Evening star., 1946-07-11

For the first time In many a long
moon you can 60 into number OF
Washington markets and ask for
and receive any kind or cut of
meat that you want. BUT only at
q price. That is why, in most of
the big chain stores, and also some
of the smaller, more conservative
dealers, you'll fare just about as
you have been for some time past.
If Mrs. Homemaker wants to go
on meat-buying spree, regardless
Of cost, and thus encourage imitation,
these thoughtful and patriotic men
are not going to let her. They
can't buy meat at reasonable prices
from their source of supply; if they
went ahead and purchased it, Mrs,
Housewife would have to be asked
to pay more for it, to make up the
difference-and too many of the
ladies would do so. Therefore, many
meat counter in Washington this
week end will present a picture not
much different from the one during
recent months.
Although prices on them are
higher, there should be a heavy
supply of frying chickens on hand.
If more of them flood the market,
prices may even drop appreciably.
Turkeys and ducks continue ex-
penSive. Eggs are plentiful and,
for the most part, remain about
the same in price. There is good
deal more cheese coming on dis
play, but butter continues coy =.
except when astronomically priced.
Fish will be about the same as
last week. Best buys include croak-
ers. butterhsh, porgies, flllets OF
haddock and rose fish tperch to
YOU, trout and mackerel. Scallops,
while expensive at first glance, are
recommended, because so few of
them go such long way, and they
have a chickenlike quality that is
very satisfying. Raw shrimp, crab
meat, lobster, clans and hard and
soft crabs are others in the shellflsh
division Soft crabs show no sign
of decreasing in price as the season
advances customary in other years
and the dealers are asking fan
tastic amounts for them. Best time
ii any-to find seafood bargains
is late Saturday afternoon, along
the water front.
Produce, for the most part. is very
plentiful, and, in some instances,
prices have dropped bit. You
would do well to bring home some
new potatoes, onions, white and
yellow squash, carrots, beets, snap
beans, cucumbers, all kinds of let
tuce and turnips. A bit lighter in
supply are okra, tomatoes, celery,
green and red peppers, radishes.
greens-the recent hot, humid
weather has hurt their quality
corn, cabbage, celery cabbage and
chicory. Scarcest but still available
for the looking-and paying-are
peas, asparagus, lima beans, broc- |
coli, zucchini, caulif1ower. eggplant
and mushrooms. The last are so
expensive that few can purchase
them.
Fruits are in full swing and you
can fill your ice box with any num-
Der of summery items. There are
seedless grapes. Bartlett pears. Santa
Rosa plums and wonderful Bing
cherries. tSour cherries have al
ready bowed out at most markets.
Sugarloaf pineapples, bananas, nee
tarines, avocados, apricots and fair
berries are to be had. Several
kinds of apples are now reaching
local dealers in good quantity, among
them Transparents, Greetings, Sum-
mer Rambos and some sweet STAIRS
and Jonathans. There are both /
Hiley Belle and Elberta peaches |
about-but the Elbertas are well
worth the slightly higher price. The
larger oranges cost more than they
did a couple of weeks ago, but the
little juice oranges have dropped |
somewhat. There are plenty of |
grapefruit, lines and lemons on
hand. All the melons are good.
Here and There: For full in
formation on freezing your garden
truck" write the Agricultural Re-
search Administration OF the United
States Department of Agriculture,
Washington Is, and ask for their
pew publica ton, Home Freezing of
Fruits and Vegetables" AIS-48 =
And don't forget that July IS to
July q has been designated as Ma
tional Home Food Preservation
Week. In line with all this, get
IN few late crops, to keep your