My brother brought some delicious goodies to my house from the parish bake sale, and it got me thinking... all of the bake sales I have ever seen involve people baking random stuff, donating it, then selling the donated goods with the proceeds going to some charity. There is surely a lot of stuff that ends up not being bought. What if we changed the way that bake sales are done? I propose that customers could submit what they would like to buy and what they would be willing to pay. Then bakers/volunteers could sign up to make those things. For instance, I want chess bars. I would pay up to $12 for some chess bars. Someone could say "oh, I love making chess bars, so I'll do that!" or "I have never made that before, but give me a recipe and I'll try it out!" Everyone wins, and no food gets wasted. What about spontaneity, though? What about the baker that has some great dish that nobody knows about, so no one knows to ask for it? Well there are bound to be people that say "I would like something chocolate, and I don't care what it is" or "surprise me!" or "some type of cookie- no nuts, though!" I think this is a brilliant idea. That said, I can't wait to go home and try the Black Russian cake that Joseph brought to us. :) :) :)
AND, if someone will make me some chess bars, I will donate $12 to the charity of your choice.
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Darn.. You should have told me before Thanksgiving! I have the recipe from Aunt Lois. Remind me and I will copy it for you and Rebecca.... and maybe a pan will make its way to you at Christmas.
ReplyDeleteNo that I think about it, I should have read your blog before Thanksgiving. : )
ReplyDeleteNah, I should have made my craving known. :) But if a pan of chess bars shows up at Christmas I will do Balki's Dance of Joy! I know you have a million other things to do, though, so no pressure of course. ;)
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