Vol. 1 Issue 5                                                                     September 12, 2019

Fall In Love with Autumn Flavors

It looks like fall has arrived in Portland early this year. However, the colder and wetter weather is perfect for enjoying all the flavors the season offers. In this issue we’re highlighting an early season apple that is pretty to look at and delicious to eat called Tokyo Rose. Need something comforting and meaty to get through those dreary autumn days? Try our Apple Cranberry Walnut Stuffed Pork Chops. Finally, add some heat to those chilly, rainy days with some delicious craft made hot sauces.

A Tokyo Rose with English and American Roots

Meet Tokyo Rose, an early season sweet-tart and fragrant Japanese apple with English and American parents.  Also known as Akane, this medium-sized apple has a greenish yellow skin mottled with bright red resulting in an attractive and captivating looking apple. A cross between the American Jonathan apple and the English Worcester Pearmain, Tokyo Rose was developed at the Morioka Experimental Station in Japan and was introduced to the U.S. in 1937.

Tokyo Rose apples are one of the best tasting early season apples available. Its flesh is juicy and white with a crisp bite and a good balance of sweet and sharp flavors with hints of strawberry and raspberry at the end. At room temperature, Tokyo Rose apples exude an intoxicating floral, almost rose-like aroma. This delicious apple is great for fresh eating but can also be dried or cooked. Because the flesh does not brown easily, it is ideal for use as slices in lunch bags, cheese boards, fresh salads or fruit platters.  

To ensure you get the best quality and freshest fruit, we source our Tokyo Rose apples from Kiyokawa Family Orchards in Parkdale, Oregon. After the fruits are harvested, they are not treated with fungicides or waxed to increase shelf life. As with all produce, we do recommend washing before eating.

These delectable apples are available for a few short weeks at the end of August through September so come on in while we have them in stock. If you can’t make it in to the store, we also offer home delivery via Instacart.com to select zip codes in the Portland metro area. 

Get a Hug from the Inside Out

When fall comes around and the weather turns grey and chilly, our bodies yearn for heartier meals. If it is comfort food you’re craving, nothing beats our house made Apple Cranberry Walnut stuffed pork chops. 

Our meat department hand cut thick slices of Carlton Farms bone-in pork chops and stuffs them with a delicious house recipe dressing made from bread, apples, cranberries, walnuts and salt and pepper. They then sprinkle the chops with parsley and smoked paprika and presto, they are ready for cooking.

Cooking these are real easy—preheat your oven to 350 F and heat some vegetable or olive oil in a pan.  Sprinkle the exposed sides of the chops with kosher salt to taste and brown both sides in the heated pan. Bake the chops in the pre-heated oven. Cooking time and temperature varies depending on preference of doneness, anywhere from 30-45 minutes. If you like juicy, pink and tender pork chops (medium-medium rare), bake until an instant thermometer inserted in the thickest part of the chop reads 145 F; for medium-medium well, bake to 150 F; and for well done, bake to 155 F. Let the chops rest for 3-5 minutes before serving. The USDA has indicated cooking and consuming pork cooked to 145 F is safe after proper resting so no matter how good it looks after the initial cook, don’t eat it right out of the oven!

For an even more indulgent autumnal meal, we recommend serving these with buttery mashed yams with fall spices and Brussel sprouts sautéed with onions and bacon. Buon apettito!  

Spice Up Your Autumn

Nothing warms you up better on a chilly fall day than some good ol’ spicy hot sauce. In this issue, we’d like to introduce you to Tia Lupita’s delicious hot sauces—artisanal sauces made in small batches in the Bay Area, California. A dash here and a splash there will make you forget Portland’s trademark fall cold and rainy outdoors and make you think you’re on the beach in Mexico!

There are three flavors of Tia Lupita hot sauces—original hot sauce, salsa versa and chipotle. All three are handcrafted with produce sourced from local growers in the Bay Area in California using Tia Lupita’s (Aunt Lupita) generations-old family recipe. These sauces balance the deep, rich flavors of ripe peppers with toasted spices and the brightness of distilled vinegar to produce a wonderfully complex, well-rounded sauce. 

Tia Lupita’s hot sauces are made with very simple ingredients. Every sauce only has seven (count them, 7!) ingredients. Only all natural, non-GMO and gluten-free ingredients are used when crafting these sauces. There is no added sugar, no preservatives, no fillers, no food colorings and no fake foods. The peppers used in these sauces are also grown specifically for Tia Lupita by local area farmers.

You can use all three sauces on sandwiches, soups, tacos—anywhere you want a kick of flavor. The original hot sauce is good on almost everything. The tangy bright acidity of the tomatillos in the salsa verde makes it especially well suited on eggs and seafood. Lastly, the smoky spiciness of chipotle makes it a perfect pairing with heartier meats such as beef and lamb. Or you could simply open up a bag of tortilla chips and call it good for all three sauces.

Eight ounce bottles of Tia Lupita hot sauces are on sale at Sheridan for $4.95 each through October 1, 2019. Also available for home delivery via Instacart.com.

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