Evening star., 1946-02-07
Report to the Housewife

Onions are about the only really
scarce item in the vegetable line
this week end-they are almost i'm
possible to find. Plenty of snap
beans, peas, lima beans-fairly high
In price-carrots, beets and tur-
nips are to be had. Cabbage and
celery-both white and Pascal va
rieties of the latter-are flooding
the market. There is fine broccoli,
and nice white heads of caulif1owerI
are reasonable and of fine quality.
Some eggplant have come in from
Cuba. Supplies of cucumbers are a
bit light, as are green peppers and
eScarole. Good lettuce from Arizona
and California has been received
mostly of the iceberg type. White
and sweet potatoes are plentiful,
and there seems to be number of
green's available, including spinach,
kale, collards and turnip tops. To
take the place of the big onions,
you'll find leeks and shallots, and
for flavor, pots of succulent chives.
In the fruit stalls, honeydewI
melons from South America make
headlines this week. I have not
sampled one of these, so cannot re-
port on the quality, but the price is |
pull-enty! Strawberries = continue
good, and rhubarb from Michigan
and the Chicago area is recon-
mended. Avocados, grapes, apples,
pears and a wealth of citrus fruits,
Including Florida Valencias, are
offered. And there have been more
bananas on the market this week |
than for many day.
AS far as can be seen at this writ
ing, the meat situation has shown
a decided improvement, and, with
early bird tactics you should be able
to obtain almost anything you want
by the end of the week.
Chickens of all kinds, hen turkeys
Of not-too-large size, and native and
Long Island ducks are to be found
at the poultry dealers. If you want
10 be really luxurious, you can prob
ably find SQUAD or two come the
week end-but you'll pay for it, I'm
warning you! Eggs are very little
higher than they were last week,
eut still plentiful. There is some
cheese around of the aged variety.
and good deal of the processed or
packaged type. Butter and other
Fats continue scarce, with real olive
oil practically a thing of the past.
Something new in the fish line {
has been added-cleaned and head ]
ed pan trout, packed two together j
IN cellophane, all ready to be popped
onto the fire. There will also be
extra special fancy perch filletS Of
tered in some markets, and other
recommended items include Spanish
mackerel, sea bass, roe and buck
shad, croakers, crab meat and ,
oysters.
You will be glad to know that in :
the speciality shops the tiny jars of
Jelly that make such nice gifts for I
:nvalids and travellers have returned. :
fhey are being charmingly put up {
n little baskets of odd shapes,
wrapped in cellophane and tied with Is
great bows of any color ribbon you t
choose. And for you gourmets,
there's another package that is really I
preWar in feeling-a French wooden
pepper mill, and package of whole /
pepper to go with it! This for your
Sery favorite host or hostess. And S
beautiful fruit baskets are now
seing packed by several markets in
sown-Wonderful for that GONZALES
cent who is surfeited of flowers. The
market will deliver them, impressive
as all get-out in their colored wrap
Slngs-so all you have to do is de-