Welcome back to 5 Things™! We have so much to tell you about.
Everyone is sick, injured, or on vacation.
Business slows down in the post-holiday winter season. This makes it an excellent time for our staff to plan vacations, and most who do have no trouble getting that time-off approved.
But what happens during all those overlapping vacations when the remaining folks start dropping due to midwinter illness and injuries?
This is the photo I use when I'm not sure what kind of photo I should use.
Apparently, we handle it just fine. The 3rd-floor office-dwellers swoop in to run deliveries. The delivery and deli staff chip in to make sure prep is complete on time. The sandwich makers flip that switch that turns them from sandwich-making humans into sandwich-making machines.
This is a public shoutout to our staff, who rock even in the most barebones arrangements!
Turkey jerky is now available.
We're at the height of our experimentation phase, and I'm loving it. The latest in our line of jerky is made with Ferndale Farms turkey, seasoned with Tamari soy sauce, maple syrup, and Sambal Oelek. It's simple in execution, but has great complexity in its flavor.
It's just a little bit sweet at first, with a growing heat that gently lights up your whole mouth, and while that is setting, the smoky flavor and the inimitable taste of turkey set in—it's a comparable experience to the pleasure of eating the Cedar's Secret sandwich. It's just tough enough to trigger your carnivorous tearing and gnawing instincts, but easily chewed.
But as much as I have to say about it, you're just going to have to find out for yourself.
The smoked Ferndale Farms turkey jerky is available for $16/half-pound in our deli. Why price it by the half-pound? Because a half-pound goes a long way!
Smoked salmon jerky is a success!
People are loving our sockeye jerky. Even during this slower time of the year, the batches we make are selling out at a steady pace, and we've received glowing reviews from the folks who have sampled and/or purchased it. Do yourself a favor and—at the very least—ask us for a sample next time you're in. We're steadily upgrading our jerky production equipment as we go, so it now comes in larger, more even strips, but here's some eye candy of the early sockeye jerky.
Our sockeye jerky is seasoned with fresh ginger, fresh garlic, lemon juice, Tamari soy sauce, Sambal Oelek chili paste and Shio Koji. Yum.
Smoked sockeye jerky is available in our deli for $20/half pound.
NWS smoked fish coming to Coastal Seafoods!
Twin Cities and Metro Area folks, this news is directed right at you: Coastal Seafoods, in Minneapolis and St. Paul, will be carrying a selection of our Smoked Atlantic Salmon—Traditional, Dill, Black Pepper & Coriander, and All-Season Fillets!
Our excitement over this is two-fold: First, we're happy to extend our influence to the Twin Cities, and second, we're really into what Coastal Seafoods is doing.
There's probably a few more folds and facets to our excitement—including the Minneapolis location's proximity to United Noodles, another of our favorite food markets—but let's not go overboard.
If you're reading this blog on the day it was published, definitely call either location to check on availability, but it should be in stock as of this weekend.
Lola, the hibiscus, is thriving!
Lola—who was only recently named—joined the cast of DeWitt-Seitz marketplace characters in Summer 2018, flowering beautifully on our patio seating area. After that, however, all bets were off: Duluth's climate is not ideal for hibiscus, hardy as they are.
We all rooted for Lola as she continued to struggle through the following year-and-some-change, but it wasn't until Flo began rigorous, regimented care of our dear hibiscus—naming her in the process—that she truly began to thrive.
Now Lola is spritzed with water three times a week, and has a prime sunlight location in our office, which will only improve in our new office.
Happy Valentine's Day! We love you forever!
Our signature Smoked Atlantic Salmon is a perfect marriage of salt, sugar, and smoke. It’s hard to beat this old standby. We use only the highest quality boneless Atlantic salmon. We hand-trim, brine, then smoke each fillet with our special wood blend, then package it without the use of artificial colors or preservatives. To read more about our Atlantic salmon, hop on over to our blog. This mouth-watering salmon is also used in our Northern Bagel Sandwich Kits. A sandwich on our deli menu since 2001.
1 piece, about 1/2 pound