1 Place wrapped or covered meat on a dish to catch any raw juice runoff. 2  Defrost the meat for a full 24 hours. 3  Large cuts of meat, such as whole birds or roasts, can take 24 hours for every 5 lbs. ( 4 2.3 kg) of meat. 5  Cook ground or stew meat and poultry within 2 days of thawing for refrigerator defrosting.
These are the majority of books sold. According to Bowker, the average price for mass-market paperback fiction has gone up a whopping 328 percent (from $1.35 in 1975 to $5.78 in 2000), poetry and drama have increased by 252 percent, and juvenile titles cost a staggering 387 percent more now than they did in 1975.
Nonetheless, for those who remember the 1970s, the escalation in prices does appear substantial. Figures obtained from R.R. Bowker, the company of record for information about the publishing industry, show that, from 1975 to 2000, the price of the average hardcover book of fiction went up 200 percent to $24.96.