HOUSEWIVES' COLUMN.

Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 11, 13 January 1940, Page 11

HOUSEWIVES' COLUMN.

WEEK-END PRICES IN SHOPS. • FRUIT MORE PLENTIFUL. VEGETABLES ARE CHEAPER. Fruit prices arc gradually falling and vegetables are generally cheaper than during the holidays. Hen eggs .arc fairly ; steady and duck eggs arc cheaper. Current prices in city shops arc:— Fruit. Apples: Tasma, 8d lb; Astrakhan, Gd; cooking" 4d. Oranges: Jamaican, 1/(5 to 3/2 dozen; Australian Valcucias, 2/2 to 3/4. Grapefruit: jScw Zealand, 2V&d to 4d each. Lemons: 1/ to 2/ dozen. Bananas: 5d to Gd lb. Grapes: California!!, 1/S lb; hothouse, 2/G to 3/6 lb. Tomatoes: Hothouse, 1/ to 1/G lb; outdoor, lOd to 1/2. Pineapples: Island, lOd to 1/ each; Queensland, 1/0 to 2/. Strawberries: 1/4 to 2/ a chip. Watermelon: 3d lb. Loganberries: 1/6 a chip. Cherries: 1/6 to .2/ lb. Plums: 6d lb. Apricots: lOcl to 1/ lb. Black currants: 1/4 to L/G lb. 'Wonder-berry: 1/4 a chip. Vegetables. Kumaras, 2d lb; lettuce, 2d and 3d each; pumpkin, 4d 'lb; potatoes new, l%d to 2d lb; carrots, 3d bunch; hard cooking onions, 3d; spring onions, 2d; rhubarb, 4d; parsnips, "2d bunch; swedes, 2d lb; radish, 2d i bunch; stringless beans, 4d lb; green peas, I 4d and 5d lb; marrows. 4d to 8d each; I cucumbers, 3d to Od each.

Snapper and tarakihi, whole ad lb, fillets lOd, smoked lOd, skinned fillets, with wings lid, without wings 1/, steaks 8d; tarakihi kippered fillets, 1/3; treyalli, whole 7d« each, smoked Bd, smoked fillets 4d and sd; John Dory fillets, 1/2; mullet, whole, Kaipara 5d each, Auckland Sd lb, 1 smoked, Kaipara 9d each, Auckland lOd lb; flounder, 1/ lb; lemon fish, Gd lb; silver strip, Gd lb; hapuka, steaks 1/2 lb. smoked 1/3; moki, steaks 8d lb, smoked 9d; kingfish, steaks 8d lb, smoked Od; salmon, 1/9 lb; cod, fresh 9d lb, smoked 1/3; gurnard, whole 2d, fillets l%d .each, smoked sd; barracouta, whole Gd, fillets Gd lb, smoked 7d; cream fish, IJ/6dl J /6d each; frost fish, 6d lb; hake, whole Gd lb, smoked 8d; kippers, Scotch, 1/ pair; crayfish, 9d to lOd lb; smoked hapuka, 1/3; cod fillets, Scotch, 1/6 lb; smoked bloaters, three for 1/; giblets, Sd lb; mutton birds, 1/; whitebait, 5d lb; oysters, 2/3 a bottle; silver strip, 7d lb. Meat. Beef.—Rump steak, 1/4 lb; undercut, 1/6; beef steak, 9d; sirloin, lOd; prime ribs, Sd.; prime ribs, boned and rolled, lOd; wing ribs (three chine bones), 9d; topside 4 (41b and over), Sd; bolars, Sd; chuck rib, Gd: rolled back rib, 9d; corned round, lOd: corned brisket (boucd), 7d; brisket and flat rib, 4d; thin flank, 3d; gravy beef or shin beef, 7d; minced-beef, 7d; tripe, Gd; dripping, Gd; suot, 4d; sausages, Gd; sausage meat, 0d; whole shins or legs. 2V&d; half shins or legs (thick end),'3d; half shins or lors (knuckle end), 2!£d; ox kidneys, 1/; •ox tongues, lOd; ox tails, 7d; whole loins, 9d; whole rumps, lid.

Mutton.—Sides, 6%d per lb; whole legs, lOd; cut legs, lOVfcd; leg, ehank end (61b or under), lid; forequarter, 6d; shoulder, 7d; ehank end of forequarter, 6V&d; neck (best end), 7d; necks (scrag end), 6d; loin, middle loin chops, 1/;.le<r chops, lid; rib chops, lOd; neck chops (best end). 8d; stewing chops, 6d; flaps. 3d; cutlet' (trimmed), 1/3; sheep's fry, lOd; kidneys. 3d each; tongues, 3d each; sheep's head (dressed),, fid; sheep's brains. 3d.

Lamb.—-Sides, lid; hindquarters, 1/1; legs, 1/3; loins, 1/; forequarters, 9d; chops. Veal.—Fillets, 1/; loin, lid;'shoulder, 8d; cutlets and veal steak, 1/2; chops, 1/1; forequarters, 7d; rolled veal, 9d; veal rump steak, 1/4. Pork.—Leg, 1/; loin, 1/; foreloiri, with blade, lOd; pork chops, l/l; corned hand, lOd; corned belly, 1/; perk sausages. od. These are cash prices at the shtrps, booking aud delivery being Id lb extra. Bacon and Ham. ; Bacon. — Shoulder rashers, 1/2 lb; Ta si lei's, 1/G; by piece, shoulder cut,-, lid, 1/2. ' . Ham.—Slices (cooked), 2/2 lb; wluJle hams, 1/4; half hams, 1/5. Butter and Cheese. Butter.—Factory, first grajle, 1/G}£ lb; second grade. 1/6. Cheese.—Mild, 1/ to 1/2; tasty, 1/7 to 1/9. _ % Eggs. Hen:'A grade, 2/ dozen; B grade, 1/10. Duck: A grade, 1/8; B grade, 1/7.