Evening star., 1952-11-24
By Violet FouIkner

Whatever your chOlce OF menu
for the Thanksgiving feast you
can rest assured of finding it in
our well-stocked markets. The
fruit and vegetable counters are
|spilling over with top quality
produce. It will rest with you and
how much you want to spend.
Medium to low-priced vegetable
values include greens Spinach,
turnip and kale), rutabagas,
turnips, cabbage, carrots. cauli-
flower. broccoli. Brussels sprouts
and acorn squash. Some of the
new crop Florida items such as
string beans, yellow squash and
corn on the cob will be running
rather high which is to be ex-
pected when they first appear on
the market. Green peppers. Gu
cumbers, green peas, eggplant and
tomatoes are bringing higher
prices. too.
Italian chestnuts for the turkey
stuffing are very reasonable this
fall, price depending on size. The
heads Of lettuce coming in from
New York State are smaller than
those from California but the
quality is vastly better. Romaine
and Boston lettuce you'll find very
good.
Apples of many varieties. tokay
and emperor grapes. Bose and
d'Anjou pears, persimmons, and
tangerines offer nice selection
for either the fruit bowl or a
colorful centerpiece for the holi-
day table. There are some beauti-
full big Strawberries from Cali
fornia around town but, warn
you. they're bringing a fancy
price.
Florida Citrus
Oranges and grapefruit are
back in the limelight again as the
present crop moves into the mar
ket. At a meeting with members
of the Florida Citrus Commission
last week we were told 81 million
boxes of oranges will come off the
trees this season. and 80 million
boxes of grapefruit. Of the orange
crop about one-third will be sold
as fresh fruit while the remainder
will be used by the professors.
Grapefruit production will equal
that OF year ago, they predicted.
We can think of no better first
course for holiday dinner or
any time than tangy grapefruit
halves dressed up with centers of
spiced grapes. Dip small cluster
of grapes in unbeaten egg white;
shake to remove the excess. Roll
the grapes in cinnamon-sugar
mixture; chill until dry. Place in
the center of each grapefruit half.
yellow Coke Mix
Remember the old-fashionedI
yellow cakes with chocolate icing
that were always a part of every
church supper? Reaching the
market almost simultaneously are
two new yellow cake mixes devel-
oped by rival companies. Only
milk is needed in one instance to
complete the cake while the other
mix calls for fresh eggs added by
the homemaker. Each package
makes two 8 or 9-inch layers. One
manufacturer suggests adding
spice, grated orange rind, chopped
nuts. or chopped maraschino
cherries for interesting variations
of the basic package recipe.
Hors d'Oeuvre Troys
It happens to all of us !
people drop in when the larder
is as bare as Mother Hubbard's
It's too late to shop
and you're not in the mood to
start cooking anyway. On an
hours notice there's a delicatessen
In town that will make up a tray
Of snacks complete to potato salad
and choice of meat sandwiches,
handsomely garnished with olives,
pickles, hard-cooked eggs. and
tomato wedges. The bread used for
the sandwiches is a specially of
the house. It's half-and-half
loaf made of rye swirled through