Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-10-26

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and you can use the Scooped
out pumpkin for a pie.
Apples on a stick are
another must" for Hallow-
ween. This week the head
liners are Staymans, Jona-
thans. Winesaps, Mcintosh,
Yorks, and golden Delicious.
Cider, hot dogs. cookies,
pretzels and candies will be
featured everywhere for
"trick-or-treat" night.
Here's an easy recipe for
the apples-on-a-stick. Wash
and dry apples; !. remove
stems. Insert skewers in stem
end. Have apples at room
temperature. Combine / cup
white sugar, / cup red label
corn strip, u cup water and
a few drops Of red vegetable
coloring in saucepan. Cook
over medium heat. stirring
constantly until mixture
boils. Then cook without
stirring to soft crack stage
$3.50 degrees on candy ther-
mometer) or until small
cunt separates into
threads which are hard but
not brittle when tested in
cold water. Remove from
heat; add q few drops Of
cinnamon or peppermint
flavoring and stir only
enough to mix. To keep strip
from hardening, place pan
over boiling water. Hold ap-
pie by skewer end and dip
in strip. Remove quickly and
twirl so strip spreads evenly
over apples. Place on wire
rack over wax paper to cool.
This amount Of Sirup will
coat six apples.
Meats to Buy
Hams (smoked or fully
cooked. whole smoked pic
MICS, sliced picnics. veal and
beef lead the parade at meat
counters.
Recommended beef roasts
include bone-in or homeless
chuck, standing rib or rolled
rib, rump, both bone-in and
homeless; round bone and
sirloin tip. Best steak buys
are porterhouse, T-bone.
round, sirloin and sirloin tip,
and cube. Beef liver is also
q good buy.
The smoked hams include
all cuts shank, butt,
shank half and butt half,
and slices and the whole
ham. Of course.
Veal is also on the bar
gain list with a wide range
Of cuts from which to pick
your Sunday dinner. Included
are leg roast. veal chops,
rump roast, homeless veal
stew, outlets, shoulder roast,
breast and neck or shank.
Cup-up stewing chickens,
running from 4 to 5 pounds,
are an attractive poultry
value.
At produce counters Idaho
russell potatoes, sweet pota-
toes, whole cranberries, pink
grapefruit, emperor grapes
from California, fresh broc-
coli, celery and iceberg let
tuce are worthy items.
Cheese Festival Month
Dairy counters this week
offer a cheese for every taste
and fancy. This has been a
good year for cheese, largely
because milk production was
noticeably higher than year
ago. Total United States
cheese output for the first
half of the year came to over
a billion pounds, 10 per cent
more than last year, the De-
partment Of Agriculture says.
Sliced cheese varieties be-
ing featured this week in
honor of october Cheese Fes-
tival are Munster, brick,
cheddar, pizza and mil d
Swiss; cheese sticks include
brick, Munster, New York
sharp, medium and extra
sharp; assorted cheese links,
sharp and smoky CHI eese.
smoked Swiss and sharp
cheese in wedges are others
on the special" buy list.
Sweet Treats
Just in time to catch the
Halloween trade, Barton's
chocolates will be available
tomorrow at a number of
neighborhood pharmacies in
Washington and its suburbs.
Shoppers will find fasci-
mating chocolate novelties
for children among the as
sortment. For exam e,
there's a half-size replica of
q dial telephone complete