Evening star., 1945-11-29
Report to the Housewife

The first tangerines of the season
have made their appearance In local
markets, and dealers are anticipate
ing the arrival OF King and Temple
oranges in the near future. Grape
1ruit are more plentiful-there is q
Dig crop. and we can revel in them
to our hearts content. Oranges are a
little cheaper than they have been,
and lemons are of exceptionally good
quality. The cumquats that arrived
for the holiday are being reinforced
by new shipments, along with lady
apples, prickly pears, California
Seckel pears and persimmons. Bose
pears are also IN good supply-try
having them for dessert some eve
ming, with bit OF cream cheese
sprinkled with cayenne for added
tang. (Of course, if you can get some
aged Cheddar cheese, or a good
Camembert, SO much the better,
but they have been hard to find.)
Sugar loaf pineapples, some rather
poor Casaba melons, increased sup
plies OF avocados, plenty of apples,
bananas, a few fresh coconutS, and
Emperor grapes round out the fruit
picture.
Peas and lima beans are coming
back on the market after a tempo
rary scarcity. We recommend espe-
cially brussels sprouts, broccoli, Gel
cry cabbage, globe artichokes, snap
beans, leeks and fennel. (The last,
we're told, is wonderful stripped like
celery and eaten along with the
meal, being dipped in white wine in
stead of salt0 There are plenty OF
potatoes and onions, rutabagas, oys-
ter plant, turnips, beets and carrots.
Caulif1ower and snap beans are good.
Celery, cucumbers, eggplant, green
peppers, greens, squash and toma-
toes are reasonable and of nice quail
ity.
There should be adequate sup
plies Of almost all scale fish on
hand for weekend buying. Best,
perhaps, for average needs are
porgies, croakers, butterhsh, trout,
mackerel and salmon trout. Fill
leted haddock, cod and ~mackerel
will be plentiful; crab meat and
oysters will be available, but high
IN price. Some cooked shrimp is to
be found, but raw shrimp is on the
scarce side.
Margarine seems to be holding its
own, but butter and other fats are,
as you know, very short, along with
soaps and soap products. Eggs are
mostly small, and not too plentiful
Chickens and turkeys continue
In good supply. Most plentiful meat
in many markets are the forequar-
ter cuts Of beef-including chuck
shoulder, neck and so on. Incl
dentally, neck beef is usually
recommended for making mince-
meat, so If you plan to make up
some of your own, and put it away
to age for those Christmas pies,
this is a good time to think about
getting that beef Most of the
stores have the essential ingredients
for making mincemeat, and in event
of possible shortage at Christ
mastime you would do well to roll
your own" at the moment. Lamb
is bit scarce; veal is shorter this
week than last, but some more
fresh pork is arriving Hams and
bacon continue few and far be-
tween.
There are plenty of nuts around
town, but only few of the candied
fruits for fruit cakes have been COM
ing in. again we recommend that
fruit cake mix that you can add to
a regular cake batter and that
contains all the necessaries-such
rs brandy, fruits, nuts and so on.
II X X X
Here and There: This years
edition-marking the 154th year of
continuous publication-of' The Old
Farmers Almanac" has just come
through the mails. To almanac
fans. this is always a noteworthy
event, and this first issue after the
"close of hostilities" should prove a
collectors item. Once again the
weather forecasts are more than
just indications" and also give
us a glimpse ahead of next years
winter, which, it is predicted, will