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It’s Turkey Time!

October 5, 2011 · Filed under Holiday, Meat · Tagged , ,

Green Aisle is now taking pre-orders for Thanksgiving turkeys!

It seems a little early to be thinking about Thanksgiving, but pre-ordering a turkey can take a load of your mind. It gives you more time to plan fun side dishes, like stuffing. And stuffing. And some more stuffing…

Stuuuuufffffiiiiinnnnggggg

Green Aisle is bringing you birds raised by farmer Barb Shelley from Mountain View Poultry in Walnutport, PA. The turkeys are sustainably and humanly raised, meaning no hormones or antibiotics and the birds are free to graze as they like. They’re the same birds as last year so if you’ve had one before you remember how succulent and fresh they were.

Barb!

When ordering, you have three turkey sizes to choose from: 15-20 pounds, 20-25 pounds, 25-30 pounds. Each turkey is $5.99 per pound and your order requires a 50% deposit based on the highest weight in your chosen range. When you come to pick up your turkey, you simply pay off the balance.

Tuuuuuuuurrrrkeeeeyyyyy

There are two pick-up dater options: the Sunday before Thanksgiving (11/20) or the Wednesday before Thanksgiving (11/23). Make sure you pick the day that works best for you.

Turkey pick-ups can be stressful. Fun story – I was actually yelled at by a cop while picking up my mom’s Thanksgiving turkey. So order from Green Aisle, where Adam, Andrew, Mica, or I will be more than happy to help you. We want your turkey getting experience to be as pleasant and easy as possible.

This is actually what it looks like at Whole Foods when you pick up a turkey.

And delicious. Did I mention delicious?

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Sausage Party with Le Virtu

January 21, 2011 · Filed under Green Aisle Exclusives, Italian, Local Restaurants, Meat

Last week, we began a voracious pillage of Le Virtu‘s salumi room, World Headquarters of Massimo Conocchioli, the Master Butcher turning Country Time pork and other local meats into the best salumi we’ve had outside Italy. Massimo came to Philly from Colonnella in Abruzzo’s Teramo province, where the regional specialty is ventracina, a coarse, spreadable pork sausage veined with chili and orange zest. We’ve got it in stock, plus much more from Massimo and Le Virtu chef Joe Cicala, whose blood-red ragu del macellaio (“butcher’s ragu” with pork rib) is what Virtu co-owner Cathy Lee calls “the grandfather of Sunday gravy.” Full list after the jump.

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This Just In: Talula’s Table

November 9, 2010 · Filed under Local, Local Restaurants, Meat, Seafood

 

Photo: Gil Ortale

 

Just last week we started carrying some goods from Kennett Square grocery and cafe, Talula’s Table. Owner Aimee Olexy is the answer to the lush, locally smoked salmon we’ve been searching for. (That’s it in the shot above, courtesy of canele man and Olexy’s Headhouse neighbor, Gil Ortale.) We’ve got them in third-pound packs for $15, and are also testing Talula’s fully cooked fiery chorizo ($12) and curried lamb sausages ($15).

 

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Thanksgiving Turkey Pre-Orders

October 25, 2010 · Filed under Green Aisle Exclusives, Local, Meat · Tagged

 

Barb Shelley

 

You eat local and organic in your everyday life. Why should a holiday be any different? But finding sustainably and humanely raised turkeys is not as simple as finding, say, a sustainably grown apple. At Green Aisle, we’re making it easy on you this year by sourcing beautiful birds from Mountain View Poultry in Walnutport, PA. That’s the farmer, Barb Shelley, above, at her stand at Headhouse Square. We currently carry Barb’s amazing chicken and turkey sausages and wanted to keep our Thanksgiving turkey pre-orders in the Green Aisle family, so to speak. Here are the deets: Barb’s turkeys are available from 15 to 30 pounds, for $4.99 per pound. (For transparency’s sake, Green Aisle’s cost is $3.99 per pound, so we’re only marking these blue-ribbons up a buck.) They’ll arrive at Green Aisle on Wednesday, the day before Thanksgiving, at noon and must be picked up before we close at 8 pm. Stop by the store to place your order; we’ll take down all your info and a 50% deposit (remember we’re cash only) and you can relax knowing that your turkey is taken care of. No supermarket hassle. No last-minute scramble. No mystery about who raised your turkey and how. Do try to let us know if you’re interested ASAP, as we’ve only reserved a few dozen birds with Barb. In the case, the early bird definitely get the, um, bird.

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Meat, No Mystery

May 20, 2010 · Filed under Meat, Uncategorized · Tagged

gobble, gobble

From the day we opened back in November, you’ve been asking us about meat. As of last week, when our spiffy new freezer arrived, it’s finally here! Always local, always pastured and free-grazing. Never jacked with hormones a la Floyd Landis. There’s no mystery behind the meat at Green Aisle. We’ll tell you where it came from, who raised it, even the animal’s name–though that could get a little awkward. Right now the Meat Locker is stocked with sliced and slab (!) bacon and scrapple from Cafe Estelle, Weaver Valley ground beef, those gorgeous Griggstown turkey burgers and more! See the full meat offerings after the jump, or stop by and see for yourself. Read the rest of this entry »

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Bacon Porn

February 13, 2010 · Filed under Breakfast, Green Aisle Exclusives, Local Restaurants, Meat · Tagged

Photo: Tastebuds and Tidbits

Blogger Julia of Tastebuds and Tidbits bought some Cafe Estelle bacon today and made this wicked-looking BLT. [Drool.] Currently, three packs left in stock. Come and get it.

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Bringing Home the Bacon

February 12, 2010 · Filed under Breakfast, Green Aisle Exclusives, Local Restaurants, Meat

Meat has finally made its way to Green Aisle, courtesy of Marshall Green, chef/owner of sunny bruncher Cafe Estelle. For his bangin’ bacon, now available at our store, Green treats whole Berskhire pork bellies to weeklong cures in salt, pepper, raw sugar, allspice and maple syrup, then mesquite-smokes them tailgate-style in the Cafe’s parking lot before slicing (never too thick or too thin). Pick up a pack up today for the weekend. Your eggs deserve it. / $6 per half-pound

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