Vol. 1 Issue 10                                                                    November 20, 2019

Let The Feasting Begin!

Thanksgiving is the start of winter holidays and one of the best ways to celebrate is with food. Here at Sheridan, we pride ourselves at providing you with the freshest meats and produce, and most unique and highest quality groceries from around the world. In this issue, we’ll discuss how our full kitchen can help make throwing your holiday party a breeze. We’ll also talk about Thomas Jefferson’s favorite apple and an Italian must have candy for the holidays. Read on to find out more.  

Season’s Eatings!

Humans have been celebrating holidays with food for many a millennia and Sheridan can help make holiday eating as easy as pie. We have a full-service kitchen to help you with your holiday meals and cater whatever events or parties you may have coming up this holiday season and beyond.
 
First, let’s talk turkey (or ham or porketta) with our Holiday Dinner Menu. Sheridan offers delicious, ready-to-eat meals for one to nine people. These meals include an entrée meat of either turkey, ham or porketta; six different sides; a relish tray; and your choice of pie. Go to www.sheridanfruit.com/holiday-dinner-menu.html and check out the full menu.

​For Thanksgiving, Thursday 11/28/19, orders must be placed by 2 p.m. Friday, 11/22/19.
For Christmas, the deadline for orders is 2 p.m. Thursday, 12/19/19.
To place your order, call us at (503) 236-2114 between 6 a.m. and 8 p.m. Monday through Saturday or 6 a.m. and 7 p.m. on Sunday.
 
Planning an office or house party? For a successful event with no fuss or muss, leave the cooking to us. Sheridan’s kitchen is fully equipped to cater your event, be it breakfast, lunch or dinner. We have a wide selection of freshly prepared foods including healthy yogurt parfaits, delicious vegetable and meat platters, and delectable desserts such as house made pies.

All our food is scratch made in the kitchen with ingredients available in the store, so you can be assured you’re only getting the best Portland has to offer. For a full catering menu, go to: www.sheridanfruit.com/catering-menu.html
 
Our kitchen can also cater any other events you might have throughout the year such as weddings, birthdays, conferences, meetings, picnics, and much more!
​We do need 24-48 hour notice for most catering orders. Please see Catering Menu for complete details. Happy eating!

An Old Apple Is New To Town Again

You’ve probably never heard of Newtown Pippin apples but we’re pretty sure you’ve had cider made from it as Martinelli’s uses these apples to make their sparkling cider and apple juice.

​Newtown Pippin (also known as Albemarle Pippin) is an heirloom apple that has been making a comeback over the last few years. It was discovered as a chance seedling on the Gershom Moore estate in the village of Newtown on Long Island, New York in the late 17th or early 18th century. Newtown Pippin apples were widely grown and praised in colonial America. Thomas Jefferson once wrote from Paris, "They have no apples here to compare with our Newtown Pippin."
 
Light green and sometimes tinged with yellow in color, it is often russeted around the stem. The flesh is yellow and crisp and its flavor is complex and somewhat tart and develops with storage. Some describe it as having a ‘piney’ aroma. It is one of the best keeping apples, but the onset of newer, cosmetically better looking apples such as the Granny Smith lessened its popularity.
 
Originally grown as a dessert apple, it is now used primarily for cider. Fans of tart apples will like eating it fresh. Cooking and baking further accentuates Newtown pippin’s complex flavors. We recommend using it in pies or other baked desserts with a mixture of other apples such as Hanner’s Jumbo and Mountain Rose.
 
Through 12/2/19, Newtown Pippins are on sale for $1.25/lb. If you can’t make it into the store, we also offer delivery via Instacart.com. See below for a coupon code good for $15 off $75 when you shop our store front on Instacart.

Getting Chewy With It

It is a popular Christmas candy with many different names depending on geography. In Spain it is called turrón. Greeks know it as mandolato or mandola. If you’re in Malta, you might come across it as qubbajd. Italians have several versions of this candy, which they call torrone, mandorlato, cupeta or even cubbaita. In Tabriz, Iran a local variation of this candy is known as luka. Britain and the South of France call it by the name we are most familiar with—nougat.
 
Sheridan Fruit Company is owned by an Italian family so come the holidays, we offer a large selection of white nougat—which Italians call torrone—for sale. Made from toasted nuts (usually almonds), sugar, honey, and egg whites, torrone is an important component in many Italian holiday meals. In Italy, vanilla or citrus flavoring is often added and it is usually sandwiched between two very thin sheets of rice paper.
 
Modern versions of torrone come in many varieties. Nowadays, it is not uncommon to find torrone made with pistachios, hazelnuts or even macadamia nuts. Flavors can range from the traditional vanilla and citrus to chocolate or even coffee. Some torrone bars are even coated in chocolate for extra decadence.
 
Authentic torrone tastes nothing like synthetic nougat found in candy bars. Torrone is soft, chewy and sweet with a denser body. A torrone with a lot of nuts is an indicator of good quality. Another sign of superior quality is being able to discern the nuances of the ingredients used such as the honey and citrus and not just sweetness from sugar or high fructose corn syrup.  
 
The exact origin of torrone is unknown. The early recipes of white nougat were probably borrowed from Central Asia. A recipe was found in a Middle Eastern book in Baghdad in the 10th century. That nougat was called nāṭif. One of these recipes indicates that the nāṭif comes from Harran, a city located between Urfa (now in southeast Turkey) and Aleppo, Syria. But no matter where it comes from, this is a delicious holiday treat so come on in to Sheridan for one of the biggest selections of torrone available in Portland. 

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