Evening star., 1944-06-29

"Sumer is icumen in"-but We
don't have to sing cuccu' to prove
1t. All that's necessary is one look at
the heaped-high fruit and vegetable
stalls in local markets. There are
the first of the seasons seedless
grapes from California, wonderful
cherries, both sweet and sour,
honeyballs, watermelons at more
reasonable price than they have
been of late. And there are sun
kissed apricots, the first of the Cali
focnia grapefruit for this year,
luscious freestone peaches from
Georgia orchards, red Beauty"
plums and the favorite green cages,
(Ruby colored Santa Rosas are ex-
pected early next week. New June
apples, for that tart apple pie the
menfolks love, salmon-meated can
taloupes and figs from California,
mangoes for that exotic touch. And
the berry lineup is equally impress
sive, including, as it does. black
berries, black and red raspberries,
blueberries, huckleberries, currants
and the early gooseberries. All this,
and nectarines. too!
Nor does the vegetable display fall
behind in lavishness and quality.
Homegrown tomatoes, tender as
paragus, good Golden Bantam corn,
tiny Zucchini squash, young snap
beans, all kinds of lettuce, cucum-
bers, egg plant and sugar-sweet peas
are available. Baby-size acorn
squash from North Carolina is a
real treat, several kinds of greens,
fat green peppers, crisp celery, new
cabbage, and almost any other item
you can think Of About the only
things on the scarce" list are cauli-
flower, broccoli and okra.
Fish, too, goes rolling along this
week end. All of the filleted types,
except sole, will be on hand, and
other recommended buys include
fresh founders, porgies, croakers,
spot, butterhsh, sea bass, trout, BoS-
ton mackerel and, believe it or not,
crabmeat. This is particularly plen-
tiful at this time. There is some
offered, but it is very expensive, as
are soft shell crabs, fresh salmon
and clans. Shrimp are expected to
be scarce this week end, in both the
cooked and raw forms.
Plenty of frying chickens are
offered and there is good supply
of fowl for stewing, though baking
chickens continue light.
Most markets now are well stocked
with good quality cream cheese
many of them featuring the pimento
and relish types as we'll as the plain.
Cottage cheese also seems to be
plentiful-a blessing during the hot
days when meat seems too much of
good thing. Butter is easier than it
was last week.
We've saved the sad news for the
last-becauSe, goodness knows, it |
shouldn't be so sad when you've
read all the good tidings of substi-
tutes for the missing meats The
picture is little changed from that
OF last week, except for the fact |
that the furry of extra veal that |
existed then has faded from the |
scene. There is some beef, a little !
lamb and fair amount of pork to
be had. but nothing excessive in any
case. Even hams are doing the dis |
appearing act, and for your Fourth
of July celebration-if you're one of
the few people who won't go to work
as usual that day-youd better de-
pend on smoked picnics, or cold
luncheon meats, of which there are
plenty.
incidentally, if the weather mans
predictions of several days of hu-
mid, sticky weather materialize,
you'd be wise to stock up on some
canned items, such as peas, toma-
toes, asparagus, tuna fish, tongue,
and so on, so that you can pull q
magician's trick in the kitchen and
produce meal or two without re-
course to the stove.
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