Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-01-21
WeekIyFood
Report totEoe
Plump Chickens
For Roasting;
New Booklets
= By Violet FouIkner

in 312 to 4 pound roasting chick
ems this week end. Beef supplies
continue to be plentiful and win
be the major meat item featured.
AS an alternative. why not try
q smoked picnic for q change?
You'll see them offered at rea-
sonable prices.
Cool weather in the winter
vegetable areas has curtailed the
variety and quantity Of fresh
produce and. in some instances.
upped prices slightly. However,
there's no scarcity Of such staples
as potatoes. onions. carrots and
cabbage. Lettuce prices win be
higher and the quality not too
good. AS a matter Of fact. you'll
probably see a slight increase in
cabbage, too, but it's still a better
buy than lettuce for that some
thing crisp" in the menu. Kale
Is a good buy and so are mush-
rooms. Fruit-wiSe, your best
values will be the citrus family.
apples and bose pears.
In the fish markets it will be
frozen fish. Rough weather in
terferred with the fishing boats,
too, and supplies Of fresh fish
are somewhat limited. The lead
ers in the frozen line are flllets
of cod, paddock. ocean perch
and Canadian smeltS. Frozen
whiting, halibut and swordfsh
are also being offered. Frozen
shellfish includes scallops. in the
moderate : to : reasonable class,
and shrimp. which is plentiful,
but fairly high in price.
Oysters. of course, are abund-
ant and prices. unchanged. In
fact, we're right at the peak of
the oyster season with January
the midway point in the R
months. For Sunday dinner how
about treating the family to
roast chicken with oyster stuff
ing" My taste buds tingle at
the very mention of that COM
bination.
New Booklets
Just in time to 60 along with
peanuts and peanut butter. both
on the list of plentifulS for
February, Is q newly revised coll
lection of recipes for these two
popular foods. Home and Gar
den Bulletin No. SO, Peanuts
and Peanut Butter Recipes"
points out all the virtues of the
nut that isn't really a nut at all
but q member of the pea-and-
bean family. The bulletin in
cludes recipes for main dishes,
breads. salads. soup and des-
serts.
The second booklet, ways
to Cook Rabbit" gives general
cooking directions and about 20
recipes on preparing domestic
rabbit. There are instructions
for. cooking the young fryer"
the name given to rabbits 8 to
IL weeks old, as well as the
rooster" trade name for older
rabbits.
Single copies Of both booklets
may be obtained free from the
Office Of Information, United
States Department of Agricul-
ture, Washington Is, D. C.
Bake ond Serve
A new product new, that
is, to. the company making it
made its appearance in the
frozen food cabinets of local
stores this week. The new item
Is a pyecooked. quick-frozen
beef pie. You'll find 1t packaged
in its own individual aluminium
foil pan. filled with generous
chunks of beef, peas. carrots, q
rich beef gravy and covered with
a flaky pastry. Like its cousin,
the chicken pie, you pop it in
the oven and bake until the
crust Is q golden brown. No
need to defrost. the pies can be
baked as is.
Midwinter Cleaning
Are you still finding some
spots around on the rugs and
furniture left over from the hol-
iday festivities? We've just dis
covered q new product that
seems to be the answer to all
our cleaning problems. The
manufacturer says it's neither
q soap nor a detergent, but a
new combination of chemicals
called formula B. One of the
incest things about this clean
ing fluid, it's easy on the hands
and has q pleasant odor. It's