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Show SHOPPER'SI CORNER By DOROTHY BARCLAY STOCK UP THAT FREEZER NOWS THE time to stock up that almost empty freezer! For food prices will stay about where they are until later in the summer. That's the latest word from the U.S. department of agriculture, ladies. Supplies of most foods are on a par with last year's, they say, and while prices are some higher, they'll be higher if you wait to restock re-stock that precious freezer! So be- j gin now! The winter's j ; l snows have long A ;' since melted away, MAIN but now about tnat i 17 snow on your freez-STRtET freez-STRtET er? Getting pretty : FEATURE Iore thtan half-inch coat of 1 frost on those colls? While it's comparatively empty, this would be the perfect time to defrost, take inventory of your supply sup-ply and your needs, and give the whole works a spring cleaning! So, first of all, assemble and line with newspapers all the cartons car-tons and wooden boxes your grocer can lay his hands on for you, to protect the frozen food for the few hours it will be out of your freezer. Then, read carefully the directions direc-tions in the book that nice salesman sales-man gave you, and follow that advice ad-vice closely. Turn the control to "Off," transfer the frozen packages pack-ages to the refrigerator as far as it will hold them, and stack the overflow In the cartons with their insulating newspapers. Then go to it! One smart way is to put all the vegetables in one box, and make a note of what supplement you will need from your grocer in that category; and do the same with fruits and meat. That helps to inventory in-ventory what you have, and what you will have to buy for restocking. restock-ing. If you have a large freezer, and a lot of food left, it's smart to pack some dry ice in the boxes on top of the food, and insulate further with chilled blankets. Then, when the defrosting is complete, a matter of anywhere from one to four hours, wash the interior of the storage compartment with a baking soda solution, just as you do your refrigerator. Then dry the walls and baskets thoroughly, thorough-ly, turn on the "On" control, and let her run a while! And now you know what you have, and what you have to buy, to fill her up while the filling's good! Smart freezer-owners number num-ber the packages to keep a good rotation. For instance, say you have five packages of red raspberries. rasp-berries. Number 'em 1-2-3-4-5- according ac-cording to age, and as you use them mark off the last number, and you'll know you have four to go, before those luscious berries appear in your grocer's windows and you buy more for your freezer. Begin filling her up, with those home-grown or bought early spring vegetables for next winter's treats, those hamburgers for your summer picnics and barbecues everything you can get at current prices, for now's the time. |