[Sca-cooks] Feast quantities

[Robin Carroll-Mann]

On 21 Jul 2002, at 9:28, Terry Decker wrote:

> A one pound loaf serves  4 people (1/4 lb apiece).  During most of the
> feasts I have done, I have produced two different types of bread and
> served the feaster 1/4 lb of each.  Cost ranges from about $ .40 and $
> 1 per loaf, depending on the ingredients.

I have considered baking my own, perhaps preparing frozen loaves
of dough to thaw, rise, and be baked at the event.  It would be a
cost-saver, but I'm not sure if it's realistic to take on that much
additional work.  I don't have your level of experience.

> When I'm catering, I use the local French bakery, order the rolls a
> couple of weeks in advance and get the quantity discount.  It's $27
> for 14 dozen or between $3.20 and $3.25 for 20.

A local Italian bakery sells 2-pound round loaves for $2.  Costo has
some Portuguese loaves that look promising, but they're sliced.  I
have to find out if they're sliced on the premises, or if they come
that way from the outside bakery that supplies them.


Brighid ni Chiarain *** mka Robin Carroll-Mann
Barony of Settmour Swamp, East Kingdom
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