[Sca-cooks] Getting discounted foods - was: Menus

[Micheal]

 Which is a crying shame because we have lots of people who are allergic to 
fish around here. Shell fish is right out for most, we have to check for any 
other fish. So it seldom gets served.
 Da
  ----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Patrick Levesque" <pleves1 at po-box.mcgill.ca>
To: <sca-cooks at ansteorra.org>
Sent: Monday, December 06, 2004 9:16 PM
Subject: Re: [Sca-cooks] Getting discounted foods - was: Menus


> Grocery warehouses are our friends!
>
> There are a couple of major dairy farms in a reasonable distances - if I
> need lots of cheese I can get it fairly cheap there. Luckily enough, there
> are a few venison and fowl distributors around (deer and pheasant and 
> other
> birds), and one nuts wholesaler nearby. If I shop around I could get a 
> good
> deal on fish (but not as good as you'd get in Ruantallan :-)))
>
>
> Petru
>
>
>
>> We use all of those but still end up going to super markets for odd 
>> items.
>> Taxes hmm not wanting to go there lol
>> Da
>>>
>>> My favourite shopping places start with food wholesalers (where the
>>> restaurants shop). Since there are such good deals there I buy my 
>>> personal
>>> bulk stuff there as well. Since we don't buy bread, we go through a mess
>>> of
>>> flour. Getting it there is an ideal situation all round. I can also pick
>>> up
>>> any non-food items as well (pizza boxes for tarts, steamer trays,
>>> containers and lids for sauces, etc). This stuff runs pretty cheap if 
>>> you
>>> buy it in bulk. And even though our Canton has a fairly extensive 
>>> kitchen
>>> inventory, these sorts of paper/foil products are good to have in the
>>> inventory.
>>>
>>> I also shop at grocery store wholesalers. For example, Loblaws (big
>>> grocery
>>> chain in Cda) has a central warehouse which distributes to the 10 or so
>>> stores in our city. It is also open to the public. In most cases the
>>> prices
>>> aren't as good as at the restaurant wholesalers but they are better than
>>> the grocery stores. I almost never shop at a grocery store for feasts.
>>>
>>> I have noticed that it is also a good idea to be familiar with the farms
>>> around you. You can get great deals on fresh meat/produce etc.
>>>
>>> Taxes are different here in Cda and are mostly not talked about. lmao
>>>
>>> Micaylah
>>>
>>>
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