Evening star., 1945-11-01

MafketerS, accordlng to the Mer
Who Know, are still trying to keer
summer In their homes, and steer
away from the so-called winter
vegetables" such as parsnips, tur.
nips, satisfy. beets, cauliflower and
Brussels sprouts. Fortunately for
them, there are fairly adequate
supplies of such items as peas, snap
beans, limas, white and yellow
squash, shallots, tomatoes, spinach
and other greens. However, many
prices are high. and the thrifty shop
per will select her basketful with
care, including number of the less
expensive vegetables from the win
ter" lineup. Okra, green peppers,
eggplant, iceberg and Big Boston
lettuce, cabbage, celery-cabbage, Gel
cry and cucumbers are recommended
for variety. Good artichokes and
mushrooms are to be had-the latter
q bit less expensive than they have
been. Watercress, endive and chic
ory are Of fine quality. Chestnuts
have made their appearance In some
markets.
Oranges from Florida and grape
fruit from Texas are plentiful and
good-there are still a very few
California oranges about, but they
are fast on the way out for this
season. Big Delicious apples have
made their bow, and although avo-
cados are bit scarce, there are some
from Florida to be found if you
look hard enough. Cranberries are
going begging, what with the sugar
situation the way it is, but you can
indulge in fine California perSim-
mons, pomegranates, bananas. figs,
California grapes, and very few
Eastern ones, some honeydew mel
ons, West Coast pears and pineap-
piles from Cuba.
The meat picture looks about the
same as last week-with adequate
supplies. of most items expected
the exception being pork, especially
the smoked varieties. Country saus-
age is plentiful now, and mighty
welcome on Sunday mornings with
waffies or buckwheat cakes.
Poultry is to be found all over the
place-dealers seem to have no end
of stewing, frying and baking chick
ems, chicken by the piece, ducks and
some squads and guinea hens for
the luxury minded. A few speciality
shops can order goose for you if
you consult them a day or so in
advance of when you plan to serve
it. Rabbits should be coming in to
local markets by the end of the
week.
Cheese continues in the hard-to-
get class-that is, any cheese except
the processed type. Labor difficult
ties and time required for proper
aging are back of this situation, we
are told. Some stores do have a
small amount Of very good domestic
Swiss-type cheese, and in the fam
cier marts you will find few of the
"perishables," such as Camembert,
blue, Okla and so on. Cottage cheese
is on the scarce list this week, but
cream cheese still seems to be avail
able in good quantity. Eggs are
high and bit tighter than they
have been. Even "pullets' eggs"
are selling at fancy prices.
A few dealers have sWordfish
steaks on hand, and there is a very.
include the old lineup-trout, mack
erel, porgies, croakers, butterfish,
spots and some sea bass and blue
fish. Cooked jumbo shrimp will be
featured by some markets this week
end, and there may be few seal
lops to be found in the specially
fish houses. Oysters continue high
In price, and ION the half shell"
service is still out of the picture,
due to the scarcity of sfuckers.
Same goes for clans. Some Holsters
and lobster tails are coming in, but
are pretty expensive. Even filleted
fish have jumped in price.
X Il
Here and There: jungle jingles
on cereal packages are being fea-
tured by a well-known brand of
breakfast food to spur juvenile in
terest in the product. If you wish
to give a Christmas gift to an un-
Ernwn xerpiray,.an IN . rar,r mr.