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And, at AUI you can get small discounts if you spend $750 (6%) or $1200 (I think this is 10%); ask when you set up an account what category you need to be in to qualify.

I will try them as baked beans, thanks!

My bean box arrived today and I haven't opened it yet so I'm thrilled you shared your photo!! I'm so excited! Alubia Blanca, King City Pinks... the cranberry beans I'm sort of meh about but oh boy!

I was browsing online and came across this article: Dutch Sandwich about what I know as "sprinkles" (or the more colloquial Boston-speak: jimmies) and personally I don't find this at all unusual. I myself would go for chocolate! I've been known to eat bittersweet chocolate with a french baguette.... So if you grew up with this delight, tell us more about it: what kind of bread is traditional or your preference? Salted or unsalted butter (if that's an option)? Is it always open faced?

the milk chocolate chips might not be so delicious after all this time but the rest of the mix should be ok. you could sift out the choc chips and add the same quantity of fresh ones.

AUI is having a price increase starting March 1, just FYI

I know that @pastrygirl and @JimW have mentioned buying from AUI in the past - my rep told me today that there's a price increase happening on chocolate products coming March 1. She mentioned cocoa butter being the highest price increase...... maybe buy ahead for Easter, Mother's Day ....

if you are able to buy from Amazon, you can look for Amoretti flavorings there - they sell peppermint oil in small quantities (2 oz, 4 oz) and a little goes a long way and it lasts forever. You might also be able to find Boyajian oils on Amazon, they make lemon, orange, lime and mint and all are excellent. The mint oil will give you the best flavor IMHO.

If it's a commercial kitchen, is there a requirement to have the kitchen under contract with a pest control service? In our state/town, it is a requirement, and we have a monthly visit from pest control. You may want to use sticky traps along the walls (our pest control guy tells us that rodents travel along the walls, but I don't know why they do that. All the "tin cat" traps are placed along the walls in our kitchen). I've seen light bulbs that act as a rodent repellent so you might want to consider leaving a light on around the entrance(s) with one of these bulbs, or as @Maison Rustique suggests, the plug-in variety of electronic ones.

Today the egg prices from distributors went through the roof, so to speak. Now that cheapest price from a distributor is $81 for 15 dz large cage free eggs. It's $95 for a 30 dz case of extra large cf eggs. I decided I'm going to buy what I can, then separate them (which is what we use the extra large ones for) and freeze the whites and yolks (with sugar) in deli containers. A friend outside of Denver says eggs are hard to find there, the markets are sold out frequently. She was able to buy a carton of 18 eggs for $11.50 over the weekend.

blackberry and passionfruit are an amazing combination, just sayin'... one scoop each, in a bowl = heaven!

When our local fishmonger closed his shop, he started a home delivery service. One of the items he has (not always) is frozen clams meant for chowder or other recipes. Maybe your local fish shop has something similar?

I want to hear the conversation in the conference room about that tag line ..... some marketing intern is in for it!

I remember an advertising jingle that was local in nature (local being New England I think) from my childhood that went: 🎵 Brown eggs are local eggs, and local eggs are fresh! 🎵 so if you're a certain age to remember that little song, maybe the subliminal message makes you reach for the brown eggs!

One of my wholesalers has 15 dz large eggs at $39.15; a 30 dz case of extra large eggs is $69.40. These are "wholesale" not consumer-retail prices and this is the lowest price I can get out of the five distributors I buy from. My NY distributor is currently charging $140 for a 30 dz extra large eggs and I haven't bought eggs from them in months. Edited to add, I'm in Boston and buy from 3 local distributors, 1 broadliner (Gordon Food Service) and one distributor out of Deer Park NY