The Spotted Trotter http://thespottedtrotter.com A Boutique Charcuterie in Atlanta Tue, 18 Jun 2013 05:14:47 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5 Menu for the Week of June 17, 2013- Make the “First Taste” the “Best Taste”!! http://thespottedtrotter.com/menu/menu-for-the-week-of-june-17-2013/ http://thespottedtrotter.com/menu/menu-for-the-week-of-june-17-2013/#comments Tue, 18 Jun 2013 05:14:47 +0000 Chef Ouzts http://thespottedtrotter.com/?p=1457 As a kid I remember growing up and always feeling like I was consistently and unconsciously introduced to new flavors. Fortunately enough for me it was my two “cooking class” parents who bestowed upon me at least one quality trait of theirs, a discriminating palate, particularly one that would provide me the capability to decipher the differences between worthy flavors and not so worthy tastes. For what I like to call, “flavor rational” I can only say thank you to the cooking I was a part of  and all the wonderful and curious foods I was privy to! Although in my family it was often accompanied by a stiff Manhattan or some other fine spirit of the season, the food to me always tasted like it was the best. Good ingredients made my  first taste experiences as a kid, critical.  I do remember having Braunschweiger on Saltines with my Mom at a very early age and clearly remember, cementing that flavor profile in my mind as something unique, albeit probably processed and mass produced but unique all the same. I also remember peeling back tails of craw-fish with my Dad and recalling that there was something frighteningly delicious about that process. Fortunately enough, these were all monumental encounters for me and my (taste) buds, introductions to new foods that would keep me moving up the taste ladder as I got older, always asking whats next?  But I often think to myself…..what if they weren’t? Would I still have the palate I do, crave the foods I crave and consistently challenge my taste-buds to catch each flavor blunder no matter how big or small?

Looking back and now operating a food business, everyday is a challenge and as we move to the next step in our business, making sure that we execute on each detail,  working in the kitchen, putting together new recipes, developing new flavors and risking everything on what we taste, it’s a challenge that I  still admire most in my day to day activities. The creativity and trials of creating a proper flavor that each person will remember, is something we take ever-so seriously. I am increasingly more aware of the importance to have a great first endeavor with any new food, especially good meat. Whether you are introducing your 70 year old Grannie, or your 2 year old son to a new flavor in food, try to make it the best example of what’s available.  The way I see it, we only get a few shots at developing all of your inquisitive palates, so we are here to do you a favor, we’ll do  it right the first time. Otherwise, we could be headed down a road of constantly craving or even worse, not knowing the difference between food made the right way and everything else. We should all crave a flavor that keeps us asking for that next step in great food!  Keep pushing your tastes Atlanta, we are so proud to serve you each and everyday!

Stay Hungry Atlanta!

 

Fresh (Linked)

  • Sweet Hot Italian
  • English Breakfast
  • Bockwurst
  • Black Cherry and Pork
  • Lamb Merguez
  • Brandy Rabbit Boudin
  • Chicken Cheddarwurst

Primal Cuts / Prepared Items

  • These items are available only at the retail shop!
  • Dry-Aged Ribeyes (Brasstown and Meyer)
  • NY Strip (Brasstown)
  • Hanger Steaks (Brasstown)
  • Center Cut Pork Chops (Brasstown)
  • Quail (Manchester Farms)
  • Whole Rabbits (Rabbit Man Farms)
  • Creole Smoked Whole Chickens
  • Magret Moulard Duck Breasts (Hudson Valley)
  • Gullah Ham
  • Leaf Lard – (Perfect for making biscuits!)

Pate

  • Chicken Liver with Arkansas Black Apple & Ginger Aspic
  • Rabbit Liver with Spicy Mayhaw Aspic
  • Pork Rillettes with Herb Butter

Whole Muscle or Cured

  • Prosciutto (10 month & 12 month) – (New Retail Item!)
  • Smoked Guanciale
  • Pancetta (Calabrian Chili)
  • Pancetta w/ Three Herbs
  • Duck Prosciutto
  • Lomo
  • Bresaola
  • Coppa

Crepinettes

  • Duck with Black Cherries

Salumi

  • Spanish Chorizo
  • Pepperoni
  • Hunter Salami
  • Fegatelli Snack Sticks
  • Petit Sec Snack Sticks
  • Genoa
  • Finochionna
  • Black Pepper Sorghum  
  • Rosette de Lyon  
  • Saucisson a L’ail 
  • Salami Cotto  

Smoked

  • Hot Dogs
    • All Beef
    • Pork & Beef
  • Veal Bologna
  • Mortadella
  • Gullah Hams
  • Andouille
  • Bacon
    • “The Original” — Sorghum and Cracked Black Pepper
  • Tasso

Terrines

  • Check in the store — we’re just not sure yet!

Why Not?

  • Chicharrones
  • High Road Craft Ice Cream “Frozen Trotter” Pints
  • Femur Cut Marrow Bones
  • Duck Fat
  • Stocks, Ox Tails, and Trotters, Oh My! – (you never know what we have in stock…)

Jerky

  • Sweet Southern
  • Peppered Umami

Cheese Course

  • Stackhouse (Spinning Spider)
  • Black Mountain Bleu (Spinning Spider)
  • Montasio (Greendale Farm)
  • Big Bloomy (Caly Rd.)
  • Waypoint (Caly Rd.)
  • Broad River Blue (Nature’s Harmony)
  • Hunkadora (Prodigal Farm)
  • Cumberland (Sequatchie Cove)
  • Coppinger (Sequatchie Cove)
  • Bloomsbury (Caramont Farm)
  • Clothbound Cheddar (Cabot)

