Evening star., 1944-11-16
Report to the Housewife

The relative lull In the pre-
Thanksgiving markets, turns out
little or no news this week. Every
thing seems to be waiting for the
final dope along about Saturday,
when merchants will know what
they will have-and, more import
ant, what they will not-for the
great feast week from today.
On Monday we hope to be able to
give you the final turkey picture-at
present, it would seem that there
will be few birds available, but that
really means few. Many dealers
will not know until Sunday morning
whether their orders will be filled,
and because of this, most of them
are not taking orders in advance.
Watch this column and the last
minute ads for photo finish infor-
nation!
The outlook for geese and ducks
by next week looks a bit brighter.
There are ducks to be had already
there have been for the past few
weeks, but geese are not expected
until just before the holiday. Baking
and frying chickens have been
scarce again this week, although
stewing fowl are in good supply.
Eggs are lighter than they have
been-including the grade B, which
has been most plentiful.
A little more beef will be seen this
week end-notably such cuts as
chuck roasts, ground beef, and few
rib roasts. Veal continues in good
supply, and there are fine stocks Of
both beef and veal SundrieS, such as
hearts, liver, tongue, kidneys, sweet
bread, etc. All good for you, and
easy on the ration book. Pork will
be scarce again, in all forms, includ-
ing hams and bacon, as well as the
fresh meat. Sausage, too, is far less
plentiful than usual at this time of
the year. However, if you search
some of the larger, old-time local
markets, you may be able to dig up
pound or so, and even a bit of ham,
If you look hard enough!
Fish goes on its finny way, with
little change from last week except
that that jingle about porgies,
croaker and Norfolk spots has al
ready exploded, as this week the
spots are limited, which spoils the
rhyme! Therell be butterfish,
though, and nice fresh rockfish and
Boston mackerel. Most of the fill
leted fish will be available, with the
exception of haddock. Good frozen
king salmon is recommended. Oys-
ters are still on the rarity list, but
clans, crab meat and raw and
cooked shrimp are all good buys.
Plenty of everything" is still the
theme song of the produce dealers.
Nice little cumquats from Florida
have made their appearance, and
pink and plain grapefruit and tan
gerines are all in good supply. There
are almost too many inexpensive
little Florida oranges now on the
market-many people hesitate to
buy them because of their size, and
their pale, rather tasteless juice.
However, a check with nutrition ex-
perts indicates that while the small
er oranges have less vitamin A and
c per orange than the big, husky
brothers, by using few more of
them, you will still keep up the
family's daily citrus vitamin" re-
quirements. In other words, 10
ounce glass of Florida orange juice
will contain the same vitamin guam
tity as the same glass filled with
juice from larger oranges-but
you'll use at least one or two more
of the smaller fruit to make the
grade. AS the season advances, of
course, the Florida oranges improve
in both size and flavor, so that this
is only a temporary situation. Cali
fornia persimmons have arrived at
last, and there are good papayas
pomegranates, pears and grapes
available.
Few scarcities show themselves in
the vegetable line-okra, fresh peas
lima beans and green peppers being
hghtest in supply. Good tomatoes
squash, all the cabbage family
greens, celery, cucumbers, onions
lettuce and the root vegetables are
fairly reasonable, and of good quail
ity.
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