Evening star., 1944-05-18

dic duCQudtt SuPpiicS Ol IIlOSI StdIlQ
bys to besfound in local markets
Leading the field--snd away out il
front--are onions from Texas; from
the famine of a few weeks ago W,
have reached the feast of today
Dealers report that there are more
than enough onions for everybody
and still q lot would be left over
and beg you to buy and use as many
as you possibly can. Today's house
wife certainly lives on seesaw
as far as food supplies are con.
cerned!
Other plentiful items include ole
potatoes, asparagus from New Jer-
sey expected to reach the peak OF
its season this week enO, all kinds
Of greens, young turnips and baby
carrots, beets and leaf lettuce, which
is increasing in supply right along
Good, too are cabbage, yellow and
white corn, summer squash and
zucchinis, new potatoes, peas, snap
beans, tomatoes and celery. A bit
on the light side we find cucumbers.
watercress, green peppers, cauli-
flower, eggplant and lima beans.
The fruit picture remains dismal,
with the citrus fruits about the
only dependable items. A few
bananas and pineapples are to be
had for the searching, and the first
cherries from California have
reached the speciality markets.
These, however, are very expensive
and not much In quality-they are
what the trade terms valley" cher
ries, as against the big fat noun
tain" type, and are mostly seed
and skin. Improved shipments
should be coming in shortly, how
ever. Strawberries will be more
plentiful this week end, due to the
fact that they are now coming
from three sources-the Carolinas,
the Norfolk area and the Eastern
Shore. Weather and short crops
have made this years strawberry
season disappointing one hitherto.
That lamb we have been NUT
tering about for some time has at
last started to come in to Washing
ton markets and supplies should be
good for some time now. Other
meats, including pork, are scarcer
than they have been, although a
little more beef than was expected
is reported on hand. Veal Is tight
in most markets. Cold cuts will
be featured by many dealers and
there seems to be q good variety
of them-but II you are looking for
frankfurters for a backyard picnic
you may be disappointed. They are
mighty scarce this week.
Fish, too, seems to have taken a
turn for the worse as far as sup
plies are concerned. Shad is much
lighter as 1t r1ears the end Of It's
season; shrimps are practically non
existent. Some clans and Holsters
are available and most plentiful
are cod and haddock flllets, sea
bass, fresh trout, croakers and
porgies. Boston mackerel is good
buy, too, and there is some rockflsh
to be found.
Plenty Of frying chickens and
plump ducks are on hand. Eggs
continue a must" purchase; butter
is plentiful, and, real news, cottage
cheese Is back on the list of de-
pendables, for the time being, at
least. Other cheeses continue
scarce.
Stocks of really good olive oil have
appeared rather depleted lately
probably due to the fact that the
salad season is with us again, and
many people acquired a taste for
the real, though expensive, olive oil,
when 1t was unrationed and other
salad oils were not Most stores
have their seasonal shipment of
maple sirup and maple sugar now,
If you are interested.
Here and There: One of the
last century's most famed and we'll
compiled cookbooks has had a COM
plete face-lifting job, to come out in
a new, streamlined version. Mrs. B.
C. Howard's Fifty Years in a Mary
land Kitchen" has been brought up
to date by Florence Brobeck and
published by M. Barrows & Co., Inc,
of New York. Mrs. Howards IA
nous, but over-lavish, recipes have
been scaled down and simplified to
meet present-day economies and
shortages, while still retaining their
true Maryland epicurean quality.
The book should be obtainable at all
larger bookstores. Two publica-
tions OF most timely interest are de-
signed to help you with the wartime
task of laundering and cleaning
your clothes. "The New Wash Day."
by Florence Ahern, also put out by
Barrows, Is brave in red, white and
blue cover, and chock full of infor-
nation on materials, spot removal
and laundering directions to meet
every problem. The other textbook
Is a gay little pamphlet, Home
Laundering Guide" issued by the
Westinghouse Home Economies In
stitute, Mansfield, Ohio, available
Tor the sum Of Is cents. This also
goes into helpful details about your
wash day problems, also has stain
removal chart, and deals, with all
the vagaries of the modern synthetic
fabrics that have baffled the most
experienced of us. Cherry pros
poets are good this year, says the
USDA. The California crop is ex-
pected to be especially heavy. Car
lot shipments of sweet cherries from
the Northwest are expected to start
about the 1st of June. School
children in at least 2r States will
gather milkweed floss this summer
and autumn to fill life jackets for
American soldiers and sailors. For
full information on this wartime
hfe-saving service, write for free
leaf1et AWI-94, to the United States
Department of Agriculture, WASH
1n2ton Is, D. c. A famous SOUP
making firm has come out with its
nrst new soup since the war started.
A combination of rich beef broth
and noodles, it promises to become
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