Hub
bard and acorn; cabbage, celery cab
bage. Brussels sprouts, cauliflower
and broccoli Green beans are good,
too, and some markets have Cali
fornia peas that are wonderfully
sweet and tender. One market even
hoasted few ears of white corn,
but apparently that was just small
surprise" shipment, not to be con-
eidered as a regular thing.
Mushrooms are running larger
than they have been, and you will
find good eggplant, beets, carrots
shallots and leeks on hand. use
these two to pinch-h for the elusive
onionD Salad greens are of fair
quality but good variety; you'll find
iceberg and Boston lettuce, ro
maine, chicory and Watercress for
your salad bowl Nice little red rad
ishes, cucumbers, tomatoes and
green peppers are other ingredients
on which you may rely. Celery,
both the white hearts and the green
Paschal type, is highly recon-
mended.
Here and There: THE Story
of You in Navy Blue" is just the
thing if you're thinking of joining
the WAVES. It's neat little book
let, issued by the Navy's Bureau of
Personnel, and it tells all about the
life and duties of the gals in blue.
Incidentally, WAVES will wear gray
and white pinstriped seersucker
work uniforms this summer.
USDA says that large demand,
rather than short supply, is back of
the scarcity Of onions. The armed
forces, especially, use great guam
titles of them, particularly in dehy-
drafted form. This years garlic ,
crop was considerably lower than ,
in part, to the evacua-
ton of japanese farmers who have
grown much garlic in California in
other times. Wartime demands on ;
garlic are heavy, too-over mil j
lion and a half pounds of dehy- !
drafted garlic are being allocated t