Our marketing team has big plans for this new year and new decade, and among them is a goal to spotlight each of our various products on the blog. We hope you'll enjoy deeper insights into our products—what makes them special and how best to enjoy them.
This week, we'll direct you toward some of those product features we already have in circulation, beginning with the most recent.
Snack Sticks
From Bison Buddies to Smoked Salmon Buddies, the people love our snack sticks. At full stock, we're pushing four varieties of these ideal grab-and-go snacks, but we've got plans to grow that list.
Eventually, the creative bug will hit Eric and the production team, and we'll have new snack sticks joining the team, but until then, the above post has everything you need to know (and perhaps some question-fodder for things you want to know) about our sticks.
Natural Wines
The wine list in this blog is a bit out-of-date, given the new-ness of adult beverages in our deli (just barely over half a year), but in the above feature, you'll find pertinent information about how and why we select our wine offerings. Natural wine is the key—organically and/or biodynamically produced wines with no added sulfites.
If last year is any indicator, you can expect a new line of seasonally-influenced wine choices every few months.
The Fish Basket
The fish basket isn't all that complicated: your choice of Smokehaus fish in a basket with crackers and cream cheese.
It's a winning combination, and one of the quickest items prepared by our deli staff—usually your fish basket is ready to serve by the time you're finished paying for it. However, there are some clever workarounds and customization options that can help you get the fish basket (or smoked lake trout sandwich) of your dreams. Read the above feature to find out more.
Patricia's Bakery
Patricia, once hired, quickly ascended into the role of baker-extraordinaire. Her sandwich-line skills are admirable (anyone who has enjoyed our Spring Roll sandwich has Patricia to thank), but once she began bringing in cookies, pastries and quick-breads, it was determined that her talents were misplaced.
We thought we had it good when longtime Smokehauser Jerry began making select batches of bread*—now all of the rye, white bread and ciabattas—but with Patricia joining the baking team, we're now in the awesome position of having artisanal bread baked in-Haus, as well as amazing cookies, pasties, pizzas, scones, and much more available to us every day.
Check out the bakery blog, but really, just check out our selection of baked goods next time you're in the deli, and ask anyone who's working if you want to know more about any of the options: we have opinions, we have favorites, we will talk your ears off about which cookie to choose for any occasion.
*Jerry, I know you don't read this blog, but I miss your rosemary potato rolls and cheddar-chive-chorizo biscuits.
The Adisalad
The Adisalad has been on the menu for just over a year. This ultra-flavorful vegan or pescatarian salad ('kraut or kimchi, respectively) is the brainchild of Adison—dishwasher, baker, intellectual—who sought a healthier way to refuel at work, without sacrificing flavor. He brought it to Sandwich Lab, and it was so universally commended that we added it to the menu full-time.
We love carbs and fat—they're our bread and butter—but they're not always an option. With fresh greens, cabbage, our Haus pickled vegetable medley (daikon radish, carrot, garlic, onion, jalapeño, and more, with an exciting blend of spices), fresh cucumber slices, chopped Marcona almonds, and your choice of kimchi or sauerkraut, the Adisalad packs a punch of flavor and eating it feels like you're doing your body a favor.
The Next Feature
Next Tuesday (1/21), we'll have a lot to say in a feature of our newest deli case offering—smoked jerky! This week we snuck two awesome flavors of bison jerky into our meat case, and next week we'll be adding sockeye salmon jerky to the mix. And that's just the beginning.
Next 5 Things™, well, we'll see—Patricia's been up to a bunch of kitchen mischief with puff pastry dough and Country Pâté, we have impending remodeling of our office and storage spaces, we've got a tough-to-find(-in-Minnesota) cheese in our grab-and-go case, and our deli hours will be changing temporarily in February—that blog could go anywhere.
Until then, we love you forever.
