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Comment by SixSigma

9 years ago

> since they were used as a condiment rather than a staple food

such an unstaple food that The Times of India has a page dedicated to track the price of onions

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/Onion-prices

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strictnein  9 years ago

My first snarky response was: "Do they also track beef prices?"

But yes, they do (sort of): http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/Beef-prices

But then I wondered if those pages were auto-generated, so I tried other things: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/Taco-prices

Ok, how about non-food: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/Obama-prices

Yeah, it's kind of free form: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/Why-Am-I-A-Pickle

The first time you specify something unique, it takes a little bit to load, but then it's caching it.

  • SixSigma  9 years ago

    I found it by searching Google. I think the articles it lists illustrate my wider point that onion prices are a concern to multi-billions of people.