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.
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.
ReplyDeleteBetty
Betty,
DeleteWe 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
Let me make sure I know what you're talking about: are you marinating a ham in tikka masala?
ReplyDeleteJohn,
DeleteNo. 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
Too bad there isn't a way to simplify the ham demo. Make it easier to get out.
ReplyDeleteLiz,
DeleteNothing 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
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.
ReplyDeleteVashti,
DeleteThanks. 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