Bread

  • Assorted baguettes, pretzel bread, and hot dog buns from H&F Bakery

Accompaniments

  • TRU Bee Honey (Franklin, TN)
  • Sorghum Syrup (Hughe’s Farm)
  • Rancho Gordo Beans
    • Borlotti
    • Yellow Eye
    • Good Mother Stallard
    • Goat Eye

Gifts

  • The Spotted Trotter Artisan T-Shirts (3 styles)
  • Reusable The Spotted Trotter Grocery Bags (only $3 each!)
  • Meat Bucks (Gift Certificates!)
  • MEATPAPER Quarterly Periodical
  • Flavors Magazine
  • Assorted On-Topic Hardcover Books (miscellaneous authors)
  • Bacon-Themed Accoutrements (assorted)
]]> http://thespottedtrotter.com/menu/menu-for-the-week-of-june-17-2013/feed/ 0 Menu for the Week of June 10, 2013 — “SausageCare” Comes to TST! http://thespottedtrotter.com/menu/menu-for-the-week-of-june-10-2013-sausagecare-comes-to-tst/ http://thespottedtrotter.com/menu/menu-for-the-week-of-june-10-2013-sausagecare-comes-to-tst/#comments Tue, 11 Jun 2013 15:11:26 +0000 Chef Ouzts http://thespottedtrotter.com/?p=1448 So, we know that “Obamacare” has become a four-letter word — strangely whether you’re in favor of it or against it.  Don’t worry — this post isn’t about Obamacare, but it is about healthcare and a moment of pure personal pride at The Spotted Trotter which has become a reality in the past several weeks.  Are we rolling in profits?  No.  We barely break even most weeks.  Are we operating in constant fear that a piece of our equipment will break?  You bet.  Are we able to pay our employees what we wish we could?  Not yet.  But are we able to offer our employees healthcare?  Now the answer is YES!  Last week, TST held open enrollment at our facility to offer our 8 employees the opportunity to purchase healthcare.  As part of the program, TST will pay 50% of the employee only premium if our employees choose to enroll.  People in the service industry have gone too long, working way too hard, and living in constant fear that they might get a cold or have to go to the doctor.  Especially because Kevin is a Type I diabetic, insulin dependent since he was diagnosed at age 12, we know how important health care is and have been working towards making it available to our TST family since we opened.  That dream became a reality last week, and full-time employees working at TST as of July 1 will have health care benefits if they want them.

We have so much more work to do in this city and beyond, and we count our blessings each and every day that we have been able to open our own business in these tough times, but we know that if we are truly to be a part of creating a long-term, sustainable evolution in Atlanta — not just a blip on the radar — we must put our people before profits and take care of the family members (employees) who help us achieve our dream each and every day.  We hope this newest offering will make for a happier, healthier team that we can count on for years to come.   

Also, for those of you who didn’t get to check out pictures of our Food & Wine festivities, please go to our Facebook page where everything is posted!

Stay Hungry!

Fresh (Linked)

  • Sweet Hot Italian
  • English Breakfast
  • Black Pepper Sausage
  • Boudin Blanc
  • Black Cherry and Pork
  • Chicken Fresco
  • Lamb Merguez
  • Brandy Rabbit Boudin
  • Chicken Currywurst

Primal Cuts / Prepared Items

  • These items are available only at the retail shop!
  • Dry-Aged Ribeyes (Brasstown and Meyer)
  • NY Strip (Brasstown)
  • Hanger Steaks (Brasstown)
  • Center Cut Pork Chops (Brasstown)
  • Quail (Manchester Farms)
  • Whole Rabbits (Rabbit Man Farms)
  • Creole Smoked Whole Chickens
  • Magret Moulard Duck Breasts (Hudson Valley)
  • Gullah Ham
  • Leaf Lard – (Perfect for making biscuits!)

Pate

  • Chicken Liver with Arkansas Black Apple & Ginger Aspic
  • Rabbit Liver with Spicy Mayhaw Aspic
  • Pork Rillettes with Herb Butter

Whole Muscle or Cured

  • Prosciutto (10 month & 12 month) – (New Retail Item!)
  • Smoked Guanciale
  • Pancetta (Calabrian Chili)
  • Pancetta w/ Three Herbs
  • Duck Prosciutto
  • Lomo
  • Bresaola
  • Coppa

Crepinettes

  • Pastured Pork with Wild Mushroom

Salumi

  • Spanish Chorizo
  • Pepperoni
  • Hunter Salami
  • Fegatelli Snack Sticks
  • Petit Sec Snack Sticks
  • Genoa
  • Finochionna
  • Black Pepper Sorghum — (Triumphant Return!)
  • Rosette de Lyon  – (New Retail Item!)
  • Saucisson a L’ail — (Triumphant Return!)
  • Salami Cotto  – (New Retail Item!)

Smoked

  • Hot Dogs
    • All Beef
    • Pork & Beef
  • Veal Bologna
  • Mortadella
  • Gullah Hams
  • Andouille
  • Bacon
    • “The Original” — Sorghum and Cracked Black Pepper
  • Tasso

Terrines

  • Check in the store — we’re just not sure yet!

Why Not?

