cpw
Babbling Farker
We're doing our first KCBS contest this weekend, so I've never had to buy garnish before. How much parsley should I buy if the plan is to do the typical "putting green" style box?
Thanks!
Thanks!
How much parsley to buy?
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Balls Casten
is Blowin Smoke!
Good parsley = 4 to 5 bundles
Bad wilted parsley = 10 bundles
first contest .. first time building a box get extra it will cut your time in half.
Bad wilted parsley = 10 bundles
first contest .. first time building a box get extra it will cut your time in half.
RX2006JE
Knows what a fatty is.
i use about 3 heads per box just to have enough good pieces to pick through
mobow
is one Smokin' Farker
two or three bundles per box
Untraceable
Babbling Farker
buy it all so the other local teams are SOL
hogzgonewild
Full Fledged Farker
I get 3 bundles per box.... But lately I've just been buying a 60 bundle case at Restaurant depot and splitting it with 3 other teams.....
Only costs us $5 a piece for 15 bundles!
Only costs us $5 a piece for 15 bundles!
I'm in the 2-3 bundles per box boat.
Wampus
somebody shut me the fark up.
We buy 2 of the boxes of parsley at RD. I think each box has about 6 bundles? We usually only need one box, but sometime get into the second. I'm usually able to pick through and find some good ones.
cpw
Babbling Farker
Thanks for the info. It looks like if I get a 12 pack, I should be good. We don't have restaurant depot around here, but my neighbor owns a restaurant, she's gonna hook me up.
Queology
Well-known member
2 to 3 bundles per box depending on the quality of the parsley. Publix has the best quality locally.
cpw
Babbling Farker
I've noticed that Publix has the best around here as well.
big matt
is one Smokin' Farker
What I've done is made friends with the produce manager at our local store and he's even came out to a close comp and we gave him food..he orders an extra case for me to dig through..sometimes it's hit or miss on quality but we can always get a few good ones at least.seems to me at this time of year parsley usually gets pretty good..this last weekend I built one box and part of another with one bunch(broccoli head size)that's the best end of the spectrum..other times I've had to use up to about 5 bunches when it was really crappy.
tnjimbob
Full Fledged Farker
I have found good parsley at Whole Paycheck (a.k.a. Whole Foods), but it costs quite a bit more than RD or a regular grocery store. However, they usually have large bunches, so I can get by with buying 4-6 of them and that is usually enough to make boxes. I think I paid $1.69 per bunch last time I bought parsley there.
K-Train
is Blowin Smoke!
Better to have too much instead of too little.
ckelly
Full Fledged Farker
Generally running 2-3 bundles per box. Not all will get used but this gives you sufficient quantity to pick out nice tight leaves to be used.
ckelly
Full Fledged Farker
ViciousGame
Knows what a fatty is.
One well known competitor told me he uses 3 bunches of parsley & one head of romaine to build all four boxes. Now, I'm sure he uses 3 large bunches; however, that's cutting it too close for me. I used 8 bunches & 2 head last comp we did and we even used some for a 5th category at that comp. That amount seemed to work for us.
cpw
Babbling Farker
Ya, I don't think I'll be going in there with 3 bunches of parsley. I'd end up without garnish in 3 of the boxes!
ViciousGame
Knows what a fatty is.
Butt Rubb'n BBQ
Take a breath!
Last contest I went to I bought 3 lbs and had enough left over to sod my yard.
