HOUSEWIVES' COLUMN

Auckland Star, Volume LXVIII, Issue 299, 17 December 1937, Page 13

HOUSEWIVES' COLUMN

WEEK-END PRICES IN SHOPS.j CHEAPER PORK AND LAMB. WATERMELONS FROM FIJI. Increasing supplies of early summer fruits are coming into the city from Birkdale, Henderson and the suburbs, and this week Wilson's Early plums are down to 4d and Gel a lb. Watermelons landed in large quantities by the Waipahi are selling retail at 3d a lb. Pork and new season lamb show a decrease in price of Id a lb, but rates for other meat, fish and eggs are unchanged. Second grade butter is slightly dearer. Current prices in city shops are as follows:— Fruit. Apples: Canadian Jonathan, Delicious, 2d each; Tasma, 6d per lb; Stunners, 6d per lb; Delicious, 5d per lb. Gooseberries: 4d iper lb. Loganberries: 1/ to 1/2 per chip. _ Local grapefruit: 2/6 per dozen; Sunkist, 5d each. Oranges: Jamaican, 2/ to 3/ per dozen; Australian. Valeneiae, 2/ to 2/6. Lemons: 1/ to 1/6. Bananas: 4d and 5d per lb. Tomatoes: Hothouse, 1/ to 1/4 per IJj; outdoor, Bd. Coconuts: 4d to 6d each. Pineapples: Island, 6d to 1/ each. Grapes: Malaga, 1/4 per lb; Ribiers, 2/; Emperor, 1/6. Plums: Liocal, Wilson's Early, l 4d to 6d-. Straw* berries: 1/4 to 1/10 per chip. Watermelons: 3d a lb. Vegetables. Eumaras, 4d per lb; onions, Australian and local, 4d; rhubarb, 4d and 6d a bunch; white turnips, radish. 2d; beet, 3d bunch; cabbages, 4d to fid; cauliflower#, 4d to 6d; lettuce, 3d to 4d; spinach, l%d to 2d bunch; pumpkins, 6d lb; potatoes, 2d to, 3d; peas, 3d lb; carrots and parsnips, 2%d bunch; cucumbers, hothouse 6d each, outdoor 6d each; hothouse beans, 8d lb; marrowß, 6d to Bd. Fish. Snapper and tarakihi, whole, fid per lb; fillets, lOd; smoked. lOd; skinned fillets, with win&3 lid, without wings 1/; steaks, 8d; tarakihi kippered fillets, 1/3; trevaDi, whole, 7d each; smoked, 8d; smoked filleta, 4d and sd; John Dory, fillets, 1/2; mullet, whole, Kaipara 5d each, Auckland 7d per lb; smoked, Kaipara 9d each, Auckland 10d per lb; flounder, 1/ per lb; lemon fish, 5d per lb; eflveretrip, 6d per lb; hapuka steaks, 1/2 per lb; smoked, 1/3; moki eteake, 8d per lb; smoked, 9d; kangfish steaks, 8d per lb; smoked, 9d; salmon, 1/9 per lb; cod, fresh» 9d per lb; smoked, 1/3 per lb; gurnard, whole, 2d; fillets, lV&d each: smoked, sd; barracouta, whole sd, fillets 6d per lb, smoked 8d; cream fish, l%d each; frostfish, 6d per lb; hake, whole 6d per Tb, smoked 8d; kippers, Scotch, 1/ per pair; crayfish, 9d lb; smoked hapuka, 1/3; mussels, fresh, 1/6 per dozen; rabbits, lid each; cod fillets, Scotch, 1/6 per lb; smoked bloaters, three for 1/; giblets, 8d per lb; mutton [ birds, 1/; Stewart Island oysters, 1/3 a doeen on shell; whitebait, 7/ lb. Meat. I Beef. — Bump steak, 1/4 per lb; •undercut, 1/6; beef steak, 8d; sirloin, , lOd; prime ribs Bd, boned and rolled [ lOd; wing ribs (three chine bones), 9d; topside (4lb and over), 7d; bolane. 7d; chuck rib, sd; rolled back rib, 8d; - corned round, 9d; corned brisket (boned), • 6d; brisket and flat rib, 4d; thin flank, 3d; , gravy beef or shin beef, 6d; minced beef, 6d; tripe, 6d; dripping, 6d; suet, 4d; sausages, 6d; sausage meat, Sd; whole shins or legs, 2d; half shins or legs (thick end), 2%d; half shins or legs (knuckle end), 2d; ox kidneys, ox tongues, • lOd; ox tails, 6d; whole loins, 9d; whole rumpe, lOd.

Mutton. —Sides, 7d per lb; whole legs. 9d; cut legs, 9Vad; leg, shank end (61b or

under), lOd; hindquarter, 8d; forequarter, 6d; shoulder, 7d: ghank end of forequarter, S'/fcd; necks (best end), 7d; necks (scrag end). 6d: loin, B%d; middle loin chops. 1/; leg chops, lid; rib chops, 10d; neck chops (best end), 8d; stewing chops, 6d: flaps, 3d; cutlets (trimmed), 1/2; sheep's fry, 8d: kidneys, 3d each; tongues, 3d each; sheep's head (dressed), 6d; sheep's brains. 2d.

Now Season's Lamb.—Hindquarters, 1/2 forequarters. lid; less, 1/5; loins, 1/2 sides, Ichops, 1/4.

Veal.—Fillets, lid; loin, lOd; shoulder. Td; cutlets and veal steak, 1/1; chops, 1/; forequarters, (>d; rolled veal, 9d; veal rump steak. 1/3. Pork.—Leg. lid; loin, lid; foreloin. with blade. 9d: pork chops, 1/: corned hand. 9d: corned belly, lid: pork sausages. Bd. These are cash prices at the shops, hooking and delivery being a penny a lb extra. Bacon and Ham. Bacon. —Shoulder rashers, 1/3 per lb; rashers, 1/6; by piece, shoulder cut, lOd to 1/2. Ham.—Slices (cooked). 2/1 per lb; whole hams, 1/4; half hams, 1/5. Butter and Cheese. Butter.—Factory, first grade, 1/4% per lb: second grade, 1/3%. Cheese. —Mild, 10a; tasty, 1/6. Eggs. First grade hen, 1/8 per dozen; B grade, 1/7; duck, 1/7.