  • Chicharrones
  • High Road Craft Ice Cream “Frozen Trotter” Pints
  • Femur Cut Marrow Bones
  • Duck Fat
  • Stocks, Ox Tails, and Trotters, Oh My! – (you never know what we have in stock…)

Jerky

  • Sweet Southern
  • Peppered Umami

Cheese Course

  • Stackhouse (Spinning Spider)
  • Black Mountain Bleu (Spinning Spider)
  • Montasio (Greendale Farm)
  • Big Bloomy (Caly Rd.)
  • Waypoint (Caly Rd.)
  • Broad River Blue (Nature’s Harmony)
  • Hunkadora (Prodigal Farm)
  • Cumberland (Sequatchie Cove)
  • Coppinger (Sequatchie Cove)
  • Bloomsbury (Caramont Farm)
  • Clothbound Cheddar (Cabot)

Bread

  • Assorted baguettes, pretzel bread, and hot dog buns from H&F Bakery

Accompaniments

  • TRU Bee Honey (Franklin, TN)
  • Sorghum Syrup (Hughe’s Farm)
  • Rancho Gordo Beans
    • Borlotti
    • Yellow Eye
    • Good Mother Stallard
    • Goat Eye

Gifts

  • The Spotted Trotter Artisan T-Shirts (3 styles)
  • Reusable The Spotted Trotter Grocery Bags (only $3 each!)
  • Meat Bucks (Gift Certificates!)
  • MEATPAPER Quarterly Periodical
  • Flavors Magazine
  • Assorted On-Topic Hardcover Books (miscellaneous authors)
  • Bacon-Themed Accoutrements (assorted)
]]> http://thespottedtrotter.com/menu/menu-for-the-week-of-june-10-2013-sausagecare-comes-to-tst/feed/ 0 Menu for the Week of June 3, 2013 — Exhausted Reflections on the Third Annual Food & Wine Festival! http://thespottedtrotter.com/menu/menu-for-the-week-of-june-3-2013-exhausted-reflections-on-the-third-annual-food-wine-festival/ http://thespottedtrotter.com/menu/menu-for-the-week-of-june-3-2013-exhausted-reflections-on-the-third-annual-food-wine-festival/#comments Tue, 04 Jun 2013 04:04:47 +0000 Chef Ouzts http://thespottedtrotter.com/?p=1428 Yesterday, the third annual Atlanta Food & Wine Festival took its final bow.  If it hadn’t, and had decided to go on for another day, I’m not sure we’d be awake (or alive) to be sending this post.  Yet again, it was an amazing weekend full of fun and flavor, but just like every single year, we pushed ourselves to the absolute limit.  That being said, it was worth every single sleepless night, and we hope some of you were able to come out and enjoy the festivities.  Friday night, The Spotted Trotter provided appetizers at a dinner hosted by Kevin Gillespie at his new restaurant The Gunshow.  It was an absolute honor to be cooking beside not only an amazing chef, but one of the nicest people the city of Atlanta can be proud of.  Saturday morning, we were up early cooking breakfast in the Connoisseur Lounge, and then it was time for a class with Ale Sharpton on beer pairings and meaty goodness.  Perhaps the highlight there?  Master Beer Sommelier from Stella Artois, Marc Stroobandt stopped by and got in on the conversation, which was fascinating (plus that meant we had a direct hookup for Stellas in the tasting tents on Sunday!).  Our big finale came on Sunday this year, when we participated again in the tasting tents.  We’ll upload pictures soon, but we had a blast and debuted several new display pieces, and we hope everyone enjoyed the food.  A special thank you to our two (of many) amazing employees Ofer Ayal and Bert Sheffield for sweating it out all week and then in the tents.  We couldn’t have done it without them!

So, hopefully the above summary was at least helpful in explaining — but not excusing — how bad we’ve been about putting up regular posts this year.  We’re back in regular rotation now and want everyone to know that part of our silence has been due to training up a new crew in the kitchen, but more importantly, putting together a business plan and trying to obtain financing to hopefully expand The Spotted Trotter and open up a small restaurant in 2014.  Stay tuned for more details (and hopefully a “We did it!” announcement) coming soon, but we’ve really had our heads down for the past couple of months trying to make the next phase of TST happen, and it’s been zapping every extra ounce of brain matter and creative juices we can muster up. 

Thank you as always for all of your continued support and interest in supporting local food and small business.  We couldn’t even be thinking about Phase 2 (or is this Phase 3 or 4 or 5?!?) without all that you’ve done to get us here.     

Stay Hungry!

Fresh (Linked)

  • Sweet Hot Italian
  • English Breakfast
  • Mexican Chorizo
  • Knock Braut
  • Beer Braut
  • Chicken Fresco
  • Lamb Merguez
  • Brandy Rabbit Boudin
  • Chicken Currywurst

Primal Cuts / Prepared Items

  • These items are available only at the retail shop!
  • Dry-Aged Ribeyes (Brasstown and Meyer)
  • NY Strip (Brasstown)
  • Hanger Steaks (Brasstown)
  • Center Cut Pork Chops (Brasstown)
  • Quail (Manchester Farms)
  • Whole Rabbits (Rabbit Man Farms)
  • Creole Smoked Whole Chickens
  • Magret Moulard Duck Breasts (Hudson Valley)
  • Gullah Ham
  • Leaf Lard – (Perfect for making biscuits!)

Pate

  • Chicken Liver with Arkansas Black Apple & Ginger Aspic
  • Rabbit Liver with Spicy Mayhaw Aspic
  • Pork Rillettes with Herb Butter

Whole Muscle or Cured

  • Prosciutto (10 month & 12 month) – (New Retail Item!)
  • Smoked Guanciale
  • Pancetta (Calabrian Chili)
  • Pancetta w/ Three Herbs
  • Duck Prosciutto
  • Lomo
  • Bresaola
  • Coppa

Crepinettes

  • Smoked Tasso with Golden Raisin

Salumi

  • Spanish Chorizo
  • Pepperoni
  • Hunter Salami
  • Fegatelli Snack Sticks
  • Petit Sec Snack Sticks
  • Genoa
  • Finochionna
  • Black Pepper Sorghum — (Triumphant Return!)
  • Rosette de Lyon  – (New Retail Item!)
  • Saucisson a L’ail — (Triumphant Return!)
  • Salami Cotto  – (New Retail Item!)

