Hello all,
I am cooking my way through the French Laundry Cookbook and have just deboned, stuffed and braised my first pigs head. It was a rough, but satisfying process and would like to try again for a better yield! Its currently hanging in my fridge. I had two questions.
1. Price, I have formed a pretty good relationship with my butcher at a high end food market on the east coast. Prices are high but competitive, until it came to the pigs head I special ordered. The price came out to be $85 for one pigs head! I haven't seen any online retailer post the same item for over 15 dollars online, and Judy Rodgers lists the price of their pigs heads as 7.50 (the book was written in the early 2000's).
I reached out to my butcher via email after ordering the pigs head he special ordered and he explained that the head came from a high end supplier. I do not mind paying for quality but the price seems exorbantly high. Is it within the realm of reason that I got a fair market price for retail?
2. I was looking for a better explainer whether online, or in print on how to debone a pigs head.
Many thanks!
I am cooking my way through the French Laundry Cookbook and have just deboned, stuffed and braised my first pigs head. It was a rough, but satisfying process and would like to try again for a better yield! Its currently hanging in my fridge. I had two questions.
1. Price, I have formed a pretty good relationship with my butcher at a high end food market on the east coast. Prices are high but competitive, until it came to the pigs head I special ordered. The price came out to be $85 for one pigs head! I haven't seen any online retailer post the same item for over 15 dollars online, and Judy Rodgers lists the price of their pigs heads as 7.50 (the book was written in the early 2000's).
I reached out to my butcher via email after ordering the pigs head he special ordered and he explained that the head came from a high end supplier. I do not mind paying for quality but the price seems exorbantly high. Is it within the realm of reason that I got a fair market price for retail?
2. I was looking for a better explainer whether online, or in print on how to debone a pigs head.
Many thanks!