Sunday, May 31, 2009

Ypsilantian J. H. Wortley's 1913 Grocery Tab: Week 4

Hmm, week 4 of J. H. Wortley's 1913 tab, Monday January 20-Sunday January 26, is sparse indeed. We'll throw in the 27th just because that's the way the page ended:

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Another mysterious coconut along with hideously expensive butter and what looks like 3 of the regular 10-cent loaves of bread. Then a dozen (pricey) eggs on Thursday, and that's it till next week! DD notes that the eggs are 3 times the cost of a loaf of bread, which is far from the case today. Why were they so expensive in a city surrounded by a zillion farms?!
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  1. UnknownJune 2, 2009 at 11:46 AM

    I bet eggs are more expensive in the winter, because hens are not laying nearly as much. That's why custards and other spring foods focus on eggs, because the influx happens in spring. And then, there's the eggs the Easter Bunny brings.

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