Smoked

  • Hot Dogs
    • All Beef
    • Pork & Beef
  • Veal Bologna
  • Mortadella
  • Gullah Hams
  • Andouille
  • Bacon
    • “The Original” — Sorghum and Cracked Black Pepper
  • Tasso

Terrines

  • Check in the store — we’re just not sure yet!

Why Not?

  • Chicharrones
  • High Road Craft Ice Cream “Frozen Trotter” Pints
  • Femur Cut Marrow Bones
  • Duck Fat
  • Stocks, Ox Tails, and Trotters, Oh My! – (you never know what we have in stock…)

Jerky

  • Sweet Southern
  • Peppered Umami

Cheese Course

  • Stackhouse (Spinning Spider)
  • Black Mountain Bleu (Spinning Spider)
  • Montasio (Greendale Farm)
  • Big Bloomy (Caly Rd.)
  • Waypoint (Caly Rd.)
  • Broad River Blue (Nature’s Harmony)
  • Hunkadora (Prodigal Farm)
  • Cumberland (Sequatchie Cove)
  • Coppinger (Sequatchie Cove)
  • Bloomsbury (Caramont Farm)
  • Clothbound Cheddar (Cabot)

Bread

  • Assorted baguettes, pretzel bread, and hot dog buns from H&F Bakery

Accompaniments

  • TRU Bee Honey (Franklin, TN)
  • Sorghum Syrup (Hughe’s Farm)
  • Rancho Gordo Beans
    • Borlotti
    • Yellow Eye
    • Good Mother Stallard
    • Goat Eye

Gifts

  • The Spotted Trotter Artisan T-Shirts (3 styles)
  • Reusable The Spotted Trotter Grocery Bags (only $3 each!)
  • Meat Bucks (Gift Certificates!)
  • MEATPAPER Quarterly Periodical
  • Flavors Magazine
  • Assorted On-Topic Hardcover Books (miscellaneous authors)
  • Bacon-Themed Accoutrements (assorted)
]]> http://thespottedtrotter.com/menu/menu-for-the-week-of-june-3-2013-exhausted-reflections-on-the-third-annual-food-wine-festival/feed/ 0 Menu for the Week of May 13, 2013 http://thespottedtrotter.com/menu/menu-for-the-week-of-may-13-213/ http://thespottedtrotter.com/menu/menu-for-the-week-of-may-13-213/#comments Mon, 13 May 2013 23:56:55 +0000 Chef Ouzts http://thespottedtrotter.com/?p=1419 As the world turns and the days go by, as we begin our 50+ hour work weeks, the daunting deadlines, and overbooked schedules, we often find ourselves in what can be commonly called as FOOD BOREDOM! As there seems to be less time in the day, even more activities, and less and less time to eat, there is a saving grace — a heroic ally in the quandary of the menu melancholy –  your local weekday Farmers Market! Not only will a trip to a weekday market prevent you from having to run to the dreaded grocery store with the hundreds of other folks on the weekend, stomping and scampering to get in, get out, and enjoy the rest of your short-lived weekend, but the weekday farmers market can also provide you the decisive tools to becoming a better home cook!  The availability of ingredients at the weekday markets is abundant. Gone are the days of only finding a few vendors of just fruits and veggies, there is now availability that rivals the finest grocery store chains in the city! Fresh Pasta, Dairy (Artisanal Cheeses, Yogurts, Milk, Cream), Breads and Pastries, Spices, Doggy Treats, Butter, Coffee, Juices, Jams, Jellies, Nut Butters, Pesto, mushrooms, lots of fruits and vegetables, and yes the finest of pasture raised meats and charcuterie, all of which are made or grown within a short driving distance from the city.

If you are an aspiring home cook or just interested in breaking that weekly menu droll, think about the incredible inspiration and freshness of ingredients that you will have at your finger tips. It’s as simple as dropping by your local weekday markets, quickly perusing the delicious wares and picking up the necessities to put it all together! As a chef, nothing is more exciting than having a delicious hand-cut piece of fresh protein or produce that then inspires you to peruse the finest ingredients, as you walk though the market hand picking the tastiest aromatics, the most robust greens and seasonal vegetables, and the sweetest fruits to accompany your dishes for that week. Who knows, you may even pick up an ingredient that you have never worked with before, thereby increasing your palate and providing you and your family, and your Food Boredom a true ally in eating the best way possible. This week is The Spotted Trotter’s Food with Friends Week! At the weekday markets for The Spotted Trotter only, bring a friend to see us at the East Atlanta Farmers Market and we will give you 25% off your entire purchase (your friend will have to wait till next time)! Come check out the other Weekly Farmers Markets in the city, spread the wealth of good food, eat better, and put a convenient end to your weekly dreaded, menu food boredom! Good Luck and thanks Atlanta for doing your best in starting to  create a quality food heritage in our country!

Stay Hungry!

Fresh (Linked)

  • Sweet Hot Italian
  • English Breakfast
  • Rosso
  • Knock Braut
  • Beer Braut
  • Cherry and Pork
  • Lamb Merguez
  • Brandy Rabbit Boudin
  • Chicken Currywurst

Primal Cuts / Prepared Items

  • These items are available only at the retail shop!
  • Dry-Aged Ribeyes (Brasstown and Meyer)
  • NY Strip (Brasstown)
  • Hanger Steaks (Brasstown)
  • Center Cut Pork Chops (Brasstown)
  • Quail (Manchester Farms)
  • Whole Rabbits (Rabbit Man Farms)
  • Creole Smoked Whole Chickens
  • Magret Moulard Duck Breasts (Hudson Valley)
  • Gullah Ham
  • Leaf Lard – (Perfect for making biscuits!)

