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item |
avail. |
mass |
cost |
mutton, per pound |
x4% |
0.45 kg |
$0.03 |
alligator or snake, per pound ... "tastes like chicken" |
x4% |
0.45 kg |
$0.04 |
horse meat, fresh, per pound "prime steak grade" |
x1% |
0.45 kg |
$0.25 - $0.29 |
horse meat, fresh, per pound "medium grade for roasting" |
x4% |
0.45 kg |
$0.19 |
horse meat, fresh, per pound "basic grade for soup" |
x7% |
0.45 kg |
$0.05 |
horse meat, salted, per pound |
x10% |
0.45 kg |
$0.09 |
sausage, per pound |
x7% |
0.45 kg |
$0.12 |
lard, per pound |
x7% |
0.45 kg |
$0.12 |
butter (horse or mutton, usually), per pound |
x4% |
0.45 kg |
$0.18 |
cheese (horse or mutton, usually), per pound |
x7% |
0.45 kg |
$0.14 |
fruit, per pound |
x4% |
0.45 kg |
$0.10 to $0.20 |
vegetables, per pound |
x10% |
0.45 kg |
$0.02 to $0.10 |
grain (wheat, rye, oats, barley, corn), per bushel (about 60 pounds) |
x10% |
27 kg |
$0.60 to $1.50 |
rice, per pound |
x4% |
0.45 kg |
$0.10 - $0.11 |
flour and meal, per pound |
x10% |
0.45 kg |
$0.02 to $0.03 |
brown sugar, per pound |
x7% |
0.45 kg |
$0.08 - $0.10 |
white sugar, per pound |
x4% |
0.45 kg |
$0.14 |
coffee, per pound (made from tobacco, acorns, dandelion roots, and barley) |
x4% |
0.45 kg |
$0.10 |
coffee, per pound (imported from Central America, from actual coffee beans) |
x1% |
0.45 kg |
$1 |
cassina tea (made from the yaupon holly plant, found in tidelands along the Gulf and East Coast, contains caffeine) |
x4% |
0.45 kg |
$0.25 |
common salt, per pound |
x7% |
0.45 kg |
$0.05 |
hard bread, per pound |
always |
0.45 kg |
$0.10 |
soft bread or pancakes etc., per pound |
always |
0.45 kg |
$0.20 |
molasses, per pint |
x7% |
$0.05 - $0.09 |
|
molasses, per gallon |
x7% |
$0.40 - $0.70 |
|
vinegar, per pint |
x7% |
$0.03 |
|
hot sauce, per pint |
x7% |
$0.15 |
|
soap, per pound |
x7% |
0.45 kg |
$0.08 - $0.10 |
water, barely potable, per pint (four pints a day needed) |
always |
$0.01 |
|
water, distilled or filtered, per pint (four pints a day needed) |
always |
$0.02 |
|
beer, per pint |
x7% |
$0.05 |
|
wine, per pint |
x4% |
$2.00 or more |
|
apple cider, per pint |
x1% |
$2.00 |
|
shot of whiskey (1.5 ounces, 44 milliliters) |
always |
n/a |
$0.15 to $0.20 |
two shots of whiskey (minimum for a "free lunch") |
always |
n/a |
$0.25 |
fifth bottle of whiskey (750 milliliters) |
always |
1 kg |
$3.25 |
pint bottle of whiskey (473 milliliters) |
always |
0.5 kg |
$2.00 |
California trade weed, per pound |
always |
0.45 kg |
$0.50 - $1.25 |
tobacco (nicotiana rustica), per pound -- about 3 times the nicotine content of 'regular' tobacco. AKA Indian tobacco, Aztec tobacco, wild tobacco, Mexican tobacco |
always |
0.45 kg |
$0.20 - $0.40 |