I saw them in a steakhouse where, because
they didn't sell as many desserts as they
wanted to, they started offering these little
bite-size things including cheesecake pops
for a buck. Even if you aren't going to spring
for a full slice at $4 or more, when they bring
out a tree of these things at a dollar each, many
people will say, oh, well, why not, it's only a
buck, and I wanted just a bite of something
sweet. The profit margin would be way more, bite
for bite, than a full serving would get for the
restaurant.

Even at 3 for a buck, the profit margin would be a lot greater... ;)

Perhaps, though the labor costs are greater
with preparing the littler portions.

You're quite welcome. One of the things this
echo is good for is getting the skinny on
stuff you don't know about.

SOW, a friend saw a health alert about avoiding oysters because they now harbor a flesh-eating bacteria/virus... do you know anything about
that...? She asked me, but that isn't anything I stay up on... so then
she suggested I ask my more informed friends in the Cooking Echo... ;)

There have been recent reports of severe
effects of waterborne Vibrio and other
bacterial infections much more virulent
than what has been reported before - one
or two cases via shellfish ingestion. That
doesn't stop me, though. It's possible that
the situation might get sufficiently bad in
my lifetime to rethink that. I wonder what
happens when microorganisms become more heat
tolerant, as in kitchen heat tolerant ... .

... You can't fool all the people all the time -- but a majority will do!

Well ... or a significant number, anyway. Cheap and
fraudulent goods don't need everyone to buy them,
just a bunch of gullibles.

Here's something I made with a couple really
useless liquors bought on sale at Costco (not
purchased on my watch).

Veev Leblon
categories: booze
servings: 1

1 oz Veev acai liqueur
1 oz Leblon cachaca
3 oz pineapple juice
2 dr vanilla

Stir together and serve over ice.

Source: moi, experimentation
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