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

[Stefan li Rous]

   Berelinde commented:
> Farmers markets are great. Produce can be a lot cheaper.
> I've evendealt with individual farmers who are willing to
> sell me, say, a whole dressed pig at a reasonable rate.
>
> One of my current projects is a resource list for people in
> my area. A lot of potential cooks don't know where to get
> stuff cheap. A lot more are learning all the time.
This resource list could be a very nice project. Adamantius wrote this 
article a while back about developing a relationship with your local 
butcher. Such a relationship might get you cheaper meat or it might get 
you better meat at the same price. Such a relationship takes time to 
build up. While the relationship might or might not be extendable to 
other cooks in your group, such a list might help. And even for the 
mass market stores, such list could help point fellow cooks to stores 
they hadn't thought of or those who they've not dealt with personally.
HC-butchers-art   (13K) 10/ 4/97    For Headcooks - How to work with 
your local
                                        butcher.
http://www.florilegium.org/files/FEASTS/HC-butchers-art.html

Stefan
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