Evening star., 1960-09-01
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Specials
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With summers last holiday
coming up. meat specials this
week end are slanted toward
family get-togethers and pic
mic suppers.
Hams and turkeys share
the spotlight among the best
values at the meat counters.
Shoppers will be able to buy
the cut of ham that suits
them best ;. from the whole
ham to either butt or shank
portions. Center cut slices Of
smoked ham are also listed.
Canned hams, another holi-
day special, range in size
from 3 to 8 pounds and
fully cooked hams are adver-
tised.
The oven ready turkeys
are running from IA to 20
pounds in size; Beltsville
turkeys from 4 to 8 pounds.
Picnic items include a va
riety Of luncheon meats,
frankfurters, bologna and
sliced boiled ham.
For those who don't want
to bother with cooking, one
company is Offering their
own style of barbecued
chickens. The chickens run.
about q pound and 6 ounces
apiece.
For indoor or outdoor
cooking, sirloin and rib
steaks are the best beef buys.
Frozen ready to : cook
Dreaded veal steaks and
oven-ready deviled crabs are
two more time savers on the
good buy list.
Jumbo shrimp, large rock
fish, rock fillets and all three
grades Of crab meat are the
outstanding values at fish
counters.
In produce. shoppers will
find unusually good prices
on yellow sweet corn this
week end. Carrots, Pascal
celery. Thompson seedless
grapes and watermelons are
other fresh produce items
that are plentiful and rea-
sonable. Add to this Cali
fornia Valencia oranges,
Bartlett pears and Mary
land sweet potatoes.
September Bounty
Young chickens the,
popular broiler.fryers are
headliners among the plenti-
full foods for the coming
month. Supplies of these
tender birds are likely to run
about 5 per cent greater than
in September, 1859, market
ing specialists predict. After
the summer season the de-
mand for frying chickens
tends to drop so September
prices are expected to be ia
vorable to the consumer.
Turkeys are also due to be
plentiful this month with the
heavy birds particularly
abundant.
The melon supply will be
bountiful many kinds
and lots Of them. Canta-
loui3es from California's rec
ord-large crop will be COM
ing to market at the same
time as those grown in States
from coast to coast. Honey
dews, Persians, crenshaws
and casabas take your
pick. AS for watermelons,
the late crop is heavy :.
and about 81 per cent above
average.
The late summer vegeta-
bles that are due to be on
the plentiful list are onions,
cabbage, lima beans, green
peppers, cucumbers, squash
and broccoli.
Lamb will be a good value.
too, in the coming weeks,
with supplies more plentiful
than in recent years and
prices lower than they have
been, advance reports say.
Eskimo Patty
A round, new shape in ice
cream, called an Eskimo
peppermint patty, is a late
conner to the frozen food
cabinets. Introduced by the
Eskimo Pie Corporation, the
same firm who created the
famous Eskimo pie in 1920,
the patty is a specially
blended peppermint-flavor
ice cream with a coating Of
chocolate. In appearance it
resembles the candy with the
similar name. Because Of its
shape. the patty fits easily
into a specially designed
six-pack take-home carton.
The product is also available
in individual pieces.
New Dessert Trick
Here's a fresh idea in
desserts for your fall enter
tanning. A frozen dessert with
Philadelphia cream cheese as
its base. We've, used this
velvety cheese in dips, FROST
ings, and fudge +. now it's
an ingredient in this frozen
delicacy. This is how you
make it: Combine an g.
ounce package of cream
cheese with cup light corn
sirup and blend until smooth.
Stir in l cup milk and / tea
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