Class Field Trip to Boise CO-OP

On March 18 (Fri), our cooking class had a field trip to visit Boise CO-OP.

Boise CO-OP has been around since 1973 and it is a community-owned food marketplace that supplies high-quality, natural and organic food products. In short, a place where you can find healthy stuff. As I was fascinated by a lot of different departments' presentations and was focusing on all the delicious food tasting, I didn't take a lot of pictures.

I really loved the sunflower spouts. It is surprisingly fresh and delicious. 

(I did feel like a bunny for munching on that many spouts)

Besides the delicious food tasting, 

people who work at the CO-OP explained to us about their missions, 

philosophy and goals.

In addition, what they do at each different areas in the CO-OP and 

how they handle the food. 

They don't just serve food to customers, 

they serve the best and healthy food to customers. 

Also, since this is a community owned marketplace, 

they are always willing to take in feedback and listen to demands or suggestions.  

We were showed how they made one of the best selling sausages: Chorizo

A lot of workers have been working there for a long long time

One guy provided his family recipe to make chorizo, 

they tried it and established the recipe since then. 

Preparing to stuff the sausage into the intestine 

Inserting the stuffing

Lastly, spin the sausage to create separations. 

The taste of the chorizo was amazing. I mean it is their best selling sausage after all. I ate like 5 or 6 cups of samples (shh...secret). No guilt because there were still a lot of left over samples. 

Anyway, we learned a lot that day after the visit. 

If you have never been to the Boise CO-OP before, you should stop by sometimes and check it out. Maybe you will like it and become a regular of this marketplace.

To learn more about Boise CO-OP:   http://www.boise.coop

My cooking instructor's blog about this visit:

http://nicolepeyrafitte.com/blog/bsu-class-friday-class-basque-home-cooking-w-argia/