Pate

  • Chicken Liver with Arkansas Black Apple & Ginger Aspic
  • Rabbit Liver with Spicy Mayhaw Aspic
  • Pork Rillettes with Herb Butter

Whole Muscle or Cured

  • Prosciutto (10 month & 12 month) – (New Retail Item!)
  • Smoked Guanciale
  • Pancetta (Calabrian Chili)
  • Pancetta w/ Three Herbs
  • Duck Prosciutto
  • Lomo
  • Bresaola
  • Coppa

Crepinettes

  • Smoked Tasso with Golden Raisin

Salumi

  • Spanish Chorizo
  • Pepperoni
  • Hunter Salami
  • Fegatelli Snack Sticks
  • Petit Sec Snack Sticks
  • Genoa
  • Finochionna
  • Black Pepper Sorghum — (Triumphant Return!)
  • Rosette de Lyon  – (New Retail Item!)
  • Saucisson a L’ail — (Triumphant Return!)
  • Salami Cotto  – (New Retail Item!)

Smoked

  • Hot Dogs
    • All Beef
    • Pork & Beef
  • Veal Bologna
  • Mortadella
  • Gullah Hams
  • Andouille
  • Bacon
    • “The Original” — Sorghum and Cracked Black Pepper
  • Tasso

Terrines

  • Check in the store — we’re just not sure yet!

Why Not?

  • Chicharrones
  • High Road Craft Ice Cream “Frozen Trotter” Pints
  • Femur Cut Marrow Bones
  • Duck Fat
  • Stocks, Ox Tails, and Trotters, Oh My! – (you never know what we have in stock…)

Jerky

  • Sweet Southern
  • Peppered Umami

Cheese Course

  • Stackhouse (Spinning Spider)
  • Black Mountain Bleu (Spinning Spider)
  • Montasio (Greendale Farm)
  • Big Bloomy (Caly Rd.)
  • Waypoint (Caly Rd.)
  • Broad River Blue (Nature’s Harmony)
  • Hunkadora (Prodigal Farm)
  • Cumberland (Sequatchie Cove)
  • Coppinger (Sequatchie Cove)
  • Bloomsbury (Caramont Farm)
  • Clothbound Cheddar (Cabot)

Bread

  • Assorted baguettes, pretzel bread, and hot dog buns from H&F Bakery

Accompaniments

  • TRU Bee Honey (Franklin, TN)
  • Sorghum Syrup (Hughe’s Farm)
  • Rancho Gordo Beans
    • Borlotti
    • Yellow Eye
    • Good Mother Stallard
    • Goat Eye

Gifts

  • The Spotted Trotter Artisan T-Shirts (3 styles)
  • Reusable The Spotted Trotter Grocery Bags (only $3 each!)
  • Meat Bucks (Gift Certificates!)
  • MEATPAPER Quarterly Periodical
  • Flavors Magazine
  • Assorted On-Topic Hardcover Books (miscellaneous authors)
  • Bacon-Themed Accoutrements (assorted)
]]> http://thespottedtrotter.com/menu/menu-for-the-week-of-may-13-213/feed/ 0 Menu for the Week of May 6, 2013 http://thespottedtrotter.com/menu/menu-for-the-week-of-may-6-2013/ http://thespottedtrotter.com/menu/menu-for-the-week-of-may-6-2013/#comments Tue, 07 May 2013 23:57:11 +0000 Chef Ouzts http://thespottedtrotter.com/?p=1412 RAIN, RAIN come and STAY! If there is a place in life to be excited about food, now is time! WOW! We have a lot to be excited about. There has not been a better time in the history of the south to be eating right! We have an unbelievable growing season in front of us! This year will bring about some delicious new Pickled items from our kitchen and the farmers at Global Growers. We have partnered up with The Global Growers Network this year to co-pack some amazing Nantes Carrots, we will also be putting the finishing touches this week on a bright and sweet Pickled Strawberry Confiture! We love the fact that just  a short hours drive away are the fields of fresh Ramps still in plenty and ripe for the picking! This week we will showcase some new items like a Lamb Mortadella with Toasted Almonds, Candied Figs and Pancetta. This weather is the inspiring kind and we are thankful to be in a kitchen with a motivated staff, hardworking,  ready and willing to start making the most of everything we have! Keep and eye on the menu board for its the return of the Kim Chee Salami this week too! Thank you Atlanta and…..

Stay Hungry!

Fresh (Linked)

  • Sweet Hot Italian
  • English Breakfast
  • Salchichon del Diablo
  • Cherry and Pork
  • Lamb Merguez
  • Brandy Rabbit Boudin
  • Chicken Currywurst

Primal Cuts / Prepared Items

  • These items are available only at the retail shop!
  • Dry-Aged Ribeyes (Brasstown and Meyer)
  • NY Strip (Brasstown)
  • Hanger Steaks (Brasstown)
  • Center Cut Pork Chops (Brasstown)
  • Quail (Manchester Farms)
  • Whole Rabbits (Rabbit Man Farms)
  • Creole Smoked Whole Chickens
  • Magret Moulard Duck Breasts (Hudson Valley)
  • Gullah Ham
  • Leaf Lard – (Perfect for making biscuits!)

