HOUSEWIVES' COLUMN.

Auckland Star, Volume LXI, Issue 228, 26 September 1930, Page 10

HOUSEWIVES' COLUMN.

WEEK-END PRICES IN SHOPS. egg market firming. APPLES CHEAP AXI) PLENTIFUL; Large quantities of eggs have been sold during the past week for preserving purposes, as the price was low. The demand for eggs is still strong, and as stocks were considerably reduced the tendency of the market is towards higher prices. Some establishments still quote lien eggs at 1/2 per dozen, but the average appears to be 1/3. Duck eggs are now 1/2 per dozen, and pullet eggs can still be got at 1/ per dozen. | Butter and cheese show .110 change in ! price, and the same remark applies to bacon and hams, pork, mutton, beef and veal. The market is heavily supplied with mandarins, oranges and lemons, while apples still are a cheap line. Fine sized Dougherty apples can be got at 3d per lb, but Granny Smiths still hold the market at od per lb, which is also the rate quoted for Wipesaps. White grapes are 8d to lil/ per lb, and purple are 1/2. Loquats being more plentiful this week are offered at 6d to 8d per lb. Hothouse grown green peas came to hand this week, and there are still beans I and cucumbers grown under glass offering j in fruiterers' windows. Asparagus is a I little cheaper this week, being offered at | 9d per bunch. New potatoes still sell at 4d to 5d per lb. Some warm sunshine free from showers would be of value to the growing potato crop at the present juncture. Latest quotations are: — Eggs. Fresh, hen eggs, 1/2 to 1/3 per dozen; pullet eggs, 1/; duck 6ggs, 1/2 per dozen. Bacon and Hams. Bacon, in cuts, B%d to 1/4 per lb; rashers. 1/4 per lb: hams, whole, 1/3 per lb; rashers, 1/8 per lb. Butter and Cheese. Best factory butter, 1/5 per lb cash across the counter, Id extra when booked. Second grade, 1/4 per lb; farmers', 1/2 to 1/3 per lb. Cheese, mild, 1/ to 1/3 per lb; medium matured, 1/4 per lb: extra matured, 1/6 per lb; old port. 1/S per 11). Meat. (Cash at Shops.)

Beef.—Rump steak, 1/1 per lb; undercut, 1/3; all beef steak, 8d; skirt steak, Sd sirloin, 9M:d; prime ribs, 7d; wing ribs, {three chine bones), topside, 41b and over, 7d; thick flank, 7d; bolars, 7d; double top rib, 6d; chuck rib, 7d; rolled chuck rib, 5d.; corned round, 7d; corned brisket (boned), 6d; brisket and flat rib, 4%d; thin flank, 3d; gravy beef or shin meat; 6d; minced beef, (id; tripe, 7d; dripping, 6d; suet, 6d; sausages, 6d; sausage meat, sd; whole shins or lege, 3d; half shins or legs (knuckle end), 3d; ox kidneys, I/; ox tongues, 9d; ox tails, Sd; whole loins, 9d; whole rumps, lid. Mutton.—-Leg,,9d per lb; leg, shank end (61b or under), lOd; hind-quarter, 9d; forequarter, 6d; shoulder, 7d; shank end of fore-quarter, 6d; necks, 7d; loin. 9d; neck and breast, 6d; leg and loin chops, 30c!; neck chops. 8d; (laps, 4d; cutlets (trimmed), 1/1; side, 7d per lb; kidneys, 2d each; tongues. 3d; shoep's head (dressed), 6d; sheep's fry, Sd; sheep's brains, 3d. Veal.—Fillets, lid per lb; loins, 9d; shoulders, "d; cutlets and n-al steak, 1/; chops, lOd; fore-quarters, 6a; rolled veal, 9d. -"/• : ' Pork.—Leg, 1/ per lb; lofli, 1/; fore-loin, with blade, lOd; pork chops, 1/1; corned hand, 9d; corned belly, lid; pork sausages, Sd. ' -V.' » . ' Fish. Schnapper, whole, 6d per lb; trimmed, 8d per lb, smoked, lOd per lb; tarakihi, whole, 4d per lb, smoked, 8d per lb; kippered fillets, 1/ per lb; trevalli, whole, 2d per lb, smoked, 6d; John Dory, whole, 8d per lb, fillets, 1/2 per lb; mullet, whole, 0d per lb, smoked, 9d per lb; flounder, 1/3 per lb; dabs, 1/ per lb; lemon fish fillets, 7d per lb; silver strip, smoked, Sd per lb; hapuka steaks, 1/2 per lb, smoked, 1/3 per lb; wings, smoked, 8d per lb; moki, steaks, 6d per lb, smoked, 8d; kingfish, steaks, 6d per lb, smoked. Sd; cod, smoked, 1/6 per lb; gurnard, whole, 3d per lb; barracouta, whole. 6d per lb, smoked, Sd; frostfish, whole, 4d per lb; smoked, 7d; hake, whole, 6d per lb; kippefs, Scotch, per pair, 1/; crayfish, up to 21b, 1/; 21b to 3%1b, lOd; 3 J /alb to olb, Bd, over 51b, 2/6 each; roes, smoked, 2/6 lb; mussels, fresh, 1/6 per dozen, pickled, 1/6 per bottle; rabbits, 1/11 per pair; hares, 1/9 each. Fruit. Apples: Delicious, 3d and 4d per lb; Stunners, 4d per lb; Granny Smith, 5d and 6d per lb; cooking. 4d per lb. Pears: Winter Nelis, 5d and 6d per lb; cooking, 3d per lb. Passion fruit: 1/6 to 2/ per dozen. Tree tomatoes: 4d to 6d per lb. Island tomatoes: lOd to 1/ per lb. Bananas: 5d to 6d per lb. Island oranges: 5 and 6 for 1/. Australian navel oranges: G and S for 1/. Australian mandarins, S to IS for 1/. Local lemons: 1/ to 1/6 per dozen. New Zealand grape fruit: 6, 12 and 8 for 1/. California)! grape fruit: 6d each. Caßforniah grapes: Whife, 8d to ]/ per lb; red, 1/6 per lb. Pines: 1/ to 2/ each. Vegetables. Potatoes, new, 3d to od per lb; Southern, 10 to 121b for 1/; swedes, per lb; onions, Australian, 51b for 1/; Californian, 3d and 4d per lb; kumaras, Island, 2d per lb; Tauranga, 41b for 6d; pumpkins, 3d and 4d per lb; beans, hothouse, 2/ per lb; cucumbers, hothouse, lOd to 1/4 per lb; celery, 4d to 1/ per stick; lettuce, 2d to 4d each; cauliflower, 4d to lOd each; cabbage, 2d to 6d each; carrot, parsnip, radish, spinach, turnip, beetroot, leek, lVsd to 2d per bunch; marrows, 3d to 6d each; rhußarb, 3d to 4d per bundle; spring onions, lVzd per bunch.