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Default Flan - how much would you expect to pay

Dee Dee wrote:
> Flan in Paris in 1973 was $1.25 and I usually had 2 of them for
> dessert, as I had just discovered such a delicious desert.
>
> Googling, I found a restaurant in SF that charges $6 now. Wondering
> what these little ramequins would cost in NYC, Paris or elsewhere.
> Probably still reasonable in Spain?
>
> Dee Dee
>



1973? That was about 5 inflationary cycles ago.
Restaurant desserts, even awful ones, seem to be
running $6-15 in today's world.

If you haven't been to Europe lately, prepare for
sticker shock. Europeans come to the U.S. to shop
now and they find most things "SO CHEAP!!!" here.

gloria p