Evening star., 1949-10-20
By Violet Faulkner
Food Editor

FOOD Editor
Are there days when you find
yourself falling into that we'll
known rut of the same old meat
potatoes-pie routine? It's an easy
thing to do. I'll admit. Yet it can
be avoided, too, if you really put
your mind to it. AS an expert
ment, why not make a point of
serving a new dessert or a vege-
table prepared in a different way
at least once a week. *
AS a starter, have you ever
served your family sauteed cauli-
flower?, Right now Long Island
cauliflower is at its height and one
of the best buys in the market.
incidentally. did you know the
growers refer to those small
flowerets that make up the head
as edible white masses of clusters
or "curds"? I had never heard
that expression used before. So,
for that something new" on to-
nights dinner menu, try this:
Wash and break the head of cauli-
flower into very small howerets.
Put into a skillet with "a cup of
butter or margarine. Cover tight
ly and cook Is minutes, turning
cauliflower frequently. Add more
butter, if needed.
But to get on with the rest of
this bountiful parade of fall fruits
and vegetables. Broccoli from
Pennsylvania is just as good a
value as its cousin cauliflower.
Cooking greens aren't to be over
looked either; they are crisp. fresh
and bursting with good vitamins,
and cheap! Lettuce is on its
way back up again in price and
the quality is only fair. The
heads are inclined to be loose
which would indicate it hasn't had
time to ripen as it should. But
chicory, romaine, escarole are of
such fine quality you'll hardly miss
lettuce for the time. Other at
tractively priced vegetables are
cabbage, onions, sweet potatoes,
carrots, lima beans, beets, squash,
pumpkins, turnips, rutabagas and
oyster plant.
While vegetables generally seem
to be down q bit, fruit has taken
little If any drop in price. In
fact som&of the early crops COM
ing in are very definitely on the
expensive side. This applies to
the pink grapefruit making its
first appearance of the season.
They are pretty apt to run high
this winter. the reason being that
the hurricane took its toll of the
citrus crop. California oranges
are getting to be nuggets of gold
If WE'RE to judge from the price.
One Of the produce men told me
this morning that they were not
only high but going higher. You'd
better rely on the good OIL orange
concentrate for your morning eye
opener.
You'll find apples Of almost any
price on the market ranging from
very. very cheap to fairly high;
it all depends on the quality you
are willing to pay for. The wind
falls naturally are selling at low
prices, while the choice beauties
are maintaining their own stand
ards. Melon season is drawing
to a close; you'll probably see a
few around in some of the spe-
cialty shops, but the peak is over.
Bartlett pears, too. are about gone,
but the wonderfully delicious An
jous are taking their place.
Tokays are replacing the seedless
Thompsons in grapes and by an
other week we can expect to see
the Emperors in the stores.
The fish markets have suffered
setback this past week because
OF the northeaster that's been
playing around the Jersey shore.
When they get a spell of
weather" as they say, the fish
just won't bite. so the boats have
been tied up for the past several
days. However, this condition is
only temporary and you'll soon
be back to having your pick of a
dozen or more varieties of fine
fish. This hasn't effected the
supply of nice. fat oysters though,
so give the folks a good. rich,
creamy oyster stew tonight. OF
course, there are always the
frozen fish f1llets for you to fall
back on. Rock, by the way, is
not too expensive and there is
still an amazing amount of fresh
crab meat coming in.
HERE AND THERE: It's an
noying and saddening to find that
your towels sometimes shrink un-
evenly when being laundered. The
hobbleskirt effect is a result of
the manufacturing process. Dur
ing the weaving, the different
threads were stretched unequally
causing them to shrink unevenly,
Another point, some towels wear
out quickly because they are
loosely woven. When buying any
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