HOUSEWIVES’ GUIDE

Dominion, Volume 31, Issue 74, 21 December 1937, Page 2

HOUSEWIVES’ GUIDE

Vegetables Cheap All lines of vegetables showed a decline at the Wellington city markets yesterday; the hot weather, which makes cooking less pleasant, being' accounted responsible for a falling demand. Prices of groceries and meat are unchanged from last week. Groceries and Provisions. The following quotations by the Wellington Master Grocers’ Association apply to Wellington city and suburbs only, for in country districts prices will probably be slightly affected by freights:— Jam.—Small tins. 81 <l. to 1/1: 2lb'. tins, 1/4 to 2/-. Honey.—Bulk, lOd. a lb.; eartons, 1/1 to 1/2 ; 21b. cartons, 2/-. Bread. —Fixed prices, lid. for 41b. loaf; 54d. for 21b. loaf. This applies to Wellington city, Eastbourne. Lower Hutt and Petome. Milk, small- tins, 51d.; large tins, 9d. to 104 d.; cream, 44d. to 9d.; currants, best 3-crown, 7-jd.; sultanas, 2-crown, 74d.; 3-crown, Bd. per lb.; seeded raising, Bd. to 9d. pkt.; seedless, 9d. pkt; cuf peel, -} lb., 6d.; 4 lb., lOd. pkt.; ground almonds, Jib., 9Jd.; cooking almonds, -Jib., 7d.; assorted nuts, 1./- lb.; Australian canned fruits, 16oz. tin, lid.; SOoz. cans, from 1/2 to 1/4; apple, small, sd. to 64d.; crushed) 7Jd.; large sliced, Bd. to lid.; salmon, small tins, 6d. to 1/3 ; large tine, lid. to 2/3; jellies, 5 and 6 pkts., 1/-; best quality, 6d.; asparagus tops. 1/3; sheep tongues, 1/5 tin; meat aud fish paste, small jars, 6d.; laijge jars, 9d. to 1/-; preserved ginger, lid. lb.; table ginger, !/• lb.; cherries, 4d. and 6d.; mixed fruits, 1/- to 1/2 lb. Flour. —51bs. for 1/-; 251bs. for 4/-, loose: 251bs. for 4/6 in calico bags. Bacon. —Retail prices from 1/- lb. for shoulder pieces with bone, to shoulder rashers 1/3, aud middlecut rashers to 1/7 lb. Cooked ham. 2/6. Cheese. —Mild. lOd.; matured, 1/4. Sugar.—lA. 3jd. a lb.; brewer’s crystals. 4d.: 701 b. bags. 1A 18/9. Eggs.—A grade, i/8; B grade. 1/6 doz Fruit and Vegetables. Apples.—Sturmer, 6/- to 9/-; Dougherty, 3/- to 4/-; red currants, 10/- to 11/- a 201 b. box; black currants, 9/to 10/- an 181 b. box; gooseberries, 2|d. a lb.; strawberries. 1/6 to 1/9 a punset; lemons, 12/- to 15/-; plums, 1/- to 4/6; peaches, 4/- to 7/6; tomatoes, 7d. to lOld. a lb. Carrots, dozen bunches, 2/- to 3/-; eases. 3/- to 4/-; parsnips, 3/- to 6/-; 3T/- to 4/-; beetroot, 2/- to 3/-; 2/- to 3/-; rhubarb, a dozen bunches. 3/- to ((/-; turnips, 1?6 to 2/-; radishes. 1/-; cucumbnrs, a dozen. 5/- to 6/-; French beans. 64. to Sd. a lb. Cabbages, a case, 1/- to 1/6: swedes, 2/- to .8/6; lettuce, 1/- to 3/-; cauliflower, 2/- to 6/9; sacks, 3/- to 4/-; spinach, 3/- to* 5/6; broad beans. 2/- to 3/6: peas, sacks. (>/- to 10/-; onions, a cental, 13/- to 15/-. Meat. The following quotations arc supplied by a city nnd suburban committee of the' Wellington Master Butchers’ organisat ion :— Beef. —Rump steak. 1/2 lb.; undercut 1/5 lb.; beef steak. 10d. lb.: sirloin, JOd. lb.; ribs. 9d. lb.: topside, lOd. lb.;

rolled beef, lOd. lb.; <rncd beef, lOd. lb.; sausages,'6d. lb. Fork.—Legs, 1/- lb.; loin, 1/1 lb.; chops. 1/1 lb.: sausages. Sd. lb.

Mutton.—Legs. Jlti. and 1/- lb.; forequarters. Sd. and 9d. lb.; shoulders, lOd. lb.; loin. ltd. Jb.: loin chops (middle). 1/- lb.: rib chdp&lld. lb. Late lamb.— 1/3 lb.; loin, 1/3 lb.; forequarters, lid. lb.: hindquarters, 1/1 lb.; chops, 1/3 lb.