One of my favorite fundraisers to support as it also helps refill my freezer is a big money maker for our local HMCCA Hmong Community & Cultural Agency. Although not a 'traditional' Hmong food, they know their larger community's love for egg rolls. The first day of the two-day fall 'egg roll' sales surpassed $7,000. That's a lot of egg rolls to make and sell which takes a whole lot of the Hmong community and friend helpers. And yes, they can be frozen.BTW spring rolls would be truly traditional.
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| Someone's got to fill all the sauce containers |
I got a quick out look into the assembly lines. The unexpected station was the pre separating of the wrappers which makes a lot of sense. If you are an assembler, it'd be extra helpful to be able to grab an individual wrapper.
The Center has been tweaking this fundraiser endeavor for a while. A change has been made as to the purchase number and prices of the pork/veggie egg rolls in groups of 3, 6/ dozen with prices $5, $10, $15 respectively. Extra sauce is also available in small/ larger 6 oz containers @$2. Written instructions for reheating/freezing have been printed which is a great addition as I personally always forget in-between serving them.* see below
Anyhow, our purchase went straight into an insulated bag for grocery shopping I keep in the car. Boy, did it smell good riding home! Although those egg rolls were still warm for lunch, they did get a little toaster oven time. Two each was plenty and the remainder got vacuum sealed for another day. These will just have to hold us until another sale-
Until then... we, in the community appreciate all the work of our Hmong neighbors to bring us yummy fresh egg rolls!
* Reheating instructions:
Preheat oven to 375.
Place eggrolls on cookie sheet.
Cook15-20 minutes.
or
microwave for 2 minutes on high (one minute per side)
Their egg rolls are the best! I always looked forward to that event. They also set up at the Logan Craft Fair but you have to get them early as they tend to sell out.
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