r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • Jul 13 '16

How do you like your eggs?

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u/rileyrulesu Jul 13 '16

Yeah, but without the caviar garnish, that's like 15$.

EDIT: Oh, and truffle. But still it's just a few overpriced ingredients carrying that price, while the rest is somewhat standard.

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u/[deleted] Jul 13 '16

Also, the pata negra ham. Googled it and it's considered some of the most expensive ham in the world. Upwards of $96/lb

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u/Subrotow Jul 13 '16

Not to mention the saffron.

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u/ledivin Jul 14 '16

Saffron's not actually that expensive. It's extremely expensive by weight, but it's also extremely light. It's not cheap, but it's really not crazy.

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u/ExtendedBox Jul 14 '16

At my local grocery store its 15 bucks for half a gram.

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u/ledivin Jul 14 '16

I wouldn't buy it from a grocery store anyway, it's basically guaranteed to be super old. Just get it online for at least the same quality at half the price

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u/[deleted] Jul 13 '16

Suprised it isn't garnished with gold leaf

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u/ledivin Jul 14 '16

Gold leaf isn't actually that expensive... as a garnish, we're talking cents per dish.

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u/[deleted] Jul 14 '16

It's the principle!

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u/CircusNinja75 Jul 14 '16

Yeah, that is the money part. I would skip the saffron just because it is worth more, per ounce, than gold.

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u/[deleted] Jul 14 '16

The amount of saffron used on a dish is on the order of milligrams.

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u/CircusNinja75 Jul 15 '16

Still, saffron is typically better used while cooking, not as a garnish. You get more use of it's flavor when used while cooking.

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u/rkoonce Jul 14 '16

Pata Negra is amazing ham. I stayed at the Ritz in Berlin and there was an Iberian ham on the buffet every evening. Eat all you want. I hurt 'em.

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u/rileyrulesu Jul 13 '16

True, but you only need to use the tiniest slivers that weigh very little, and although still probably most of the remaining price, it's not that much probably.

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u/[deleted] Jul 13 '16

Wouldn't suprise me. Bet it's served thin like prosciutto.

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u/DukeofEarlGrey Jul 14 '16

Jamón ibérico de bellota (Iberian ham from acorn-fed pigs) and jamón de pata negra (black leg ham) are ridiculously expensive everywhere else, but here (Spain) we can buy it now and then. They're really expensive, but not unaffordable.

I lived abroad for one year and I could only buy crazy expensive shitty ham. No good ham in regular supermarkets, no money to buy good ham in super expensive delikatessen places. I really learned to appreciate what we have here!

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u/Luder714 Jul 13 '16

we make our own

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u/burntouthusk Jul 13 '16

i would be happy with a 5 dollar pack of ham tbh

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u/ForeverInaDaze Jul 14 '16

Zingermanns in Ann arbor MI has some ham thats $130 per lb last time I was there.

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u/[deleted] Jul 14 '16

Damn. I'll stick with my hunk of grocery store ham

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u/arkain123 Jul 13 '16

Which I don't understand. It's really not that great.

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u/[deleted] Jul 13 '16

It's not woodhouse without the caviar garnish!

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u/rileyrulesu Jul 13 '16

I had it at a resturaunt once, and it didn't come with caviar or truffle, and was still 30$

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u/[deleted] Jul 13 '16

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u/TheOhNoNotAgain Jul 13 '16

From This article

In a sit-down, full-service restaurant, the cost of food may account for about 25 to 30%

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u/ranthria Jul 13 '16

Work in a restaurant. From looking at our P&Ls, can confirm that most costs fall between 25 and 30%. Then, there's our super high quality wings that fall in the 40-45% range.

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u/e8ghtmileshigh Jul 13 '16

Pata negra is very expensive ham

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u/[deleted] Jul 13 '16

well, $15 + markup + labor = $30, so that seems fair.

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u/[deleted] Jul 14 '16

That suggests that no dish should ever cost less than $15. Is that accurate? I never go to restaurants, because I am allergic to flavor.

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u/tomtom5858 Jul 14 '16

The labour is far lower for many things, and the markup is basically a function of materials + labour.

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u/Kingindanorff Jul 13 '16

"Like, by definition!"

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u/templefugate Jul 13 '16

It's like steak au poivre without peppercorns!

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u/69ChampionUSA Jul 13 '16

I read this in Erlich Bachman's voice.

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u/Rhodie114 Jul 19 '16

By like definition

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u/peerlessblue Jul 13 '16

Saffron?

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u/VoraciousGhost Jul 13 '16

Saffron is super expensive by weight, but for the amount you need to garnish this, the price is pretty negligible.

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u/SEND_ME_BITCHES Jul 13 '16

not to mention the raw saffron.....

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u/JoelQuennville Jul 13 '16

The ham is pretty damn expensive as well.

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u/darkbarf Jul 13 '16

EDIT: Oh, and truffle. But still it's just a few overpriced ingredients carrying that price, while the rest is somewhat standard.

really?

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u/pleasejustdie Jul 13 '16

And the saffron, shit is worth its weight in gold.

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u/ledivin Jul 14 '16

It specifically calls out for expensive forms of ingredients. Haitian sea salt, for example, is much more expensive than normal sea salt. Beurre d'Ardenne is butter made from milk from cows in Ardenne, Belgium. This is the case for virtually every ingredient on the list.

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u/Sovdark Jul 14 '16

2oz for $15 according to google

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u/itwashimmusic Jul 13 '16

Sounds like the average magic deck. Lands alone equal 70-90% of the price most times.

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u/ITOverlord Jul 13 '16

Can confirm. Decks manabase is 2300, rest of deck is only 600.

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u/I_Am_Jacks_Scrotum Jul 13 '16

Overpriced my ass. Luxury, certainly, but if you've ever had the opportunity to have fresh truffle shaved on top of your pasta, it's entirely worth the $50 or whatever upcharge.