Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1961-03-16

comic strip known as Maggie
and Jiggs. He started the
legend that persists to this
day.
AS a salute to the Irish,
one of the meat specials for
the week end is corned beef,
with cabbage on the vegeta-
Bile best buy list.
Beef pops up again as a
leading item at meat Coun-
tiers with everything from
Sirloin and porterhouse steaks
to SteWing beef and fresh
briSket available.
Pork loin is also a top buy.
Featured for the week end
are rib or loin end roasts,
weighing up to 3 pounds, as
we'll as the rib or loin half.
Center-cut perks are also rec
commended and fresh sauer-
kraut is offered as a go-along
with a pork dinner.
Other pork specials are
whole canned hams, weigh
ing from 9 to II pounds, and
canned hams weighing 3
pounds.
At poultry counters, stewing
chickens, weighing approx
mately 5 pounds, whole or
cut-up flyers, and chicken
parts 0egs, breasts, wings,
neckS and backs are an out
standing buy. The output of
chickens this year is expected
to hit the 2 billion mark
compared with 1.8 billion a
year ago.
Fish supplies include me-
dunn and jumbo shrimp. all
three grades of crab meat, roe
sets, founder and founder
fillet, lake white fish and
fresh porgieS. Shad is get
ting to be more plentiful as
the weather moderates.
March Produce
The new red Bliss pota-
toes from Florida have lust
been harvested and are com
ing to market virtually gar
den fresh" This type potato
is best boiled and served with
parsley butter. It's not a
good potato for MASKING or
baking use the old crop
SpudS for either of these
methods.
Storage stocks of old crop
potatoes are considerably
larger than last year, and the
crop Of new potatoes seems
likely to come to some 4O3.5
million pounds, nearly a
quarter above the 1860 har-
vest, reports the United States
Department of Agriculture.
Cabbage is such a good buy
it's worth reviving some of
the old-time ways of using
1t hot slaw, for example.
To make enough hot slaw
for four servings, beat a
couple Of eggs. then add Ia
cup water, 3 tablespoons
vinegar, u teaspoon salt, IA
teaspoon dry mustard, 2
tablespoons sugar, a few
celery seeds, and a table
spoon of butter. Cook, STIR
ring until thickened. Stir in
a pint of finely shredded
cabbage and mix we'll. Cover
and heat a few minutes.
Serve hot.
Other good vegetable buys
for the week include celery,
iceberg lettuce, chicory, esca-
role and Western carrots.
Supplies Of asparagus from
California are increasing and
prices are a bit lower. Also
plentiful now are California
artichokeS. Prices are fairly
modest and the quality is
good. If you're an artichoke
fan you won't fuss about the
price.
Fruits retain their winter
look with grapefruit Can ex-
ceptionally good buy this
week., oranges, bananas, anC
such storage apples as RED
Delicious and Winesaps head
ing up the best buy list.
Pineapples from Puerto Rico,
strawberries from the South,
grapes and Anjou pears are
in good supply and fairly
reasonable.
Product News
Two cinnamon favored
breads from competing COM
panieS are new items on the
bread shelves. A cinnamon
swirl coffee cake in loaf shape
is the latest addition to
Bonds bread line. Made with
eggs and not too sweet, this
coffee cake is conveniently
sliced. ready to slip into the
toaster. And it does make
nice crisp toast.
The second one from Pep