2010 - Week 26 Cooking

I'm finding it very hard to stay within my budget at the Farmer's Market.  So I thought about buying another whole chicken yesterday, but remembered that Eden Farms would be there so I knew I had to buy some pork.  I did, and after that almost half of my budget was gone.  I wanted to buy more pork (my freezer is looking bare) and visit other vendors, but really it's having an odd affect. Overall I was left with $1 after my restricted shopping.

One of the things I am curious about is how it makes sense financially to do a booth at the market.  One of the things I'm curious about is the free samples.  I see at many of the booths that I visit that they have them and in thinking about the tax side of things, the free samples could certainly be counted as a business expense.  But when chatting with some of the vendors, I see a lot of people that taste the samples and move on.  While I'm also guilty of this, it still remains at what would be the expected ratio would be for samples vs purchases.

• Roast Chicken Tacos
• Sausage and Egg Casserole with Sun-Dried Tomatoes and Mozzarella
• Oven-Roasted Hash Brown Cakes with eggs
• Hawaiian Wahoo (Ono)
• Hamburgers