Pate

  • Chicken Liver with Arkansas Black Apple & Ginger Aspic
  • Rabbit Liver with Spicy Mayhaw Aspic
  • Pork Rillettes with Herb Butter

Whole Muscle or Cured

  • Prosciutto (10 month & 12 month) – (New Retail Item!)
  • Smoked Guanciale
  • Pancetta (Calabrian Chili)
  • Pancetta w/ Three Herbs
  • Duck Prosciutto
  • Lomo
  • Bresaola
  • Coppa

Crepinettes

  • Asian Spiced Lamb

Salumi

  • Spanish Chorizo
  • Pepperoni
  • Hunter Salami
  • Fegatelli Snack Sticks
  • Petit Sec Snack Sticks
  • Genoa
  • Finochionna
  • Black Pepper Sorghum — (Triumphant Return!)
  • Rosette de Lyon  – (New Retail Item!)
  • Saucisson a L’ail — (Triumphant Return!)
  • Salami Cotto  – (New Retail Item!)

Smoked

  • Hot Dogs
    • All Beef
    • Pork & Beef
  • Veal Bologna
  • Mortadella
  • Gullah Hams
  • Andouille
  • Bacon
    • “The Original” — Sorghum and Cracked Black Pepper
  • Tasso

Terrines

  • Check in the store — we’re just not sure yet!

Why Not?

  • Chicharrones
  • High Road Craft Ice Cream “Frozen Trotter” Pints
  • Femur Cut Marrow Bones
  • Duck Fat
  • Stocks, Ox Tails, and Trotters, Oh My! – (you never know what we have in stock…)

Jerky

  • Sweet Southern
  • Peppered Umami

Cheese Course

  • Stackhouse (Spinning Spider)
  • Black Mountain Bleu (Spinning Spider)
  • Montasio (Greendale Farm)
  • Big Bloomy (Caly Rd.)
  • Waypoint (Caly Rd.)
  • Broad River Blue (Nature’s Harmony)
  • Hunkadora (Prodigal Farm)
  • Cumberland (Sequatchie Cove)
  • Coppinger (Sequatchie Cove)
  • Bloomsbury (Caramont Farm)
  • Clothbound Cheddar (Cabot)

Bread

  • Assorted baguettes, pretzel bread, and hot dog buns from H&F Bakery

Accompaniments

  • TRU Bee Honey (Franklin, TN)
  • Sorghum Syrup (Hughe’s Farm)
  • Rancho Gordo Beans
    • Borlotti
    • Yellow Eye
    • Good Mother Stallard
    • Goat Eye

Gifts

  • The Spotted Trotter Artisan T-Shirts (3 styles)
  • Reusable The Spotted Trotter Grocery Bags (only $3 each!)
  • Meat Bucks (Gift Certificates!)
  • MEATPAPER Quarterly Periodical
  • Flavors Magazine
  • Assorted On-Topic Hardcover Books (miscellaneous authors)
  • Bacon-Themed Accoutrements (assorted)
]]> http://thespottedtrotter.com/menu/menu-for-the-week-of-may-6-2013/feed/ 0 Menu for the Week of April 30, 2013 http://thespottedtrotter.com/menu/ff-2/ http://thespottedtrotter.com/menu/ff-2/#comments Tue, 30 Apr 2013 01:51:10 +0000 Chef Ouzts http://thespottedtrotter.com/?p=1408 Hey Atlanta, We would like to give a warm thanks to all of our customers and lovers of fine meats that gave us great props on the most recent Creative Loafing Spread! Thank you for your kind words and enthusiastic praise about our meats! http://clatl.com/atlanta/last-supper/Content?oid=8054293#stacy . We really love you Atlanta and appreciate all the great things you had to say about us and the work we do http://clatl.com/atlanta/crandeacutepinettes-at-the-spotted-trotter/Content?oid=8004951 . It is words of encouragement like that, that makes us love what we do and keeps our team coming in each and every day to provide the best for you!  Just to let everyone know we are deep in the Spring harvest and will be showcasing some of the season’s upcoming goodies! We have a number of our own new items and will be featuring some new menu items in the upcoming weeks.  We will be coming out with a new Cuban fresh sausage that will feature our own ground pork sausage, tasso ham and Swiss cheese, delicious on the grill. In addition to that we have been busy drying out pounds of aromatic ramp greens for our new seasonal wild ramp sausages. Keep a close watch on the menu and come and get some as soon as we announce it!  As you already may know the East Atlanta Farmers Market is in full effect and offers a great way to incorporate local  fresh meats, dairy and veggies into your weekly menu without having to make the haul to a grocery store! So come and set yourself up for success, it is open every Thursday from 4-8 PM http://www.farmeav.com/ , come grab some great food and then head over to Midway for a beer!  If you head over this week and say, I EAT GOOD MEAT get $1.00 off any Fresh Sausages! We hope to see you there!  Thank you Atalanta and….

Stay Hungry!

Fresh (Linked)

  • Sweet Hot Italian
  • English Breakfast
  • Salchichon del Diablo
  • Cherry and Pork
  • Lamb Merguez
  • Brandy Rabbit Boudin
  • Chicken Currywurst

Primal Cuts / Prepared Items

  • These items are available only at the retail shop!
  • Dry-Aged Ribeyes (Brasstown and Meyer)
  • NY Strip (Brasstown)
  • Hanger Steaks (Brasstown)
  • Center Cut Pork Chops (Brasstown)
  • Quail (Manchester Farms)
  • Whole Rabbits (Rabbit Man Farms)
  • Creole Smoked Whole Chickens
  • Magret Moulard Duck Breasts (Hudson Valley)
  • Gullah Ham
  • Leaf Lard – (Perfect for making biscuits!)

