[Sca-cooks] cost of mushrooms and asparagus

[Olwen the Odd]

>Having just cooked a feast this past weekend (five courses for $4.25 a
>head) featuring asparagus and mushrooms both, I can tell you that
>asparagus was $1.54 a pound at Sam's Club Warehouse and was absolutely
>gorgeous and succulent, and mushrooms were $1.85 a pound.  I did the
>frugal thing and utilized as much as possible without wastage.  Instead
>of buying extra mushrooms for stuffing the onions, I saved the stems of
>the mushrooms (the caps of which were used in a leek and mushroom dish)
>and minced them finely in the food processor with the other stuffing
>ingredients.  Same flavor, but way cheap.  Saved the cores from the
>onions and used them in the chicken stock.  Sorry, had to brag a little
><g>.  Thanks to Stephan, whose Florilegium proved invaluable to me as I
>planned and cooked my first feast.  You can view the menu at
>http://ravenscove.atlantia.sca.org/feast.html
>
>Halima al-Shafi'i
>Stronghold of Raven's Cove

Good planning!  I looked over your menu and it looked good to me.  What
cut(s) of pork did you use for the roast pig?  Did you, or someone, make
your own candied ginger?  It takes forever to get translucent doesnt' it!
Olwen the Odd

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