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Roland99

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20. Seinfeld episode. And wasn't JFK. I think that was the golf clubs episode

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Tue Dec 22, 2020, 12:10 AM

Dec 2020

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Accounting for inflation a piece of cake bought in 1789 [View all] randr Dec 2020 OP

And doesn't taste any worse than grocery store cake! Karadeniz Dec 2020 #1

It tastes like 231 year old cake randr Dec 2020 #2

Which is EXACTLY what a HEB birthday cake tastes like... Karadeniz Dec 2020 #3

It's probably the same fruitcake . . . hatrack Dec 2020 #26

I believe that I read that a fruitcake was found in an isolated North Pole Blue_true Dec 2020 #10

That sounds familiar.. And puts the lie to Johnny Carson's claim that there's actually only one Karadeniz Dec 2020 #13

I did't hear Carson's lie, but my life experience would have caused me to doubt his Blue_true Dec 2020 #18

Reminiscent of John Wheeler's "One Electron Theory" hunter Dec 2020 #22

Mmmm. There's some real value here Prof. P.E. Name Dec 2020 #4

Throw a Big Mac or a Whopper in with it. nt Blue_true Dec 2020 #11

How much was a piece of cake in 1789? Polybius Dec 2020 #5

That piece of cake originally cost $20.29. Towlie Dec 2020 #27

So Marie Antoinette was a benevolent dictator. Beakybird Dec 2020 #6

If MickyDs sold it back in 1789,... the shelf life would not yet have expired,... magicarpet Dec 2020 #7

Looking at Twitter threads today people seem awfully angry but there will be no Autumn Dec 2020 #8

$600 today is equivalent to $20 in 1789 VMA131Marine Dec 2020 #9

So that piece of cake was a luxury item that likely only the reasonably Blue_true Dec 2020 #14

I've never lost my taste for good old comfort food🙂 MLAA Dec 2020 #17

It kept my family alive when I was a child. Not fancy, but cheap and it Blue_true Dec 2020 #19

I'm still a big fan of Campbell's tomato soup and grilled cheese. MLAA Dec 2020 #28

My favorites: Blue_true Dec 2020 #29

I've made collard greens a time or two lately. MLAA Dec 2020 #32

Is the Vegan Trader Joe's cheesecake light? Blue_true Dec 2020 #33

Yes, light and creamy not the cake like texture of NY cheesecake. MLAA Dec 2020 #34

I have always found NY Cheesecake to be way too dense and heavy. Blue_true Dec 2020 #35

While you are there... MLAA Dec 2020 #36

Thanks for the suggestions. nt Blue_true Dec 2020 #37

I thanked God for Taco Bell randr Dec 2020 #23

Crystal did that for my parent's family. Blue_true Dec 2020 #30

But how much would a slice of JFK's cake cost? Roland99 Dec 2020 #12

I don't get the reference, mind explaining? Thanks. nt Blue_true Dec 2020 #15

Seinfeld episode. And wasn't JFK. I think that was the golf clubs episode Roland99 Dec 2020 #20

Thanks. nt Blue_true Dec 2020 #31

And the price of a guillotine? moondust Dec 2020 #16

Calclulating inflation backwards doesn't really work that way markpkessinger Dec 2020 #21

Right. Had the recipe and the means to bake them existed in 1789, backdating from today's prices... Tom Rinaldo Dec 2020 #24

According to this site, your piece of cake originally cost $20.29. Expensive cake! Towlie Dec 2020 #25