Pate

  • Chicken Liver with Arkansas Black Apple & Ginger Aspic
  • Rabbit Liver with Spicy Mayhaw Aspic
  • Pork Rillettes with Herb Butter

Whole Muscle or Cured

  • Prosciutto (10 month & 12 month) – (New Retail Item!)
  • Smoked Guanciale
  • Pancetta (Calabrian Chili)
  • Pancetta w/ Three Herbs
  • Duck Prosciutto
  • Lomo
  • Bresaola
  • Coppa

Crepinettes

  • Roasted Wild Mushroom and Pork

Salumi

  • Spanish Chorizo
  • Pepperoni
  • Hunter Salami
  • Fegatelli Snack Sticks
  • Petit Sec Snack Sticks
  • Genoa
  • Finochionna
  • Black Pepper Sorghum — (Triumphant Return!)
  • Rosette de Lyon  – (New Retail Item!)
  • Saucisson a L’ail — (Triumphant Return!)
  • Salami Cotto  – (New Retail Item!)

Smoked

  • Hot Dogs
    • All Beef
    • Pork & Beef
  • Veal Bologna
  • Mortadella
  • Gullah Hams
  • Andouille
  • Bacon
    • “The Original” — Sorghum and Cracked Black Pepper
  • Tasso

Terrines

  • Check in the store — we’re just not sure yet!

Why Not?

  • Chicharrones
  • High Road Craft Ice Cream “Frozen Trotter” Pints
  • Femur Cut Marrow Bones
  • Duck Fat
  • Stocks, Ox Tails, and Trotters, Oh My! – (you never know what we have in stock…)

Jerky

  • Sweet Southern
  • Peppered Umami

Cheese Course

  • Stackhouse (Spinning Spider)
  • Black Mountain Bleu (Spinning Spider)
  • Montasio (Greendale Farm)
  • Big Bloomy (Caly Rd.)
  • Waypoint (Caly Rd.)
  • Broad River Blue (Nature’s Harmony)
  • Hunkadora (Prodigal Farm)
  • Cumberland (Sequatchie Cove)
  • Coppinger (Sequatchie Cove)
  • Bloomsbury (Caramont Farm)
  • Clothbound Cheddar (Cabot)

Bread

  • Assorted baguettes, pretzel bread, and hot dog buns from H&F Bakery

Accompaniments

  • TRU Bee Honey (Franklin, TN)
  • Sorghum Syrup (Hughe’s Farm)
  • Rancho Gordo Beans
    • Borlotti
    • Yellow Eye
    • Good Mother Stallard
    • Goat Eye

Gifts

  • The Spotted Trotter Artisan T-Shirts (3 styles)
  • Reusable The Spotted Trotter Grocery Bags (only $3 each!)
  • Meat Bucks (Gift Certificates!)
  • MEATPAPER Quarterly Periodical
  • Flavors Magazine
  • Assorted On-Topic Hardcover Books (miscellaneous authors)
  • Bacon-Themed Accoutrements (assorted)
  • Artisan Metal Spotted Pigs (2 sizes)
]]> http://thespottedtrotter.com/menu/ff-2/feed/ 0 Menu for the Week of April 8, 2013 — The Farmers Markets Are Back! http://thespottedtrotter.com/menu/menu-for-the-week-of-april-8-2013-the-farmers-markets-are-back/ http://thespottedtrotter.com/menu/menu-for-the-week-of-april-8-2013-the-farmers-markets-are-back/#comments Sun, 07 Apr 2013 23:49:07 +0000 Chef Ouzts http://thespottedtrotter.com/?p=1402 In addition to the Final Four madness, this past weekend saw the opening of Peachtree Road Farmers Market for the season!  We were there and were so happy to see so many familiar and new faces.  If you weren’t able to make it to the market this past weekend, don’t fear!  You’ll have your chance 8:30 – Noon every Saturday through November, so we hope to see you soon.  Remember also that we are at East Atlanta Village Market starting Thursday, April 18th and Grant Park Market starting Sunday, April 21st!

This year is always a busy time for us with the markets ramping back up, but 2013 is especially busy it seems.  This week, we are catering a week-long event at the Masters in Augusta.  It’s our first time doing this, and we are really excited to be cooking for what should be a really festive and fun crowd.  But, there’s no rest for the weary, and as soon as we return, The Spotted Trotter will be setting our sights on the third annual Atlanta Food & Wine Festival, which is May 30th through June 2nd.  We are still finalizing the specifics of our involvement, but let’s just say we’re taking last year’s appearance and raising it a couple notches!  Can’t wait!!!

Stay Hungry Atlanta!

Fresh (Linked)

  • Sweet Hot Italian
  • English Breakfast
  • Chicken Fresco
  • Cherry and Pork
  • Lamb Merguez
  • Brandy Rabbit Boudin
  • Chicken Currywurst
  • Parsley and Cheese
  • Borderlaise

Primal Cuts / Prepared Items

  • These items are available only at the retail shop!
  • Dry-Aged Ribeyes (Brasstown and Meyer)
  • NY Strip (Brasstown)
  • Hanger Steaks (Brasstown)
  • Center Cut Pork Chops (Brasstown)
  • Quail (Manchester Farms)
  • Whole Rabbits (Rabbit Man Farms)
  • Creole Smoked Whole Chickens
  • Magret Moulard Duck Breasts (Hudson Valley)
  • Gullah Ham
  • Leaf Lard – (Perfect for making biscuits!)

