Show SHOPPERS SHOPPER'S CORNER By DOROTHY BARCLAY BARCLAY LITTLE PIG TO MARKET HAT little pig of y is THAT J- J getting to be a big pig now an and you'll be seeing him at your favorite favorite favorite fa fa- meat market in greater plenty before the end of the year Give the little pig about six months month to grow fat and sassy and you'll you soon be feasting on pork and ham throughout the winter and the coming coming coming com com- ing spring The U U. U S. S Department Depart Depart- fiT r ii ment of Agriculture MA Af r estimating a t 11 A r rA I N cal average wee week in meat production T figures that of 30 FEATURE million pounds o of i mea meat t produced produce pork accounts fo for million pounds For severa several months pork production has been bee larger than a year ago and as fo forthe for tor the pigs themselves they grow s so fast you can almost watch em da daby day by day So the little pig is born bornand and the big pig goes to market Right now your best buy at your market is in the smoked hams butts butt and loins which lend themselves to so many uses and so little waste Have a baked ham for your Sunda Sunday company company and and whatever's 1 Ie left e f twell twell t- t well do whatever your creative instinct dictates Theres There's minced ham for sandwiches sandwiches sandwiches sand sand- for that school lunch box There are ham hani croquettes for your luncheon There are ham cornette for supper made with diced hamand ham hamand and either canned or cooked corn cornAnd cornAnd cornAnd And theres there's that solution to the bus busy day and the half half filled filled refrigerator he the casserole dish 7 Throw in just a couple of ot cups o of over left-over ham combine with noodles noodle or spaghetti mushrooms or cabbage cabbage cabbage cab cab- bage or whatever is left over in your refrigerator crying to be used to advantage and you have not only a tasty dish to set before that kin king of your household but something that will practically cook itself while freeing you to catch up on your other work Ham is never neve wasted MEAT PROSPECTS Good news for the American meat According to the US U.S. Department of Agriculture meat mea production in the coming year will wil likely be large enough for you t teat to eat pounds the equivalent o othree of three extra meals per person over ove the year And no one will rejoIce more over that news than that tha working hard-working worry-beset worry butcher butche of at yours Most of the meat increase over ove the year will be felt in the veal an and beef beet departments where you have hav felt the tightest pinch for some time now And the reason youre you're going to have hav more beef Is because you have had less Because the farmers farmer sent fewer cattle to market in the late summer months theres there's been a longer feeding time And you wi will have a more plent plentiful ul feeding as a result For these well fed beeves beeve will be of high quality and well wel fattened when your butcher gets get them in for you While there will be some increase in the luxury cuts that come from grain fed cattle the largest increase increase in increase in- in crease will be in the lower and medium grade so easy on your pocket book and so delicious when properly cooked After all what ismore Is Ismore ismore more appetizing than a simmering roast pot-roast well-browned well and juicy |