Evening star., 1960-10-13
MARKET BASKET
Popular
VoteGoes
To Beef

HlCdG COullJcTS UIllS Week cIlu.
Beef. lamb. fryers. and
smoked or canned hams top
the bargain list.
The featured beef cuts
will be round roast, round
steak. sirloin tip steaks, and
roasts, and eye of the round
roasts. According to the De-
partment of Agriculture
nearly half Of all the meat
eaten in this country today
is beef. To take care Of this
growing demand, beef pro-
duction has been gaining
proportionately. Nearly l434
billion pounds Of beef will be
produced in 1860. about 8 per
cent more than last year and
So per cent more than was
produced prior to World
War II.
Lamb production, too, is
up this year. marketing ex-
perts say. Lamb slaughter
thus far this year has totaled
about 4 per cent above a
year ago. The lamb offerings
this week are focused on
chops with q choice between
loin, rib, shoulder, or round
bone.
Fryers, whole or cut up,
as well as chicken breasts,
legs, wings. necks and backs
are also on the good buy list.
At q dinner during the
recent Food Editors Con-
ference. sponsored by the
National Broiler Council
and Accent International,
Mr.. H. d. Weber of the
broiler council, forecast sup
plies for the next few
months. He stated the
placement of chicks is cur
rently up is to 20 per cent,
which means that in 8 weeks
time there will be Is to 20
per cent more chicken avail
able on the market than at
the same period last year.
Thus, he continued, chickens
will continue to be Q best
buy"
Our other host that eve
ming, Mr.. George B. Hamil-
ton, vice president Of Accent
International, said that since
their entry into the food
business just IL years ago,
with q new product and a
new brand name, Accent is
now sold in "a per cent Of
the supermarketS in the
United States.
The dinner, by the way,
was held in the fountain
court of the Metropolitan
Museum Of Art, the first time
q food group has been en-
tertained in the museum.
II your taste runs to ham
for Sundays dinner you have
several choices: regular
smoked hams, fully cooked
hams, center cut ham slices
for small families. or coun-
try-style Virginia hams.
Also canned hams, either 2
or 8 pound sizes, and canned
picnics weighing 2 pounds.
Best buys at fish counters
this week are Norfolk spots,
butterdsh, large porgies,
fresh-caught blue fish, and
the three grades of crab
meat.
Western carrots, green
beans, white potatoes, and
new green cabbage are the
outstanding vegetable bar
gains.
Apples lots Of them
ARE the leading buy among
fruits. This week you may
pick between Staymans,
Grimes Golden, Jonathans, or
red Delicious. Bartlett pears
are also being recommended.
It's New
The Dow Chemical Co. in
troduced q new lunch box
wrap during the Food Editors
Conference in New York last
week. Called Handi- Wrap, it's
o thin polyethylene film
which will be available In 100
foot rolls. It has excellent
''non-leak" properties for pro-
tecting sandwiches and other
foods in the lunch box. Handi-
Wrap has good clinging quail
ties, yet is easy to handle.
Surveys made in test markets
show that women who pack
q daily lunch box for mem
bers OF their families liked 1t
and found it economical to
use. The new wrap is due on
the market this month.
Campbell's announce a
new canned beans and
franks in tomato sauce. Each
one pound can boasts nine
little franks slow -simmered
with the beans in a zeSty
tomato sauce. Test markets
show that homemakers use
this new food combo for a
main course at family meals,
as q side dish for childrens'
meals and for the school
lunch box. Look for the IA
miliar label in your market
now. ". r.