Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-08
Honnennukers
WeekIyFood
Roundup
It's Salad Time;
Pontry-Shelf
Beef Pot Pie
By Violet Faulkner

this week. Local food chains are
going all out to feature the max
ings for springtime salads to
spark your menus.
Special emphasis will be on
tomatoes, lettuce, spring onions,
cucumbers. green peppers, rad
ishes, celery hearts, Pascal eel
cry and new cabbage. Aspara-
gus from California is another
featured item along with broc-
coli. Florida corn, grapefruit,
Scallions and Rome apples. APP
parently the cold snap that
swept the growing areas last
week had no serious effect on
the produce markets. Prices
range from moderate to low,
quality is tops and supplies
plentiful.
When you shop for both
asparagus and broccoli look for
the stalks with tightly closed
buds. In the case of broccoli,
there should be no yellow color
evident in the buds. With aspar-
agus. the stalks should be tender
and green for almost their entire
length. Remove the loose scales
if the grass" is sandy. Nothing
detracts from the eating pleas
ure like biting down on bits of
grit hidden behind those tiny
Scalelike leaves.
Meat-wise, the picture con-
tinueS much the same. Shad,
of course, is THE fish buy now
in Washington. And to enjoy
it to the fullest, spend the little
extra it costs to have your shad
boned.
Veal. steaks, chuck roaSts,
smoked picnics. round steak,
fryers and frozen fish fillets
round out the list of good buys.
We might add April is the last
of the "R" months until fall,
and the time for one more last
fling at putting oysters on the
menu.
Egg She'll Fovors
Are you having a gathering
of the clan come Easter Sunday?
If you want your table to look
a little different" make these
egg shell favors. Let the children
help, they'll love it. The favors
are a new slant on the proverbial
dyed egg.
The week before Easter save
egg shells, being careful to break
the eggs so that about two
thirds of each shell will be in
tact Wash and dry the larger
"halveS" of the shells. Dye the
empty shells with the usual Eas-
ter egg dye. Dry the empty,
dried shells and glue each onto
a 3-inch circle of white or COL
ored cardboard or art paper.
Fill the shells with jelly beans,
minis or sailed nuts. If you
want them really fancy, brush a
little gilt paint around the bro
ken edge of shell and let dry
before filling.
Lint-Free
New on the market is a prod
uct that combines the absorption
qualities of a sponge with the
toughness and pliability of a
cloth. Simply wet and use. The
waff1e-like surface of the sponge
produces a suction action that
picks up dirt, grease and CRIME
quickly and releases them with
one good squeeze in sudSy water.
You use this new type washing
cloth for washing dishes, walls,
mirrors, woodwork, tile, sinks ;.
in fact, just about any and every
household task. 1t leaves no lint
on dishes, or mirrors. The cloth
comes in cellophane wrapper
and measures (when dry about
Z inches square. But don't let
the f1atness of the cloth fool you.
AS soon as you dunk it in water,
1t puffS up to the size of a nice
comfortable cleaning sponge. You
can cut it to make a cosmetic
sponge or even cut a sponge toy
for the baby's bath.
Grandma's big black kitchen