Evening star., 1946-06-27

Let's get the gloom department
over with first-and fast. As you
know as well as I the meat situa-
tion is practically nil this week, and
prospects aren't any better for the
week end. If you are lucky, "and
have lived right" as we say, you
just MAY be able to find a bit of
lamb or some veal in time for Sum-
day dinner-but it's pretty much a
matter of chance. Chickens, too, are
disappointing, with heavy demand
depicting supplies on hand and few
new shipments reaching local mar
kets. There are some ducks at the
fancy poultry dealers, but as a
rule you would do well to place your
order for one in advance. There
are quite a few tom turkeys about.
Cheese is also on the very scarce
side, and butter, although a mite
easier, is not reaching the coun-
ters in anywhere near adequate
amounts. Eggs are still plentiful,
but are higher in price than they
have been.
Now let's look at the brighter
side. Fish, although a bit upped
in price, is in general, abundant,
and if you shop carefully, especially
along the water front, you can
probably pick up some bargains.
Boston mackerel is good buy-for
an odd reason. Mackerel is caught
in the greatest quantities at the
dark of the moon, and recent hauls
have been made under those condi-
tions. Croakers, trout, butterfish
and the usual fillets are on hand.
A luxury item found occasionally
in the speciality markets are the
fillets of true lemon or gray sole,
as distinguished from the fillets of
founder, usually designated as
sole" in average fish stalls. Whit
ing, some weakfsh, haddock and
cod are to be found. A little halibut
has been seen from time to time
There is more of that wonderful
Eastern salmon, and also its West
ern counterpart. CLANS, crabmeat,
shrimp, hard and soft crabs, sea
scallops and Holsters and lobster
meat make up the shellfish division
Fruits are really beginning to
come in in abundance at last. There
are plenty of peaches, both free and
cling; Bing cherries are cheaper
this week, and so are the sour
variety for pies and putting up"
Black and red raspberries, blue
berries, and wonderful strawberries
from New York State are recon-
mended. Honeydews, honeyballs,
cantaloupes and watermelons-
last very good indeed, will be a bit
cheaper for your Fourth of July
picnic. Bananas, sugar loaf pine
apples, avocados, nectarines, few
seedless grapes, mangoes, currants,
California sunkist oranges, Santa
Rosa plums, apricots and some
gooseberries round out an ample
list. There are, of course, big sup
plies of lemons and lines for your
summertime drinks. And, if you DO
get duck, you'll be glad to know
there are some nice green cooking
apples to make apple sauce.
Vegetables, too, are plentiful and
varied. Best buys include white and
yellow corn, white and yellow
squash, snap beans, asparagus from
New Jersey, cabbage Coarse, and
not too go5d for slaw, but fine for
cooking), cucumbers, lettuce of all
kinds, onions, new potatoes, and
beets. In good, but somewhat lighter
supply, we find tomatoes, peas, lima
beans, carrots, celery, spinach and
other green's, (Which include kale
rape, turnip tops, collards and
mustarO, okra, and mushrooms. On
the scarcer side, but still available
are egg plant, escarole, caulihowe1
and broccoli from Long Island
radishes, and green peppers.
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