Show SHOPPERS SHOPPER'S SN CORNER By DOROTHY BARCLAY VEGETABLE PROBLEM for tor ideas for far fresh vegetables vegetables vege STUCK tables to serve that hungry family of yours Want to give them that special treat as 81 a variant vari van canned ant from those sighted far and frozen products you either processed yourself or bought at ataway your favorite market and em put away away 7 for a rainy day Save em lady for tor you'll find findA excellent some orne s A i A I buys in fresh vege tables Just look around STREET and take counsel F with your grocer R onions tw find onions W I You You'll U to taste up any meal You'll find celery so 10 delicious dell deli cious clous in soups or stews or cooked alongside your Saturday night pot roast You'll find carrots galore for creaming for sticks for that stew savory the sweep You'll find turnips and rutabagas for whatever purpose you use em You'll find Brussels sprouts and cauliflower and beets and snap beans and some peas You'll even I find sweet potatoes and their cousin cou cou- cousin sin winter squash So dont don't be bo downhearted you downhearted you can have your vegetables Those carrots will keep too if you store them properly For that hardy root can be left in the ground and survive several hard frosts without harming and then dug and moved into a cave or storage room For the best results authorities tellus tell tellus tellus us remove remove the tops to within an anInch aninch aninch inch of the fruit and choose for storage only those carrots that are free tree of blemish and disease and in good condition Eat the others im ira mediately Moist sand is recommended recommended recommended mended as the best preservative for storing carrots as it prevents shrinkage So there you are for plentiful supply for now and then Sweet potatoes on the other hand need dry tepid storage Dont Don't leave them anywhere damp or cold and dont don't bruise the skins Your own home grown ones can be left lete exposed exposed ex ex- exposed posed to wind and sun long enough to dry before you bring them in in- side But whether grown or bought at your our store treat em gently for forthe forthe forthe the skin is of a like baby-like delicacy Sort the dried potatoes and store them in slatted crates crate that allow tree free fre circulation of air The best storage place for sweets is your furnace room which normally maintains the ideal temperature of about 55 degrees I I SOLVE WITH SQUASH Top solution of your fresh vegetable vegetable vegetable vege vege- table problem is winter squash a favorite with the average American appetite Its It's plentiful and economical cal and lends itself to everything from a e an accompany accompany- ing log vegetable or a pie for desert You'll find all varieties at your grocers grocer's from the Acorn ideal for the te small family in a rush to the larger Hubbard Buttercup p and Butternut and the generous Marblehead Marblehead Marblehead Mar- Mar for the large family dinner dinner din din- dinner ner or company Squash abounds in vitamin A that essential builder of growth and good eyesight Bake it or Dr mash it or glaze it to suit your family's preference and you'll get cheers from the well fed at very ver little cost |