Evening star., 1944-10-19
IA THE EVENING STAR, washingonDC
Report to the Housewife

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ThereM be a little more lamb
available this week end, dealers hope,
and also the supplies of veal should
prove adequate to meet the demand.
Some beef. both utility and choice
types, can be found in good many
markets, but If your mouth is set for
pork of any kind, either fresh or
cured, you're probably in for a dis
appointment-unless late shipments
change the picture. For pork Is very
scarce, indeed, this week, and even
bacon is hard to come by. A few of
the breakfast or luncheon meats are
to be had, but that is about all.
Chickens-stewers, bakers and fry
discontinue plentiful, and there
may be few ducks arriving in time
Tor the weekend buying. Eggs are
scarce in some markets, plentiful in
others, especially in the large select
ed sizes, and prices in general are
higher. There's no need to mention
butter every one of you knows
THAT story!
Your best buy in the fish market
tomorrow will be fresh rockflsh, of
nne quality and cheaper than 1t has
been. Also fresh trout are recon-
mended, along with Boston mackerel
and the old standbys, porgies, croak-
ers and Norfolk spots. (Someday I'm
going to set those three to jingle
tune0 Fillets of cod, haddock, mack
erel and perch will be available, and
some of the fancier fish markets may
be able to offer you bluefish, red
snapper and Holsters. Crab meat is
plentiful and about the same price
as 1t has been, raw shrimps will be
scarce, but there are good supplies
of cooked shrimp on hand. Oysters
are scarce and high again this week.
The temporary orange shortage
seems to be about over. with Floridas
arriving in reasonable numbers
and very poor quality-and some
CALIFORNIA; returning to local mar
kets. The Florida grapefruit are
vastly better than the oranges-they
are sweet and full of juice, and you
may select either the plain or the
pink kind. Lemons and lines are
rather scarce. Plenty of apples are
available, including Yorks, Stay
mans, Delicious and Grimes Golden.
A few Virginia perSimmons have
been seen, but the big cultivated
Oriental type has not yet made its
appearance. Plenty of grapes from
California, among them Tokays and
Rlbiers and seedless, are now to be
found-but the price is quite high
HoneydeWs and Persians are the
best melons this week. Cranberries
from New Jersey are scarce and ex-
pensive, due to the beating the bogs
took in the recent hurricane Bart
lett pears of fair quality are rea-
sonable, and there are still some
seckels to be had for the looking
Rhubarb from California and prunes
from Idaho, and a wealth of avo-
cados. now coming from Florida,
round out the list.
In light supply, or downright non-
existent this week are peas, cucum-
bers, sweet corn and okra. Best buys
include the greens, spinach, rape,
collards, kale and turnip tops, snap
beans, limaS, tomatoes from Cali
fornia-a bit cheaper this week
yellow and Spanish onions, Idaho
potatoes, shallots, cauliflower, broc-
coli, cabbage, celery and celery cab
bage, brussels sprouts and all the
root vegetables. There are several
varieties of squash that are especial
ly good just noW-White, yellow,
Italian (zucchinD, Hubbard and
acorn. Plenty of pumpkins on hand,
too. Mushrooms are cheaper this
week, which is good news for those
of you who have had to pass them
up for the last month or so.
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Here and There: When you 20
a-marketing, be sure to check the
ceiling prices on your purchases.
That's YOUR share in the national
effort to keep imitation on the run.
-. The late summer, early fall fish
ing catch was one of the largest in
years, the Fish and Wildlife Service
reports. To help clear freezer space
to care for all this fine food, plan to
serve fish at least twice a week in
stead of just the usual Friday"
dinner. There is so much variety
in fish, that you can easily offer it
to the family two or three times, in
different guises. If you're a blood
donor, don't forget that milk is a
fine food for you. 1t contains ribo-
flavin, pyridoxine and casein, which
are needed for haemoglobin regen-
Grafton. The Biblical milk and
honey" diet turns out to be scientifi-
cally sound, according to modern ex-
perts. 1t will provide adequate
amounts of calcium, phosphorus,
ribotlavin, ascorbic acid,
pantothenic acid, and NICOTINE acid
for the average adult Jerusalem
the Golden" was definitely "blest"!
-. Guava powder is being used by
British troops as source of vitamin
C. More bananas are expected to
be arriving shortly, now that ship
ping restrictions have been eased. s..
From the way it looks now, turkeys
for civilian Thanksgiving dinners
are going to be pretty scarce. Sixty
million pounds of turkey are needed
to fill the requirements of the serv-
ices. But, one bright spot, there
may be better supply of turkeys
for Christmas, according to those in
the know. No canned grapefruit
segments will be allocated to civil
ians this year.
More dried fruits, especially
raisins and prunes, will be released
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