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Show ISHOPPER'Sl CORNER By DOROTHY BARCLAY THAT SWEET TOOTH TTOW'S YOUR sugar supply? You'll be needing plenty for the canning season that now looms on the horizonl Remember what happened hap-pened last summer with all that scare buying at the last minute? , You thought your , grocer was respon-. respon-. . " sible for the short- filAIN a8e, but the poor (TDFET man had nthing to JfflCCf do with It. The large FEATURE shipments of late summer were going, go-ing, not to your canning uses, but to sudden military mili-tary use, and you had a hard time getting your sugar for canning! That won't happen again, if you're the thrifty, patriotic, wise shopper we know you to be. No . . . you'll stock up now, while supplies are flowing freely to your grocers' shelves, and you'll save some for your canning, by an occasional use of a substitute, and stUl have plenty to satisfy that family sweet toothl Let alarmists warn that the American sweet tooth is public enemy ene-my number one to good nutrition! Let 'em fear that over-indulgence In KWPpts mnv nrrwvA nf tnrn wholesome foods! But I ask you, what younfster, after a long day at school, doesn't have a yen for a candy-bar or a large piece of cake, or that after-school pickup of an earlier day, bread and butter and sugar? There you've got something! Bread and butter to lepair the day's fatigue, and sugar to stimulate that quick energy for playtime! It is well to remember when you buy sugar not to buy more than you can possibly use. Over a long period of time it will cake and become difficult dif-ficult to use. As to substitutes, what's the matter mat-ter with honey, which you can find in plenty in both clear and comb form, very reasonably priced? Honey is a natural, all-purpose food, rich in all the simple sugars from levulose to dextrose, easily digestible digesti-ble by the youngest little stomach. Even the baby's formula accepts it as a milk modifier, say the pediatricians. pedi-atricians. Honey is a safe and wholesome food, too, because bacteria bac-teria to which humans are prey, simply can't grow in it. Honey looks good, it tastes good, it is good, and children especially love it. And it's plentiful almost the year around just ask your grocer! It's not for naught you say "busy as a bee." Many homemakers combine honey with other foods. Honev-butter. for instance, is delicious on toast or pancakes or waffles. Honey-milk, made by warming the two together, your whole family will love on their breakfast cereal. Honey has a way of bringing out the flavor of fruits, too, especially the citrus variety so plentiful right now. Lemon, as the tartest of the citrus fruits, combines ideally with honey in many ways. Lemon juice and honey in water make a pleasant and healthy eye-opener to start the day; and a honey and lemon sauce on tonight's cottage or bread pudding, pud-ding, ends the day with complete satisfaction. That sweet tooth will be so wholesomely appeased, it couldn't even spell public enemy! FRUIT BUYS As the berry-ful summer approaches, ap-proaches, we can look forward to lots of choices among the fruits. But while we wait, the citrus fruits, rhubarb, pineapples and pears are growing more plentiful and are moderately priced at your store. And to tide you over, your grocer has plenty of canned fruit. Pears, for instance, have a larger pack each year, and various size cans are at your fingertips on the store shelves. The most common size can is 2H, containing about 2 pounds or about 3Vi cups of fruit. Other sizes ' are No. 303, measuring about 1 cups, the No. 1 tall. No. 2, and the little 8 oz. cans for combination with other fruits for salad or compote So look 'em over, and stock up while the supply is good! |