Evening star., 1944-03-02

been and there Is plenty Of every.
thing on the market" as one dealer
puts 1t. Greens are especially gooe
and the lineup includes spinach
kale, collards, mustard and turnir
greens and landcress. Other recon.
mended buys are snap beans, white
and yellow squash, young carrots
and small beets, green peppers, peas
escarole, chicory and both kinds o1
lettuce. Both white and sweet po-
tatoes are plentiful, shallots anc
leeks are in good supply and broc-
coli, caulifower and, Of course, cab
bage, are piled high and attractively
priced in all stands. Celery an6
tomatoes, satisfy and turnips are
also of good quality. In slightly
lighter supply we find cucumbers
parsley, watercress, and the new
conner of the week, anise. Eggplant
Is very scarce.
Lemons are a bit fewer" thar
they have been, as are lines, but
there are plenty of oranges and
grapefruit to be found. Pineapples
coconuts, avocados, dates, pears
bananas, rhubarb, figs, and excellent
strawberries are recommended. Be-
ginning Monday many markets will
make a feature of Offering York
apples at low price-a very welcome
circumstance coming as 1t does just
when you want to make apple sauce
and fried apple rings to go with your
roasts or crisp brown sausage.
AS you know, OPA has declared
another five point pork ration
bonus" effective now and lasting
through Sunday, when new lower
ration values on pork are set. Local
markets are well stocked with all
cuts of pork, both fresh and smoked,
and there will be everything of the
pig available but his squeal. All
types Of bacon, including the Cana
dian variety, plenty of sausage, sun
dries and similar items will be yours
for the buying. Other meats will be
rather scarce-notably veal. Lamb
is pretty tight, and so are most cuts
Of beef, although some markets will
be featuring chuck roasts for the
weekend sales.
While stewing fowl are far from
plentiful, you should be able to
obtain excellent fryers and baking
chickens. For the dinner party trade
there are big fat capons-expensive,
but so good. No ducks, very few
turkeys and some squabs-the latter
high in price. Eggs continue good
buy. Cheese exists only in the spe-
cialty stores, in most instances.
However, some of the chain stores
will start selling half-pound blocks
Of cheddar next week, which should
relieve the pressure on lenten-re-
stricted menus to certain extent.
Fresh founders again head the list
Of plentiful fish, followed by sea bass,
frozen butterflsh, Spanish mackerel
and oysters. After its disappearing
act last week raw shrimp will be
available again this week end, to-
gether with crab meat. There are
limited supplies of roe and buck
shad, perch and rockfish. Little or
no trout, porgies or croakers will be
on sale. And fillets of cod, mackerel,
perch and sole will be practically
nonexistent-the only filleted fish
expected being haddock. Some of
the speciality fish stores will have
red snapper, smelts, large and small
clans and whitefish from the Great
Lakes.
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Here and There: Cabbag e
continues to be the Victory Food Se-
lection through Saturday. Ac-
cording to recent. release, more
pork, beef and veag by $4,000 900
pounds (mostly pork, has been
added to civilian allocations by VIA
Tor the first ALLEGATION period, due
to greater production than was an
ticipated. However, meat supplies
this summer will be smaller than
they are at the present period due
to lighter slaughter-but, says VIA,
Eight slaughter does NOT mean
acute shortage" Enough meat for
essential needs is expected. More
cheddar cheese is in sight for civil
tans, despite a recent increase in
set-aside for military and war serv-
Ice requirements. Again, greater
production is the answer-ahd pro-
duction works toward a seasonal
peak In summer. :. Spinach prices
are unusually low for this time of
year-so low, in fact, that operating
under the law of supply and demand,
shipments may fall of, and retail
scarcity force prices upward once
more. Heavy supplies are available
at the harvesting area, but little will