Evening star., 1960-12-01
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Plentiful
Foods for
December

Food headliners for this
month include beef, turkeys,
pork. cranberries, potatoes,
onions, cabbage, dates. vege-
table fats and oils, says the
United States Department Of
Agriculture.
Beef supplies are about 10
per cent higher than a year
ago, according to the Ameri-
can Meat Institute. This
abundance is being reflect
ed in the current weeks
shopping news.
Best buys at meat coun-
tiers spotlight all the we'll
liked cuts ranging from
ground beef to 7-inch rib
roasts. Sirloin, T-bone, and
porterhouse steaks, boneless
round steak, chuck and rib
steaks are on the recon-
mended list.
Chuck roasts, shoulder
roasts (arm bone in), bone
less rump, rib, strloin tip and
boneless round offer the
shopper variety a-plenty In
selecting Sundays roast. In
addition you'll find stewing
beef, short ribs, ground beef
or chuck.
Young chickens will also be
a top value this month. This
week end the featured poul-
try bargain will be found in
chicken breasts. legs and
wings. as well as whole
fryers.
Reports say we can expect
a little more pork than last
month, while veal supplies
will be about the same. Pork
and veal-chops and roasts-
are being featured this week
end along with all the popu-
lar cuts Of lamb. So, what
ever your meat preference
may be, you'll have no trouble
this week finding the cut Of
your choice.
Produce Values
Outstanding produce bar.
gains include Black Valentine
green beans. pascal celery.
Florida corn, fresh spinach,
kale. collards, white potatoes,
red Stayman. Winesap. Rome
and York apples, pink-meat-
ed Florida grapefruit, also
Florida oranges, lettuce and
mushrooms.
In spite Of the damage
caused by hurricane Donna
to the Florida citrus growers.
little difference is expected
in the production Of their
l960-61 crops. The early and
mid-season orange crop will
probably be a bit smaller
than a year ago, but the
grapefruit supply should be
about the same.
Also in the good buy cate
CORY is cabbage. The early
fall crop was a fourth larger
than last years lean harvest.
With more than 925 million
pounds Of cabbage in sight,
you can plan on using this
economical vegetable to your
hearts content. Remember
cabbage is well endowed with
vitamin c. and with winter
colds in the offing wen all
need extra amounts of this
important vitamin.
At fish counters the best
bets are standard oysters,
founder and founder fillets,
rock fish. sea bass and bass
fillets. and deviled crabs.
New Bakery Items
Word comes from the
Arnold Bakers that the Gre
clan sesame bread food edi-
tors sampled back in October
at the conference in New
York is now available. locally.
It's a long slender loaf which,
when heated briefly, has a
crisp crust and tender center.
Resembling French bread in
shape, the new loaf has a
closer texture. The sesame
seeds are baked throughout
the bread, as well as on top,
giving it an appealing nut
like flavor. The bread comes
unsliced and weighs 10
ounces.
Arnold Bakers are also an
nouncing a German type
STOLEN with a rich butter and
egg dough. Baked with white
raisins, currants. candied
orange peel and cherries, it's
lightly seasoned so that it
can be served toasted or un-
toasted for breakfast as vel.
as for a mid-morning coffee.
This will be available in time
for the holidays.
And II you never got around
to making the dilly bread that
won the $25,000 grand prize
in the Pillsbury Bake-Of,
you can now buy it. This
fiavorsome casserole bread is
being made in the Heidi bak-
cries Of Giant Food, Inc, and
distributed through all of the
company's stores. The bread
as you may recall Is a round
loaf. fragrant with minced
onion and dill seed. The ad-
dition Of cottage cheese keeps
1t soft and moist. Try it
toasted, you'll love it.
Margaret Rudkin Of Pep
peridge Farm fame has been
busy again. This time she
has turned out a frozen lemon
turnover to join the clan of
other goodies made with her
popular puff pastry. The
lemon turnovers come frozen
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