Evening star., 1944-05-25
By Betsy CaswsH,
Women'g News Editor,

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Broccoli, lima beans and cucumbers
are among the scarce-to-non-
existent items. You can find red
and white cabbage for cole slaw, and
there are some excellent crisp cauli-
flowers on hand, which you can
combine with tender young carrots,
grated baby beets and q fine dress
ing to make a delicious and health
full raw vegetable salad.
Here and There: Speaking of
herbs-as we do a column down
below, If you live In an apartment
that can't even sport window box
of green things growing-you can
still have your herbs and eat them,
too. That wonderful herb farm up
in Connecticut has beguiling little
jars of your favorites, freshly dried,
and delightfully."- pungent. You may
get them individually, or you may
order the special blends already
prepared for use in various types
Of cookery. And even If you do
grow your own herbs you won't
want to miss the wonderful herb
wine vinegars put out by the same
farm-garlic, basil, mixed herb,
tarragon, salad herb and so on, deli
cate and delicious. An old favorite
Is the farms herb favored mus
tard-perfect with broiled meats,
or cold cuts, two newcomers that
have won my heart already are
fresh tarragon leaves In vinegar
and a seasoning powder for eggs,
steaks, cheese, sauces, ETC.. that in
cludes tomato flakes, herbs, spices,
granulated bouillon, chives and
paprika among its flavorful ingre-
dients. These products are avail
able in several local stores, and well
worth your attention. Many
dry-land cook wishes to know the
answer to a problem posed by a
Navy lieutenant on PC boat in
the Pacific-why some cakes come
out Of the oven with decided star
board list. OF course the oven in
the galley of rolling vessel might
explain lot in the lieutenant's case,
but plenty Of lopsided cakes come
out OF good solid. down-to-earth
ovens right here at home. This, say
the experts, Is usually due to the
fact that the oven heats more on
one side than it does on the other,
as the result of poor insulation.
worn heating elements, etc. To aid
in preventing this sad happening,
place the cake squarely in the center
OF the oven, and turn the pan sew
eral times during the baking period. |
Also, you might check to make sure
that your stove stands even and
square on the kitchen floor-no sags
or tilts to one side or the other. i
Can all you can, but do the job
right" is the best motto to follow,
says U. S. D. A. Don't take chances
with spoilage by using slipshod meth
ods or guesswork. =. And we advise,
Just to be surer than sure, boil all
home canned food fifteen minutes
before even tasting it when you are
planning to serve it at meal. That
botulism type Of food poisoning is
One stamp in War
Ration Book 4 will never be used
Sugar Stamp No. 81. Some house.
wives, In making early application
for sugar for home canning mistak-
enly detached this stamp and sent
1t to their local boards instead of
the correct Spare Stamp 81. So
that no one will suffer for this mis-
take, OPA has announced that
Sugar Stamp 81, though originally
due to become valid in 1945, viii
now never be validated. For home
canning sugar rations. therefore, be
sure to attach SPARE Stamp 81 to
the application form when sending
the form to the local boards. d. :.
Beachhead army bakers in Italy are
learning the hard way-and how!
They have discovered what the
peacetime housewife has ALWAYS had