Evening star., 1948-07-01
By Violef Faulkner
Food Editor.

Last week over at Georgetown,
Del. hundreds of poultrymen from
all parts of the United States and
Canada along with representatives
from the United States Department
Of Agriculture were on hand for
the finals In the "Chicken-of-To-
morrow" contest.
It was sizzling hot day and every
one was getting pretty wilted before
the judges announced the prize
winning birds. The three Vantress
brothers-Ira, Charles and Horace.
of Marysville, Calf, walked Of with
top honors with 400 cross-bred Red
Cornish and New Hampshire birds
which they pitted against 5000
others from Is States.
The festival was the elimination
of a three-year Nationwide program
sponsored by one Of the national
food chain stores. The purpose was
to develop q breed Of chicken that
would grow faster on less feed and
produce more meat in proportion
to bone. The new look" chicken
will have shorter, meatier drumsticks
and q broader breast. Broilers from
the prize-winning flock weighed as
much as 4 to Az pounds at IL
weeks of age-a full pound more
than the average broiler of today.
It's a safe bet you are all making
big plans for the coming Fourth OF
July week end. Remember the
stores will be closed on Monday SO
you had better take out your pencil
and paper right after dinner to-
night and make out your shopping
list. A baked ham would be an ex-
cellent choice in the meat line. 1t
will. take care of several meals, be
ready If you want to cut OF few
rosy, pink slices for sandwiches or
for a cold porch supper. If a whole
ham sounds too much for you, there
will be special features on small,
lean smoked picnics in addition to
the large hams. Frying chickens.
a good assortment of cold cuts and
a variety of cheese might 60 on that
list to see you over the long holiday.
It's much too hot to spend time
over fussy desserts. There are a
number of early summer fruits COM
ing in and they are far more re-
freshing and cooler to eat, anyway,
than the heavy rich pies and cakes.
The first honeydews have arrived
from California in time for the
weekend celebration; nectarines,
apricots, plums and some very fine
looking dark red cherries are also
from California; peaches from down
in Georgia; and the new crop OF
strawberries from New York State
are unusually firm and large. Put
all of these fruits together and you
have material for frosty fruit cups.
salads or desserts. Oh yes, there are
some red currants on the market
this week, too. I was going to sug-
gest a few boxes for jelly, but a
look at the thermometer stops me!
There is such q good variety in
summer vegetables you can have
almost anything your heart desires
Tomatoes are much, much cheaper
firm and a good hearty red color
Stuff some with ice-cold lump crab
meat for one meal over the week
end. Kale and spinach has tumbled
in price, too; green beans, peas,
celery. cabbage, carrots and potatoes
are still others in the lower price
brackets. The supplies Of corn on
the-cob increase as the season ad-
vances so that has likewise affected
the price on that vegetable. Some
broccoli is coming In from our
neighboring State Of Pennsylvania.
the price is about the same as 1t is
other times of the year. There is
plenty of lettuce for salads; you'll
find the cost is ABOUT average. The
same holds true on lima beans.
Be sure YOU include plenty of