Evening star., 1947-01-30

This being the end of the month,
It's possible the food budget is run
ming q bit low. January is a grim
: month trying to catch up on those
holiday bills. In the event you're
trying to make little go far, let
me suggest a few of the foods you
will find among the better buys for
he week end.
Smoked Boston butts are econom-
!cal and especially good with a
boiled dinner. The butts are pork
shoulder cuts adjacent to the picnic
hams. There Is very little waste to
he smoked butts; they are almost
solid meat with only small amount
of bone. Plate beef, pork and beef
liver are additional economy meats,
fully as nutritious and tasty as the
more expensive cuts If properly
prepared.
If you're looking for the choicer
cuts, there is unlimited variety
steaks, rib roasts, pork roasts, leg
of lamb, and hams, both the smoked
and ready-to-eat kind.
The growers are asking for our
cooperation in promoting the use
of potatoes to help dispose of this
years excessive crop. Use them in
hearty soups and chowders, mullins
and breads, salads, waffles and
cakes in addition to your regular
methods. The average woman
iniagines that potatoes add unduly
to her weight and waistline; moth
ing could be less true. A medium
potato contains 100 calories, only
1870 of the total required daily by
the average person. An apple or
an orange also contains 100 calories.
Potatoes are good sources OF vita
min C, calcium, phosphorus and
iron.
While the food situation seems to
be fairly well stabilized now with
good supplies in most of the COM
modities, there may be times when
you are not able to get the par
ticular brand you want. However,
you can usually get the product in
another brand. This is true of
canned milk. Mayonnaise is back
in adequate supplies again, I'm told.
Some South American honeydews
from Argentina arrived in town this
week, also nectarines, plums and
Tokay grapes from the same coun-
try. Among other fruits available
are papayaS, pineapples, lines and
kumquats from Florida; citrus fruits
from both Florida and California;
excellent quality Strawberries, fine
rhubarb from California. This time
of the year rhubarb always tastes
especially good-it's so tart and
fresh. Fresh tomatoes from Mexico
are likewise new in town this week.
These tomatoes can be purchased
by the pound-unpackaged.
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Here and There: Since this is
National Onion Week it seems fit
ting and proper to make special
mention of this historic and flavor
full vegetable. For countless years we
have relied on onions for f1avoring
other foods as well as enjoying the
vegetable by itself. The all-time
record onion crop of this winter has
left huge stocks of onions in stor-
age, encouraging cooks to go all out
ON onions whether it's onion week or
not. . Did you know that powdered
orange juice, home from the wars,
will soon be available? They tell me
that 1t retains the flavor and vita
min content of the fresh juice. i. =.
Use special care In cleaning your
mirrors, not only for good reflection
but also to preserve the silver coat
ing on the back. Use cloth moist
ened with water containing little
vinegar or ammonia. dry with a
soft cloth. Avoid soap because it
streaks glass. Take care no water
runs down between the frame and
the glass, water damages the silver
coating. One more point, NEVER
let the sun shine directly on any