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Downtown Grocery News 1/28/2007
Hello Downtown Grocery Shopper,
We hope you've been well since our last newsletter on January 11th. New food selections have arrived and more new items will arrive in a week or two. New arrivals include:
1. FLAVORED CREAM CHEESES: This week we're introducing flavored cream cheeses prepared in our kitchen:
- Sundried Tomato Cream Cheese and
- Roasted Red Pepper Cream Cheese.
2. SALADS, DIPS AND SPREADS: Single-serving tubs of salads and dips (or grab three tubs to serve as a nice side dish for a dinner party) have been popular. Behind cooler door #1 you'll find a variety of selections thoughtfully prepared in our kitchen, such as:
- Szechwan Salad
- Wild Rice with Walnuts and Oranges
- Chick Pea and Three Herb Salad
- Roasted Corn and Black Bean Salad
- Tabbouleh (or Taboule) Salad
- Roasted Red Pepper Hummus
- Sundried Tomato Hummus
- Pesto Hummus
- And just Plain Hummus --- perfect for those wishing to create their own flavored dip.
3. HUMMUS: What is hummus? It's a dip made from chickpeas (garbanzo beans) and tahini (sesame seeds). Hummus is popular in various local forms throughout the Middle Eastern world. While it is commonly thought of as Greek, hummus is an Arabian (Middle Eastern) dish and not Greek at all. It is said that its origins trace back to the Sultan Saladin, a veteran of the Crusades, who enjoyed cooking as a pastime. His experiments with hummus purportedly resulted in the creation of the Sultan's Forty Spice variety, which spawned many imitations and has been a Middle Eastern favorite for centuries [Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hummus].
4. LOCAL SALAD GREENS: Take home Local Organic Mixed Salad Greens, cut fresh weekly, from the greenhouse at Moonshadow Farm.
5. NEW CHEESES: Many new cheeses have arrived:
- Bass Lake Tomato Pesto Chevre
- Dutch Garden Smoked Goudam
- Eichten's Hidden Acres Smoked Gouda
- Eichten's Hidden Acres Chipotle Pepper Gouda
- Five Star Dips Spinach Artichoke Dip made with Cream Cheese
- May-bud Gouda
- Ostenborg Havarti with Dill
- President Brie.
6. THE REST OF OUR CHEESES: Cheese has been popular in Downtown Wausau since our store opened in July. Our complete list of cheeses, all made in Wisconsin, include:
- Bletsoe's Baby Swiss
- Bletsoe's Bacon Cheese
- Bletsoe's Cheddar (mild, medium, sharp, six-year)
- Bletsoe's Colby
- Bletsoe's German Brick or Mild Brick
- Bletsoe's Marble (Monterey Jack & Cheddar)
- Bletsoe's Monterey Jack Cheese with Pepper
- Bletsoe's Monterey Jack Cheese with Vegetables
- Bletsoe's Salami Cheese
- Bletsoe's String Low-Moisture Part Skim Mozzarella
- Cedar Grove Organic Colby Cheese
- Country Castle Limburger Cheese
- Crave Brothers Fresh Mozzarella Ball
- Crave Brothers Mascarpone*
- Delikatos Feta Cheese
- Grass Point Farms Crumbled Bleu
- Grass Point Farms Pepper Jack
- Grass Point Farms Sharp Cheddar
- Montchevre Fresh Goat Cheese
- Mt Sterling Goat Milk Fresh Jack Style with Garlic
- Mt Sterling Goat Milk Aged Cheddar Cheese
- Mt Sterling Goat Milk Country Jack with Jalapeno Peppers
- Organic Valley Cream Cheese
- Organic Valley Mild Cheddar (block or shredded)
- Organic Valley Monterey Jack (block)
- Organic Valley Mozzarella (shredded)
- Organic Valley Parmesan (shredded)
- Organic Valley Stringles (string cheese -- a kid's favorite)
- Sartori Ceasar Blend (shredded --- great for pizzas)
- Sartori Reserve Bellavitano (tasty, flavorful yet mild)
- Wisantigo Asiago (wedge or sliced)
- Wisantigo Stravecchio Parmesan (wedge or shredded)
- * Note: our kitchen prepared a wonderfully-tasty dessert three Saturdays ago --- baked apples with butter and sugar then topped with Mascarpone Cheese, wow!
7. NEW BEERS ARRIVED: Several new beers arrived. Our complete selection includes:
- Blu Creek Altbeir
- Blu Creek Wild Blueberry Ale
- Bud Light
- Goose Island Oatmeal Stout
- Lakefront Fuel Cafe Coffee Flavored Stout
- Lakefront Organic ESB (Extra Special Bitter)
- New Glarus Spotted Cow
- Oscar's Chocolate Oatmeal Stout
- Red Bridge Beer made from Sorghum (without wheat or barley)
- Samuel Smith The Famous Taddy Porter
- Samuel Smith Nut Brown Ale
- Samuel Smith Oatmeal Stout
- Samuel Smith Organically Produced Ale
- Samuel Smith Organically Produced Lager
- Samuel Smith Pale Ale
- Sprecher Abbey Triple Belgian-Style Ale (triple yeast), Liter
- Sprecher Black Bavarian
- Sprecher Generation Porter with Cocoa & Raspberry, Liter
- Sprecher Pipers Scotch-Style Ale, Liter
- Sprecher Russian Imperial Stout (rich, thick stout), Liter
- Sprecher Scotch-Style Ale aged in Oak Bourbon Barrels, Liter
- Sprecher Seasonal Oktoberfest
- Sprecher Seasonal Winterbrew
- Stone Mill Organic Ale
- Wild Hop Organic Lager
- Winter Bourbon Cask Ale aged on Oak Bourbon Barrels and Vanilla Beans.
8. NEW BREAKFAST TREAT: We've a new breakfast combo --- grab a traditional bowl of oatmeal topped with our home-made Super-Chunky (and warm) Applesauce. Or eat the applesauce just by itself, a nice-comforting breakfast treat!
9. SEATING: Enjoy your applesauce at the table next to the huge storefront window (ok, it's sometimes a little cold) or at the back of the store with a view into our kitchen (and the cook busy preparing grab-and-go lunches, salads, or maybe even an Apple Dutch Kuchan!)
10. CASE-TO-GO: Our case-to-go program has been popular! Pre-order a case of your favorite product (it can be a product we already carry or any product that we can find for you) and it will arrive for your pick-up in a week or two. Plus receive a discount on the purchase price!
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BLAINE MADE THE PAPER AGAIN: Blaine Tornow, certified organic farmer at MoonShadow Farm and co-owner of Downtown Grocery, is in the January 12th Appleton Post-Crescent:
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Eat well! See you soon!
The Team at Downtown Grocery.com
--- An old-fashioned neighborhood grocery store
.....featuring local & organic items and a self-serve deli!
Open Daily --- M-Sa 8-8 . Su 11-5
Store (715) 848-9800 . Blaine 675-6588 . Kevin 432-6952
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