Evening star., 1962-09-13
BASKET
Bumper
Crop Of
Tokoys


this fall will be grapes -.
both the flame Tokays and
the smaller Thompson seed
less. In sheer numbers, It's
expected the crop Of Tokays
will be the biggest in at least
10 years, totaling 1000 car
loads or about 4 million luss.
The United States Depart
ment Of Agriculture reports
the overall grape harvest
will run to considerably over
3 million tons.
Even the purple-skinned
Concords. usually scarce in
the retail stores, are showing
up in quantity this fall. As
a rule the professors grab up
most Of the Concords for jel-
lies, jams and Juice, leaving
only a token amount for the
retail market.
Not only Is the grape har-
vest exceptionally heavy this
year. the quality is extra
good. Shoppers will find the
bright-hued Tokays and the
versatile Thompson seedless
on the list of outstanding
fruit buys this week end.
Grapes are such an easy
fruit to handle, it's q good
idea to include a bunch in
the children's lunch boxes.
Jonathan apples, Bartlett
pears and cantaloupes are
three more fruits getting hon.
orable mention on the recon-
mended list this week. JON
athans are available by the
pound or in four-pound bags.
The best vegetable bargains
are U. s. No. l all-purpose
white potatoes. sweet po-
tatoes. carrots, yellow onions.
kale and string beans.
Meat Specials
In spite Of the current
meat situation. local food
chains and supermarkets are
offering q variety Of beef
and pork cuts for the week
end.
In pork, take your choice
Of four different roasts: Rib
or loin end. weighing up to
3 pounds; rib or loin half.
Center cut pork chops, spare
ribs and ham slices offer ad-
ditional selections.
Fresh sauerkraut is being
featured as q go-along with
a roast pork dinner.
The best buys In beef are
chuck, rump (boneless or
with bone IND, shoulder and
rib roasts; rib. chuck and
cube steaks, ground beef,
short ribs, plate and corned
beef brisket.
There are some inviting
buys on poultry this week. In
cluded are Long Island duck
ling a to. 5 pounds, fryers,
roasting chickens (31a to 4
pounds. and turkeys Is to 0
pounds.
And at fish counters, shop
pers will find attractive price
tags on medium shrimp,
smelts. Boston niackerel and
white fish. ~. sre
Diet Soups
The Pet Milk Co. has come
UP with something new in the
way of liquid diet foods. To
our knowledge this is the
first company to introduce
diet soups as such. Consumer
reaction from those who test
tasted the new products run
to such comments as: "If I
could have q nice bowl Of
soup ] think 1t would make
dieting q lot more pleasant.
You could change off" "You
just wouldn't have the same
old thing 10 look forward to"
Warm food is much more
satisfying" IT would rather
sit down and eat than Just
stand and drink a glass Of
something" etc.
The Introductory soups -,
tomato flavor and imitation
chicken flavor come In
the same 10-ounce size cans
as the company's other line
of liquid diets carrying the
Sego label. And as with the
cold liquids. each can of Gup
contains 225 ycalories. No
water is added to the SOUPS
=. simply heat the contents
until steaming :. but do not
boil.
From General Foods comes
news Of improved flavor in
their IL familiar Jello flavors.
The new formula has q fresh
fruit taste and, fresh fruit
aroma, too. Not only has the
flavor been stepped up but
the package has been rede-
signed for easier identifica-
ton with recipes and tips on
unmolding. on the box. Prices
will remain the same as al.
ways. We expect to see the
unveiling of the improved
gelatin in q galaxy Of fancy
desserts during our goth an
nual Food Editors Confer
ence in New York next week.
Make Mine Vanilla
Three new mixes are being
marketed by General Mills.
all with French vanilla flavor