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Peter A

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> I posted this before, but it seems to have disappeared - from both
> newsgroups I put it in. Very suspicious.
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> This chart is from a 1982 information book (oddly, there was no mention
> of computers in the index even though just about every other subject,
> from First Aid to house-buying to cooking to hiking, was covered).
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> If a whole fryer costs 49 cents per pound:
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> 67 cents p.p. should be the cost of breast half without rib
> 65 cents for breast half with rib
> 55 cents for thighs
> 53 cents for thighs & drumsticks
> 50 cents for drumsticks
> 39 cents for wings
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> If the fryer's at 51 cents, then it's 70, 67, 57, 55, 53, 41
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> If 53 cents, then it's 72, 70, 59, 57, 55, 43
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> If 55 cents, then it's 75, 73, 61, 59, 57, 44
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> If 57 cents, then it's 78, 75, 63, 61, 59, 46
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> If 59 cents, then it's 80, 78, 66, 63, 61, 48
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> If 61 cents, then it's 83, 81, 68, 66, 63, 49
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> If 63 cents, then it's 86, 83, 70, 68, 65, 51.
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> Note that the ratios change as you move down the chart.
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