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Sunday, October 30, 2016

Enjoy the Indian food because the ham is coming

From Maya Kaimal website

This is quite a true statement at work.  None of us are thrilled about doing a demo for the vindaloo and coconut curry but this is easy compared to the ham demo.  For those of you who don’t know, this is an Indian simmer sauce that’s good over rice or with chicken.  Serving with naan bread is a great way to enjoy this meal.  It’s quite messy and usually you go home with a stained apron and smelling like an Indian restaurant.

Last year we all had a stab at the ham at least once during Nov and Dec.  What a messy, intense demo.  Talk about people standing three-deep to get a sample of this ham.  You would think that people are absolutely starving at times and haven’t seen food for a week.

Last year between hubby and me we sold over 15,000 pounds of ham during the holidays over a two-day demo.  That’s a lot of ham and we had this demo running daily for at least two weeks at a time, off a day or two and then back on again for another two weeks.  I’m not looking forward to this year.  I can seem to get ham in all the places it doesn’t belong due to pressure from customers when we must work fast and furious all the time to keep samples on the trays. 

But then I’m not looking forward to winter and the holidays at all.  Didn’t we just have them?  It sure seems like it.  I hate the shorter days and the cold weather with a passion.  I wish we were on the other end and spring was beginning instead.  But we can’t do anything to change Mother Nature, can we?

Me and my cats

A very happy Halloween, Samhain, all Hollow’s Eve to all of you.

8 comments:

  1. That was a lot of ham to sell! No wonder they want you to demo it! I too don't like the shorter days. It is hard to imagine the holidays are here. This year flew by.

    Betty

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    1. Betty,

      We did this ham for about 4-5 weeks straight, almost daily. I forget how many thousands of pounds of ham was sold at Costco last holiday season. It was astounding though.

      I wish we were already through winter and the days were getting longer. LOL

      Sunni

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  2. Let me make sure I know what you're talking about: are you marinating a ham in tikka masala?

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    1. John,

      No. We are doing this tikka marsala demo now and will have the ham soon. They are spiral hams we have to cut up and put on trays as samples.

      Sunni

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  3. Too bad there isn't a way to simplify the ham demo. Make it easier to get out.

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    1. Liz,

      Nothing is that easy because we have people standing three-deep all day for samples. There is no easy way to do it that I know of. If this stuff could be deboned and cut up before the store opened and put into sanitary containers, maybe it would work, but doing that isn't allowed.

      Sunni

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  4. I LOVE your costume, Sunni! Boy, that's a lot of ham. :o I'm with you, I don't like the short days either and the holidays have been giving me a lot of anxiety lately.

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    1. Vashti,

      Thanks. I made that costume 30 years ago. I still wear it to pass candy out to the kids. LOL

      I hate to say I'm not looking forward to the holidays at all. I'm glad I'm not alone on that or the short days.

      Sunni

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