The exchange rate today is desastrous compared to 1960: 50 Pfennig, that's about 25 Euro-Cents (24,99-something), today would need 33 USD-Cents. Giving the average salary of a GI up to E-4, E-5, that is luxury afforded not too often.

But on the other hand groceries in Germany got more expensive on one hand through regular inflation and on the other hand some even grew cheaper because of more efficiency and world market prices. I'm not so sure that in the same time the quality improved also.

You can buy Brötchen now for as little as 10 Uero-Cents. I don't say that they are good. They are factory made. The recipe is probably from a baker optimised by a comptroller.

In the 1950s and early 1960s a German family spent up to 75 percent of its income on groceries. Today the same family could get by spending about 20 to 25 percent for the same food basket.


Food in the Southwest: Mexican influenced food is tasty, especially if you reduce the stonger hot stuff. I like that kind of food: good and ripe vegetable indredients and premium meats. But quality ingredients and a skilled cook is always a good combination.

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