New Items!

written by

Sandra Ressler

posted on

April 9, 2025

I'm so excited to announce two new items on our menu today!

First...

Our poultry butcher shop now has a commercial kitchen, and they've offered to make bone broth for us.  Many of you are already aware of the health and nutrition benefits of bone broth. We always have lots of chicken backs from de-boning all those birds for boneless breasts, ground chicken and such, so we decided to give it a try for those of you who like the convenience of having prepared broth.  Our chicken backs/necks are still available for those of you who like to make your own.

The chicken bones (along with some chicken feet thrown in for extra collagen!) are combined with onions, carrots, celery, and some seasonings, then simmered for about 24 hours for a rich, flavorful, and nutritious broth.  The broth is then strained, packaged, and frozen...ready for you to thaw and use.  It comes in 18 oz. packages.

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Second...

Every time we make sausage gravy to sample and hand out recipes at the market, we have people wanting to buy the gravy!  I have to say, "sorry, I'm not equipped to make it for sale, but here's the sausage and the easy recipe and you can make your own.  We always seem to have people who are disappointed that they can't buy the gravy.  So we've been trying for a couple years to find a way to get it made.

So we had a conversation with this butcher shop, and they agreed to try making it for us, and here we are with another new item!  It's made with our sausage, gluten-free flour, and milk.  All you have to do is heat and serve.  It's a pretty thick gravy, so you can add some milk or water to thin it down if you'd like.  It comes in 12 oz or 28 oz containers.

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We hope to offer samples of both of these items at the market some day soon.  Who knows...with access to a commercial kitchen - maybe this is the beginning of a line-up of prepared items!  Let me know if you have any suggestions!!

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