Vol. 2 Issue 17                                                                november 17, 2020

It’s Gobble Gobble Season!

We are mere days away from every Americans’ favorite feast day, Thanksgiving. While turkey is often the star on the dinner table, there are plenty of other meat and seafood options if poultry is not your thing. Apples are undoubtedly one of the nation’s favorite fruits and there are new varieties emerging every year. Check out this new apple hybrid called Lucy Rose that is red inside and out. Plan on taking it easy on Thanksgiving? Let us do the cooking for you. We are offering fully prepped holiday dinners for your convenience. Continue reading to find out more.

Governor Kate Brown ordered a statewide freeze due to the nationwide increase in COVID-19 cases. Click here to check our Covid-19 page for updates around the store.

We are closed on Thanksgiving so our staff can enjoy the holiday with their family and loved ones. We reopen on Friday, November 27 at 6 a.m. All of us at Sheridan wish you and your family a Happy Thanksgiving! Stay safe, stay healthy! 

Let’s Talk Turkey…
and Other Meats

Turkeys are the meat of choice on Thanksgiving but why limit yourself? At Sheridan, we believe Thanksgiving should be a real feast featuring any of your favorite meats or even seafood. But first, there’s of course turkey.
 
At Sheridan you won’t find turkeys treated with artificial ingredients or covered with flavored hydrogenated fats. Norbest Natural Turkeys are a great value bird raised in the Northwest. They are all-natural, not treated with hormones or antibiotics and contain no added ingredients. They are also humanely raised.
 
The rest of our turkeys are from Mary’s Turkeys, which are all raised free-range in Northern California. Our meat department offers three varieties—free-range, organic free-range, and smoked turkey. Mary’s turkeys are slow grown and raised on foraged feed and 100% vegetarian grains. The final Mary’s Turkey option we have is their smoked turkey, a bird that has been brined in a honeyed bath and then slowly smoked for eight hours. All you need to do is reheat and serve. Turkeys will be available starting November 16, 2020.
 
Before turkey became the de rigueur holiday bird, early Americans ate duck and geese during holidays. These birds were readily available and native to the area. The duck we sell at Sheridan is Mary’s Free-Range Duck. In the 1800s, American immigrants from Europe brought with them recipes for roast goose and dumplings made from the highly prized fat drippings. Goose remains a highly sought after meat at Sheridan during the holidays. Our geese are sourced from Mary’s and are raised free range and natural, without hormones or antibiotics.
 
If one bird does not satisfy your carnivorous appetite, we highly recommend trying our turducken. It is a deboned chicken inside a deboned duck inside a deboned turkey with two layers of two types of stuffing to add to the decadence. This Franken-bird is a sight to behold and is an instant crowd pleaser at any Thanksgiving table.   
 
People often associate lamb as an Easter dish but many countries around the world celebrate feast days with roast lamb, particularly in the Middle East and India where pork or beef is forbidden. At Sheridan, we only sell lamb raised by Anderson Ranches based in Brownsville, Oregon. Their lamb is grass fed and all natural, containing no added hormones and antibiotics.
 
We will also have a variety of hams from Hempler’s, Snake River Farms, and Carlton Farms and a selection of pork roasts including our house made Porketta and stuffed pork chops. Let’s not forget beef, the other holiday meat often overlooked at Thanksgiving. From a simple beef roast to USDA Prime ribs, the beef we carry come from Painted Hills and are all-natural and not treated with antibiotics or hormones.
 
Visit www.sheridanfruit.com/winter-meats.html for a full list of our winter meats selection. To ensure we have your meat of choice on hand, we do recommend contacting our Meat Department at 503-236-2114 and placing an order.
 
In a pescatarian kind of mood? Our meat department is well stocked with salmon, Columbia River steelhead, scallops, shrimp, oysters, and more. Call us and ask about our daily seafood offerings. Happy feasting!

Rosy Inside and Out

Released commercially in limited quantities in 2018, LucyTM Rose apples were an immediate hit. A natural cross between the perennial favorite Honeycrisp and a one-of-a-kind Oregon apple called Airlie Red Flesh (known as Mountain Rose at Sheridan), the flavor and texture of this apple is truly unique.
 
However, the one outstanding feature of this apple is the color. The exterior of this apple is bright red and so is the flesh (the color gradation can range from a pale, rosy pink to red and sometimes magenta). The texture is firm, coarse-grained, and crisp and the flavor is a nice balance of sweet and tart which are influences of one of its parents, the Honeycrisp. The other parent, the Airlie Red Flesh (Mtn. Rose), provides the rosy hue of the flesh and subtle berry flavors.
 
Lucy Rose apples are versatile and can be eaten fresh or cooked in savory or sweet applications. The red flesh retains its color even after cooking and is perfect for making tarts and galettes.  They were developed by apple grower Bill Howell in central Washington. He planted the first Honeycrisp apples in the 1990s, and eventually crossed those with some Airlie Red Flesh apples he had planted. Today, Lucy Rose apples are exclusively grown growers by Chelan Fresh and Semilt Growers in Washington State.
 
There are a limited amount of Lucy Rose apples available this year. Stop by and buy some before they are all gone.

Take It Easy,
Let Sheridan Do
​the Cooking!

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 your family get-togethers.
 
Our holiday dinner menu features a variety of meat selections including turkey, ham and porketta. We offer delicious, ready-to-eat meals that include an entrée meat; six different sides; a relish tray; and your choice of pie as well as reheating instructions. Go to www.sheridanfruit.com/holiday-dinner-menu.html and check out the full menu.
 
To place your order, call us at (503) 236-2114 between 6 a.m. and 7 p.m. Monday through Saturday or 6 a.m. and 6 p.m. on Sunday. For pickup on Wednesday, November 25, 2020 (we are closed on Thanksgiving Day), orders must be placed by 1 p.m. Saturday, November 21, 2020.
 
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. Visit: www.sheridanfruit.com/catering-menu.html to see the full catering menu.
 
Our kitchen can also cater any other events you might have for the holidays. We do need 48 hour notice for most catering orders. Please see Catering Menu for complete details.
​Eat, drink, and be merry!
Happy Thanksgiving!

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