There is a nice woman whose husband is going through CGSC at Ft. Leavenworth. She likes my eggs, and calls every couple of weeks to buy a couple of dozen. Typically, I just meet her at the PX.
Well, she called on Tuesday, and we agreed to meet at the PX at 10:00 AM yesterday. I was there at 9:58 and waited until 10:25, and the nice woman did not show up.
When I got home, after giving my eggs away to some friends, there was a message on the phone that she had waited at the Commissary for me and then realized she was supposed to meet me at the PX.
Now, I'm not really mad that she made an error. But, that was 30 minutes of my life that I will never get back for $6 worth of egg money that I won't get. I'm thinking that from now on, if someone wants eggs, they can call, and if I have some, they can just drive out to the farm to get them.
Honestly, I'm not making a penny on the eggs in the winter. I'm not even sure that the little bit I make during the market season even pays for the chicken's feed during the non-market season.
Most likely no one will bother to drive out here for eggs. Ugh.
I could just get more egg recipes and use them up and freeze the culinary results until we get around to using them.
Comments, suggestions?
Story had it my grand dad, long before I was born, would drive his wagon from our farm to Ellijay, down to Jasper, GA and back about once a week to sell our farm goods.
Obviously you don’t have a wagon. :)
But maybe setting up shop somewhere once a week, letting everyone know “Hey, this is where I will be, come and get it or don’t” might be a good compromise? But then I’d probably charge something based on costs incurred as well
I might buy some. Do you live very far off K-7? I drive from Atchison to Fort Leavenworth every day. But, I drive a small car that doesn’t do well on really muddy country roads. Send me an e-mail.
Don’t go out of your way, and be sure to get a cell phone number. Perhaps, you should call or email HER when you’re going to the Commissary or PX and let her know you’ll bring eggs if she wants them, rather than making a special trip for her.
It’s not even worth the gas money any other way.
Good luck!
I would say, get the cell numbers and give them a 2-hour warning call that you are coming to the PX with the goodies :o)
As for suggestions pertaining to what to do with extra eggs, if you don’t want to pickle them (many folks don’t care for pickled eggs, I know) I do have one suggestion. When my father overplanted zucchinis, and even the neighbors started turning away the free ones (seriously folks, 6 vines is too many) my mother looked for ways to use them up. Her most successful plan was turning them into zucchini cake and bread. She could then store the loaves in the freezer. Her recipe was just a carrot cake recipe with zucchini replacing the carrot, but given that you’re just looking to do something with the eggs, I would suppose any old type of cake would do.
So that’s my recommendation, make a bunch of cakes with the eggs. If you don’t want to pickle them that is.