Evening star., 1947-01-09

You can hardly believe it's January
when you see all the crisp fresh veg
etables in the markets! With such
a variety to choose from, you should
be able to liven up your midwinter
meals very easily. January always
seems to bring let-down feeling, I
think, and new food ideas are un-
usually welcome.
A shipment of California green
peas came into town this week, in
addition to lima beans, brussels
sprouts, artichokes, cnives from Ill1-
nois, string beans, eggplant and
beets from Texas. (HaVe you ever
thought of adding bay leaf and a
pinch of thyme to the vinegar you
pour over freshly cooked beets? Nice
for a change.) There are great
quantities of potatoes and onions,
cooking green's from the Norfolk
area-mustard, kale and collards;
for the salad bowl, you will find
Boston lettuce, chicory, imported
endiveS from Belgium, ronlaine, rad
ishes, cucumbers and very good Gel
lophane- wrapped tomatoes.
Citrus fruits are in their prime
right now, with choice of oranges,
lines, lemons, grapefruit or tam
gerines. And speaking of citrus
fruits, If you have occasion to use
large amounts of canned citrus juice
you'll find that's very good buy
this week end. There are still a
few Italian chestnuts left over from
the holiday trade-the same may be
said for fresh cranberries. Straw
berries are getting to be more plen-
tiful and, incidentally, much cheaper
than they were. The berries are OF
good quality, too.
There seem to be all kinds of
meat on hand this week with one
exception-and that is veal. Other
than that you will be able to get
almost any kind you want. The
most featured cut will be beef rib
roast. Bacon can be had sliced or
by the piece.
There continues to be little
confusion in the minds of some
shoppers concerning the Federal
grading of meat. If you recall,
back in November, ran short
item about that in Here and
There" 1t is worth calling to your
attention again to clear up any pos
sible doubts on the subject. When
OPA ceiling prices on meat were
removed the Federal grade stamps
A or AA were no longer compulsory.
However, the round purple stamp,
which is the symbol of Federal in
spection and guarantees that the
meat is wholesome for food is COM
pulSory and remains on the meat.
In fact, any meat which is shipped
in interstate commerce is subject to
Federal inspection. The stamps you
will see now are marked U. S.
Choice, U. S. Good or U. S. Com
mercial. Other stamps are those
used by the packers themselves,
where brand name indicates the
grade of meat.
Chickens, especially frying chick
ems, are cheaper than they have
been for some time; there are tur-
keys for those who can face the
thought of another one right now.
I'm told there are plenty of soap
flakes for any one willing to pay
the price; maybe that's why you
Lcan find them.
Eggs are considerably cheaper
now; cheese, also, has taken drop
in price.
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Here and There: Before all the
Christmas gifts and cards are put
away, why not make a file of this
years gifts? 1t will be big help
, in planning next years list, Don't
forget to bring your address book
up to-date with new or changed
addresses, especially those last
names of newly married friends. :. i
Instead of discarding your cards,
save them for one of those bad days
and let the children paste, them in
scrap books. New cabbage from
the South will be plentiful on the
January markets. All important
controls have been removed from
picked or salted cod. haddock, pol