The store is shipping eggs by air in metal cases in two sizes, two-dozen and six-dozen.
A new feature at the Charles store, and one more practical for regular use because the price makes better sense, is the tarred Swift Premium ham and bacon slab sealed against air which can be shipped abroad and kept in perfect condition indefinitely.
This black-tar dip with which the meat is coated is the same as that use during the war to protect airplane an gun parts from exposure. The meat is cheesecloth-covered with tear cords attached to help strip off the wrapper. Now into the dip and out to dry. It is black, shining as mica in its overcoat. An 11-pound ham will weigh 13 to 14 pounds. You pay 93 cents a pound for the ham and only shipping cost on the weight of sealer. Directions read to yank the pull strings, undress the ham, then hang for 24 to 48 hours in a dry place. Scrub, soak, cook like any raw haunch of the hog. Bacon is handled in the same manner for the same price.
You want only the icing on the cake? Only the jam on your bread? Only the cream on the milk? Here's something just for you—white meat only. It's a plump turkey's breast, honey-cured, bronzed by smoke, beautifully packaged—around three pounds, the price ＄10. All right! You like the cake an frosting, too, then have the whole bird, these run 8 to 16 pounds dressed weight, the price ＄1.50 a pound. Half birds, 4 to 8 pounds, are ＄1.65 a pound, and a pair of drumsticks—yes, second joints—go along, about 3 pounds, price ＄3.
Those who want turkey already carve may order the slices vacuum-packed in six-ounce tins to use as needed. They come both white and dark meat, taken from the same honey-cured, green-hickory-smoked birds. You can buy the meat by the case, twelve cans at ＄10.20, or by the can at 90 cents each. There is unsmoked turkey, too, dark and white meat at ＄8.40 per case or 75 cents a tin.
Those turkey treats are not from the ordinary run of turkey-world birds. These come from a flock of broad-breasted bronzes raised in pampered luxury, on Shagroy Farm at Millerton, New York. The breast piece is really broad, wide as two hands, and deep through, a solid chunk of delight. The texture is so fine and tender you can slice the meat in pieces as thin as gossamer. The flesh is cream-white with a tint of rose. It is heavily smoked, delicately spiced. It has the sweetness of honey—because there is honey in the cure.
It's a woman's notion, this smoking of turkey breasts to sell as one piece without the nuisance of wings, tail end, or drumsticks. The woman is Agnes Hose, largest turkey breeder in New England, mistress of Shagroy Farm an creator of the line of turkey products mentioned above. This year we visite her brand-new factory, which she calls a farm kitchen, but it's much more than that. It's a processing plant in every sense of the word. Every utensil there, worktables, washing tanks, soup pots, is of stainless steel of modern perfection. Nine families live on the Shagroy Farm to help keep it running, sixteen workers assist Mrs. Hose in handling the turkeys.
A new canned product she has ready this fall is the smoked-turkey, split-pea soup, thick and heavy, almost a purée. It carries an aromatic smoky flavor an is so heavily concentrated it should be extended with milk. The 10 ½-ounce tins, serving two, are 25 cents, or you may order 12 tins, ＄2.70 the price.
Newest delicacy is the turkey supreme, an à la King, but glorified. Mushrooms are butter-browned and use with pimientos in a spicy, concentrate sauce made with turkey stock and thickened with egg yolks. In packing, a wedge of white meat is placed at each side of the can. The center is filled three-fourths full with diced dark meat, then the can filled with the rich sauce. The 10 ½-ounce tins are 59 cents, or ＄6.60 per case.
The kitchen packs a turkey sprea for making canapés and hors d'oeuvre, 6-ounce tins 59 cents, a case ＄6.50.
As an introductory offer, the farm will send 4 tins of smoked-turkey, split-pea soup, 2 cans each of turkey supreme, of the spread, the smoked turkey slices, an the unsmoked turkey slices for ＄6. Address your orders to Mrs. Agnes Hose, Shagroy Farm, Millerton, New York. Prices as listed include shipping charges.
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