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For the children, they have
an unlimited selection of
small chocolate eggs, with
vanilla or chocolate butter
cream centers, chicks, bun
nies all the confections
to delight the heart Of a
child on Easter morn. They
also have a wide assortment
Of ice cream rolls, ice cream
baskets, cakes decorated with
the appropriate holiday mo-
tifs.
Barricini. too. is featuring
candy treats for the entire
family from marshmallow
eggs for the youngsters to a
specially designed box Of
miniatures for nom. To de-
light the children, this candy
store has q complete family
of chocolate bunnies, rang
ing from the 2-pound rab-
bit to a miniature, weighing
2A ounces. There's a mama
bunny, too, as well as a
sonny bunny, weighing in at
4 ounces.
With the Passover season
starting this week end (sun-
down tomorrow, Barricini is
also featuring a complete
line of confections for the
Oldest Of the Jewish holi-
days.
Soup Mix
Tomato is the latest addi-
ton to the Upton line Of
soup mixes with the vitamin
c content still there because
of q special processing at
lowered temperatures. The
new mix is packaged in
laminated' foil envelopes for
good keeping qualitieS-two
to a box. When milk or
water is added each packet
makes three full measuring
cups Of soup, or enough for
three to tour servings.
You'll like the versatility
of the new tomato soup mix,
too. Blend it with sour
cream to make a tasty dip;
add a dash to pep up stews,
casseroles, meat loaveS,
dumplingS, soup variations.
The possibilities are endless.
Bake-Off Mixes
Something new has been
developed in the line of cake
mixes. The Pillsbury people
have used some Of the ia
nous Bake-Off recipes as
their inspiration for a new
line. They're no more diff
cult to make than other mix
cakes with a less glamorous
background, all you do is
add an egg and water, beat
and bake.
The chocolate nut cake
was inspired by a 9th Bake
Off recipe; the date nut
came from a contestant who
entered the recipe in the 7th,
and the banana nut cake
was adapted from a gener-
ations-old recipe that was a
finalist in the End Bake-Off.
All three cakes make a
single layer cake. moist and
rich. The banana flavor,
the chopped nuts, the dates
are all included in the mixes.
Frost or not suit your
self. The chocolate nut and
banana nut make wonderful
cupcakes, too, for the lunch
box.
Prices See-SaW
Do you often wonder what
makes prices go up or
down .. during the course of
a year? After studying price
trends over a 12-year period
on II major food items,
United States Department of
Agriculture economists con-
clude that the main causes
for their upward and down.
ward pattern are the seasons
and such factors as the
weather. Also important
were changing cycles Of sup
ply and demand and trends
in eating preferences.
Among major food groups,
fruit and vegetable prices
swung both up and down
most widely because of sea-
sonal availability of the vari-
> GUS items, while dairy prod
ucts showed the smallest sea-
sonal swings. Meat and
poultry products were inter-
mediate between the other
groups.
OF the II food items, to-
matoes showed the widest
seasonal price swings during
the study period. In recent
years, meat supplies have
been distributed more evenly
over the year. AS q result,
prices have shown consider
ably less seasonal change.
For a free copy Of the re-
port, Seasonal Variations in
Farm Food Prices and Price
Spreads" Miscellaneous Pub
lication No. $40, write to the
Office Of Information, United
States Department of Agri-
culture, Washington 25. D. c.
". F.
Frozen Fruit SuIud