HAMThe two varieties of ham for the Easter holiday season are on offer in a number of supermarkets and delicatessen establishment at this time.
The price being quoted for the less expensive of the varieties commonly referred to as picnic or shoulder ham is $198.60.
The more costly of the varieties the leg ham will fetch $260 per pound (454.55g). Tinned cherries and pineapple slices for decorating the ham are both on good offer in supermarkets, and fresh pineapple may be had in a number of retail markets.
SWEET POTATO
Tuber favourite sweet potato is on fair offer this week in most retail markets, rural and urban alike.
Most rural retail markets will quote $40 for a pound (454.55g) of sweet potato this week, and so will less-expensive downtown Kingston selling-locations.
Montego Bay's Charles Gordon Market will this week ask $50 to $60 for a pound of sweet potatoes.
EASTER BUNS
That most favoured sweet treat for the Easter Holidays - Easter Buns, is on offer in a number of labels this week, and price will vary with brand as well as contents. The varieties most seen at this time include HTB, Prestige, Yummy, National, Purity, Maxfield, Whitfield and Captain's.
The price-range for buns at this time will be in the region of $156 to $270 the higher price being quoted for the 'buns in boxes'.
Sugar, wheat flour, raisins, water, hydrogenated vegetable oil, caramel, fruit, yeast, spices, colouring and salt are the ingredients that make up the popular sweet.
NEGRO YAM
If negro yam happens to be your favourite variety, you should be able to pick up supplies of the tuber in most retail markets this week.
Most rural retail markets will ask $50 for a pound (454.55g) of negro yam this week, and so will lower-priced downtown Kingston selling-outlets.
Montego Bay's Charles Gordon Market will this week ask $50 to $60 for a pound of negro yam.
CARROTS
Golden-fleshed vegetable favourite carrot is on good offer this week in most retail markets and vegetable shops.
Montego Bay's Charles Gordon Market is this week asking $30/$40 for a pound of carrots, while most rural markets are sticking to the $30 per-pound price.
Less-costly downtown Kingston selling-spots will quote $30 per-pound, too, for carrots this week.
GRACE PINEAPPLE SLICES
If you must have pineapple slices for adding appeal and flavour to the baked ham, you can pick up the sweet-treat in a number of supermarkets and groceries this week.
The 340-gram tin of Grace Pineapple Slices will lesson your spending-money, Madam Shopper, by $125.
The product, which is prepared in natural juice contains pineapple slices, in addition to pineapple juice.
You can also add pineapple slices to your fruit salads, or as decoration for the fruit punch glass.
POT ROAST
The price you pay for popular beef-cut pot roast this week will depend on your shopping location
If you are shopping for pot roast in the rural meat shops the asking-price for a pound (454.55g) of the meat will be $120.
But if your shopping location is in the fancy uptown Kingston plazas, the per-pound price for pot roast will be $223.90.
