Spence-

[basswipe]

Williams and Sonoma!Talk about paying a WAY to much for a product you can get for a fraction of the price anywhere else.Anything and I mean anything you buy at W&S can be had elsewhere for much cheaper.

The glassblowing biz must be treatin' you very well to be able to buy that stuff from W&S!

[spence]

Originally Posted by basswipe

Anything and I mean anything you buy at W&S can be had elsewhere for much cheaper.

Wipe, I had a hunch you were a purveyor of fine cookery and lavish culinary accouterments.

Care to cite some examples? I for one am always on the make for value and you seem to be particulary intimate with their wares.

-spence

[Nebe]

basswipe, you get what you pay for, but yes, glass biz is good

life is too short to eat cheap food. 3 or 5 slices of that salami and i am all set...

Spence, this salami came out of sanfan.. i forget who made it.. too busy eating it

[spence]

Originally Posted by Nebe

this salami came out of sanfan

Ah yes, I've heard that a lot of salami has been hidden there

-spence

What a load of baloney.

[RIJIMMY]

Originally Posted by spence

Ah yes, I've heard that a lot of salami has been hidden there

-spence

Spence, that was brilliant!

[cheferson]

Originally Posted by spence

Care to cite some examples?
-spence

Your kidding right?
$59 for 8 creme brules For some eggs, cream and sugar??
Or blissful Brownies for $24
$37 for 1 3/4lb of chix breakfast sausage
2lbs of organic hanger steak for $50 , $25 a lb!!!!!! and for hanger steak

[spence]

Originally Posted by cheferson

Your kidding right?
$59 for 8 creme brules For some eggs, cream and sugar??
Or blissful Brownies for $24
$37 for 1 3/4lb of chix breakfast sausage
2lbs of organic hanger steak for $50 , $25 a lb!!!!!! and for hanger steak

Well, 36 bucks for a premium gift pack of dry salami isn't that crazy.

And as most of the other stuff is perishable the price includes the majority of the overnight shipping cost. If you're too lazy to make your own creme brule, but just have to serve it, then you're going to pay the premium in shipping.

For example, I was looking at prime veal chops for Christmas dinner. A place in NYC had a very good price on the meat, but overnight shipping to Iowa was 85 freaking dollars!!!

The place I bought them they cost more, but the shipping was a flat 25 bucks...Ended up about the same cost, but I think I got the better veal.

Regardless, hardly anybody buys food from WS anyway...they make all their money off the kitchen and housewares.

-spence

[Nebe]

trust me. the salami was soooooo worth it.

Think of it as a foot long chubby habs needlefish for a big surfcaster.



CHOMP!

[spence]

The really good stuff is always to be had at a premium price for the common folk...unless you're fortunate to live near a supplier.

When I went home for Christmas I brought a cooler filled with clams and fresh crab meat...no way I could have gotten it there. Hell, I couldn't even get the veal locally and we have a great prime butcher in town.

Chef, you should have seen it! Amazing Christmas day meal prepared as a gift for my parents who have had a particularly difficult year...

Primi

Fregola con Vongole (Fregule Soup w/ Clams)
Tagliatelle con Granchio (Tagliatelle w/Crabmeat, Radicchio and Garlic)

Secondo

Costolette di Vitello con Porcini (Veal Chops w/Porcini)

Contorni

Rabe di Brocolli con l'Aglio Arrostito e l'Acciuga (Brocolli Rabe w/Roasted Garlic and Anchovy)
Polenta col Mascarpone (Polenta w/Mascarpone)
Brussles Germoglia con Pancetta (Brussels Sprouts w/Pancetta)

For desert we gorged on the 400 lbs of cookies about the house.

-spence

[Nebe]

yum spence.
I made a seafood masamam curry tonight served over jasmin rice... simply delicous.. littlenecks were on sale at shaws.. see, i am normal basswipe