[Sca-cooks] Re:bakeries for custom breads and the 100 minutes headcount

[Laura C. Minnick]

At 11:40 PM 12/12/02 -0800, you wrote:
>
>> I went to my local bakery the other day and
>> explained to them what I
>> wanted (approximations of Elizabethan manchet and
>> cheat loaves, basically).They said they'd do it to
>my
>> specifications and they offered me a really good
>> price.
>
>My Lady Katherine,
>How fortunate you are to have a true local bakery! All
>the bakeries around here in North Eastern New Jersey
>are not 'local'. They are all large organizations who
>only do large commercial orders for restaurants and
>institutions.Although they offer superior products,
>they laugh at you when you request a custom batch and
>tell you to pick what you want for their stock menu
>and pay for it up front.

Really? Have you talked to the in-store bakeries in places like Safeway?
Morwyn got the rolls from a local WinCo, and we've got them from Safeway,
Albertson's, FredMeyer, Costco, etc. And they are usually falling all over
themselves to be helpful.

'Lainie
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