Each kind in the line is hand-selected from the finest growing areas and imported direct. The teas are packed in tall 8-ounce tins, covered with a gold and green paper of Chinese motif, lined with plain white paper laminated to foil.
There are several types packed: oolong, 8 ounces, ＄1.35; Keemun, 10 ounces, ＄1.60; gunpowder, 12 ounces, ＄1.85; Lapsang souchong of the smoky tang, 8 ounces, ＄1.95; a rose flower tea, 10 ounces, ＄2.20; jasmine, 8 ounces, ＄2.35; Tien Foo, a blend, 8 ounces, ＄2.50; green de luxe, 8 ounces, ＄4.50. Address orders to the Shanghai Syndicate, Inc., Sansome and Jackson Streets, San Francisco 11, California.
Green grows the cress—a new type, Vita-Cress is the name—to raise in a dining-room pond contrived from a shallow dish. Soak a dish cloth in water and spread on the bottom of a dish or tray, sprinkle generously with the seeds, and keep moist but not drowned. The crop is ready for cutting in ten to twelve days. The cress grows two to three inches high, has a tangy flavor, almost bitter but delightful when served as an appetizer. Place the tiny leaves over thin slices of salty rye bread thickly spread with sweet butter.
The cress is unusual, too, as a garnish for fish. Toss a handful of the wee spears into a green salad. One dollar brings 3 packages, about 3 plantings. Order from Vita-Cress Company, 27 East Main Street, Mesa, Arizona.
Never ever such shrimp! Our hat's off to Harvey's smoked cocktail shrimp—so jumbo they resemble baby lobsters minus the claws; so spicy and delectable you are apt to eat yourself sick. The shrimp come cooked and smoked in the shell to a golden-brown hue. Let the guests peel their own—or do as we did, take off the shell but leave on the tail, a handy pick-up. The smokies can be eaten as they are or arranged around a dunking bowl for a saucy baptism. We prefer them unsauced as they are highly spiced, the tender flesh fragrant from the smoke treatment. No added zest seems needed.
Shipped prepaid anywhere in the United States, minimum order 2 pounds, selling at ＄2.50 a pound. They travel in pliofilm bags well-nested on shredded paper—and there's a whiff of clean smoke when the box opens. Address Harvey's, Inc., Bowie, Maryland. Satisfaction guaranteed by the firm, and no wonder! How any one could be disappointed with these jumbos is beyond our knowing.
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