Evening star., 1949-04-19
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EVEN THO WE weren't on hand
to tell you about the good things
YOU could find in Center Market
City for Easter, we saw you shop
ping for ham. lamb and the veg
etables of spring on the week
end.
We had dozens Of ideas to tell
you about, but the newspaper
strike kept our column from ap-
pearing last week. So don't
think we've abandoned Our fa-
vorite hobby-that of shopping
for you in the Market.
Easter is over, but wonderful
food keeps pouring into the mar
ket from all over the United
States and abroad. There seems
to be a smell of the good earth"
about spring produce that you
don't find at any other time Of
the year. Vegetables seem green
er, flowers are more lush and
the urge to get out OF the winter
doldrums is stronger.
So come, this week after Easter.
and let's see what's in the Mar
ketl
TUB BUTTER-Once upon .
time all butter was "tub butter
that fresh butter that seems to
taste better than any other. But
today the average housewife buys
1t packaged, processed In the
great dairy states of the country.
There are those, however, who
still insist upon tub butter
They like to see 1t sliced before
their eyes-and they insist that
1t has more flavor.
Francis r. Lambs stand, No.
204. has stub butter" for all OF
those who will have no other.
He says that he prefers 1t him
self, and takes it home to his
own household, so what better
proof of the pudding could you
ask?
This stand is also famous for
It's sharp cheese. Mr.. Lamb prob
ably sells more sharp cheese than
anybody else in the city, Gus
toners have been coming to
Lambs since his father started
curing his own cheese in 1881.
This stand still does its own cur
ing, and satisfied customers have
been coming here for decades.
Talk TO Mr.. Lamb about any
other cheese, and he answers
frankly: ~The rest of my cheese
lust sits there and dries up
everybody wants our sharp
cheese"
This stand also candles all Of
It's own eggs. They come In.
fresh from the green valley OF
the Shenandoah, and you can
count on them being the kind Of
eggs that make breakfast .
pleasure.
MISS JULIA GRAY is one Of
the characters" Of the Market
- and the Market abounds In
them. Miss Julia sits behind
the counter at II. Louis Roberts
stand, and there's very little that
she can't tell you about a flower.
She'll help you select . very
special corsage for your best girl
tand probably give you a bit OF
advice in addition), or she'll tell
YOU about the arrangement Of her
pretty posies into delightful
bouquet.
She's ready to help you care
for potted plants or to tell you
which flowers to send to q sick
friend. Last week she sat BEAM
ing among her Easter lilies, hy-
drangeas and tulips. This week
she's ready with news OF flowers
that bloom in mid-April. You'll
find Miss Julia Gray ut stand
246 In Center Market City.
HERE AND HERE-Beaut-
full. luscious strawberries are
coming into the Market from the
Carolinas. It's time for straw
berry shortcake and strawber-
ries and whipped cream. If you
can't afford but one box for q
large family, try serving them
crushed over ice cream one night
this week II you like green
turtle soup, Bishop Thompson
has canned turtle meat. He also
has live swapping turtles from
the lower Potomac, IL you'd like
to 60 thru the process Of cleaning
one yourself. He also has canned
mussels on hand.
For good foods in mid-April,
VISIT the merchants at
cehTER MARKET cry