Querypic was lots of fun to search through the various Trove records and see it as tangible data, although the results can’t necessarily be proof of anything they are an extremely fast, easy to use and broad way to look for patterns in digital heritage that may be useful for further investigation and study.
Similarly, Googles Ngram viewer was great and even more helpful in looking for patterns to investigate with more detail. I found it very interesting for example that milk and sugar results peaked during world war one then went back down to then peak again during world war two. I mean probably just wartime rationing but then egg is much more consistent, even if it ends up being something simple or not worth further investigation it is potential data I would have actually not known about without the use of Google Ngram viewer.
With a little research, it seems eggs were rationed as were available as opposed to milk and sugar, interesting!
