Evening star., 1944-06-08
Report to the Housewife

Those honeydew melons you've
been seeing around for the past
few days in the speciality stores are
mostly from South America-but the
first carload of cantaloupes from
our own California Is due to arrive
this week end. There won't be
many, and you will find them In
only some markets, but they are
the vanguard of the seasons crop
and will be, therefore, very well
come. Bing cherries are here in
good quantity, too, with the price
much better than heretofore. Some
peaches-still clingstones, and best
TO use only for stewing-are to be
found for the looking. A few Can
non Ball and Dude Greek water
melons have arrived from Florida.
Mangoes, pineapples and bananas
are quite plentiful; huckleberries
and blackberries are improving i'll
quality, although supplies of the
large cultivated blueberries are a
bit lighter than they were last week
Strawberries are about done for,
and most of us will not grieve over
their going, after the mediocre per-
formance they have turned in this
season. A few sour cherries for pies
and preserves have been received by
some marketmen. Oranges from
California and Florida, scanty sup
plies of grapefruit, but good quanti-
ties Of lines and lemons round out
the fruit list.
Vegetables show little change
from last week, with snapbeans,
tomatoes, lettuce, lima beans and
peas leading the lineup. Excellent
asparagus is coming in now from
Delaware and Pennsylvania as well
as from New Jersey; shipments from
New. York State should start soon,
we are told. Zucchini, white and
yellow squash and some of the first
acorn squash from Florida have
been noted. Cabbage cuttings, rape.
collards, mustard greens, turnip
tops and kale are commended in
the greens division. Plenty of green
peppers, corn, spring onions, celery
escarole, radishes and garlic for
that salad bowl. Cucumbers are
more plentiful than they have been
and there are good eggplant, okra,
carrots and beets to be had.
Meats again present a puzzling
picture. There are few cuts of Lamb
to be found in most local markets,
and beef Is equally scarce. There is
some veal, If you look for it, but pork
Is the most plentiful YOU can
even call 1t that. Hams and strip
bacon are being featured by some
markets for the weekend shopper.
A few dealers are offering ducks,
but all poultrymen have good sup
plies OF frying and stewing chickens
on hand. Eggs-period.
Soft crabs are a bit scarcer than
they were last week-and are still in
the luxury class. Good crab meat
OF all qualities Is available, and al
though the supply of raw shrimps is
very low, there should be quite a
few cooked shrimps on the market.
Nice Holsters from Maine and frozen
lobster tails are obtainable, and
other fish buys, ranging downward
In price, include f1lleted haddock.
perch, founder and mackerel, fresh
founders, sea bass, trout, Boston
mackerel. bluef1sh, croakers, porgies,
spots, butterf1sh and some perch.
There is frozen mullet around, lots
OF 1t, If you want 1t. The shad sea
son is at an end, and most rockfish
has disappeared from the local scene.
Fresh salmon has arrived in town,
but is high in price.
Here and There: Paper con-
servation and paper salvage 60 hand
In hand. Do your part to help both
by accepting packaged merchandise
without additional wrapping, taking
along shopping bag or similar
contairer to hold your purchases,
saving all paper bags. boxes and
pieces OF wrapping paper and re-
using them as often as possible. Be |
sure to include all unusable paper |
bags, boxes, pieces of wrapping |
paper, ETC., in your collection of |
waste paper for salvage. Bundle |
them separately and place outside
with your newspapers, magazines,
books and other articles for paper
salvage collection. Watch the news
papers for the collection date. i
Plentiful onions should be used to
the fullest extent, say nutrition ex-
perts. They add greatly to our |
daily quota of essential vitanains |
and minerals, and are tasty in many
dishes, cooked or raw. The Unit |
ed States Department of Agricul-
ture's up-to-the-minute booklet,
"Home Canning of Fruits and Veg
etables," AWI-93, supersedes their
former publications, AWI-41, War
time Canning of Fruits and Vege-
tables" and AWI-61, Canning To-
matoes." This new guidebook is
daf oilad and ranst halrafiil fn all