Turkey and cranberry time is almost here, for next Thursday, November 29, is Thanksgiving Day. The alert housewife has already learned that the gobbler and all the fixings that go with him will cost a neat little sum total.
Turkeys are quoted on the streets at Oxford from 40 to 50 cents a pound.
Chickens or ham make attractive substitutes or do just as well for a small family, and a tender juicy rabbit is not to be despised. Quotations on hens range from 30 to 40 cents, depending on the way the fowls are purchased and where. One ready for cooking should not cost more than 35 or 40 cents.
Prices for fresh ham range around 30 cents while country cured hams which might be found at a few places for about 40 or 45 cents per pound.
Or brer rabbit is going high and handsome among grocers and meant dealers at 35 cents each, according to size.
The meat course disposed of what comes next. Why not use an oyster dressing to stuff the festive board and garnish the dish liberally with sweet potatoes dripping with juice and thick coated with sugar. Oysters for the dressing will cost something between 75 cents and $1 per quart! The prices vary considerably. The lowest quotation given was 75 cents. Eighty-five cents seems to be the prevailing charge. Sweet potatoes sell for about 40 cents per peck.
Cranberries and celery must be on the Thanksgiving table for the dinner to be complete. Twenty cents will buy a quart of cranberries.
Celery brings from 10 to 25 cents a bunch and the place of purchase. Mince meat is quoted at form 25 to 50 cents per pound.
Fruit cakes bring 75 cents per pound. Pumpkin canned may easily be secured at a wide range of prices, but the fresh article is not offered to any great extent here.
From the front page of the Oxford Public Ledger, Tuesday, Nov. 27, 1923. A peck is a quarter of a bushel. I remember apples and such being sold by the peck, which weighed around 13 pounds.
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