Pate

  • Chicken Liver with Arkansas Black Apple & Ginger Aspic
  • Rabbit Liver with Spicy Mayhaw Aspic
  • Pork Rillettes with Herb Butter

Whole Muscle or Cured

  • Prosciutto (10 month & 12 month) – (New Retail Item!)
  • Smoked Guanciale
  • Pancetta (Calabrian Chili)
  • Pancetta w/ Three Herbs
  • Duck Prosciutto
  • Lomo
  • Bresaola
  • Coppa

Crepinettes

  • Wild Mushroom and Pork

Salumi

  • Spanish Chorizo
  • Pepperoni
  • Hunter Salami
  • Fegatelli Snack Sticks
  • Petit Sec Snack Sticks
  • Genoa
  • Finochionna
  • Black Pepper Sorghum — (Triumphant Return!)
  • Rosette de Lyon  – (New Retail Item!)
  • Saucisson a L’ail — (Triumphant Return!)
  • Salami Cotto  – (New Retail Item!)

Smoked

  • Hot Dogs
    • All Beef
    • Pork & Beef
  • Veal Bologna
  • Mortadella
  • Gullah Hams
  • Andouille
  • Bacon
    • “The Original” — Sorghum and Cracked Black Pepper
  • Tasso

Terrines

  • Check in the store — we’re just not sure yet!

Why Not?

  • Chicharrones
  • High Road Craft Ice Cream “Frozen Trotter” Pints
  • Femur Cut Marrow Bones
  • Duck Fat
  • Stocks, Ox Tails, and Trotters, Oh My! – (you never know what we have in stock…)

Jerky

  • Sweet Southern
  • Peppered Umami

Cheese Course

  • Stackhouse (Spinning Spider)
  • Black Mountain Bleu (Spinning Spider)
  • Montasio (Greendale Farm)
  • Big Bloomy (Caly Rd.)
  • Waypoint (Caly Rd.)
  • Broad River Blue (Nature’s Harmony)
  • Hunkadora (Prodigal Farm)
  • Cumberland (Sequatchie Cove)
  • Coppinger (Sequatchie Cove)
  • Bloomsbury (Caramont Farm)
  • Clothbound Cheddar (Cabot)

Bread

  • Assorted baguettes, pretzel bread, and hot dog buns from H&F Bakery

Accompaniments

  • TRU Bee Honey (Franklin, TN)
  • Sorghum Syrup (Hughe’s Farm)
  • Rancho Gordo Beans
    • Borlotti
    • Yellow Eye
    • Good Mother Stallard
    • Goat Eye

Gifts

  • The Spotted Trotter Artisan T-Shirts (3 styles)
  • Reusable The Spotted Trotter Grocery Bags (only $3 each!)
  • Meat Bucks (Gift Certificates!)
  • MEATPAPER Quarterly Periodical
  • Flavors Magazine
  • Assorted On-Topic Hardcover Books (miscellaneous authors)
  • Bacon-Themed Accoutrements (assorted)
  • Artisan Metal Spotted Pigs (2 sizes)
]]> http://thespottedtrotter.com/menu/menu-for-the-week-of-april-8-2013-the-farmers-markets-are-back/feed/ 0 Menu for the Week of March 25, 2013 http://thespottedtrotter.com/menu/hh/ http://thespottedtrotter.com/menu/hh/#comments Wed, 27 Mar 2013 17:43:04 +0000 Chef Ouzts http://thespottedtrotter.com/?p=1390 THANKS EASTER BUNNY BOK, BOK!

Although the current weather is not showing spring, Easter is just around the corner and with Easter comes great family meals and wonderful meats. We currently are working with a number of wonderful local farms to provide for you some delicious Lamb, Mutton, Quail, Hams and yes Rabbits. So please don’t miss your chance to get some of the finest meat in the city. Please let us know as soon as you do! We also have a new delicious Spiced Mutton with Drunken Raisin Sausage, fresh Steak and Kidney Pies, and for the Easter weekend we will have fresh White Oak Pasture Lamb Racks and Whole Lamb Legs for roasting.  So hop along in to the shop and get your meaty goodness this week. Scott has also aligned some wonderful cheese selections for your Easter meats. We look forward to seeing you!  

Happy Easter and Passover and…… Stay Hungry Atlanta!

Fresh (Linked)

  • Sweet Hot Italian
  • English Breakfast
  • Chicken Fresco
  • Cherry and Pork
  • Lamb Merguez
  • Brandy Rabbit Boudin
  • Chicken Currywurst
  • Parsley and Cheese
  • Borderlaise
  • Spiced Mutton with Drunken Raisin

Primal Cuts / Prepared Items

  • These items are available only at the retail shop!
  • Dry-Aged Ribeyes (Brasstown and Meyer)
  • NY Strip (Brasstown)
  • Hanger Steaks (Brasstown)
  • Center Cut Pork Chops (Brasstown)
  • Quail (Manchester Farms)
  • Whole Rabbits (Rabbit Man Farms)
  • Creole Smoked Whole Chickens
  • Magret Moulard Duck Breasts (Hudson Valley)
  • Gullah Ham
  • Leaf Lard – (Perfect for making biscuits!)

Pate

  • Chicken Liver with Arkansas Black Apple & Ginger Aspic
  • Rabbit Liver with Spicy Mayhaw Aspic
  • Pork Rillettes with Herb Butter

Whole Muscle or Cured

  • Prosciutto (10 month & 12 month) – (New Retail Item!)
  • Smoked Guanciale
  • Pancetta (Calabrian Chili)
  • Pancetta w/ Three Herbs
  • Duck Prosciutto
  • Lomo
  • Bresaola
  • Coppa

Crepinettes

  • Wild Mushroom and Pork

Salumi

  • Spanish Chorizo
  • Pepperoni
  • Hunter Salami
  • Fegatelli Snack Sticks
  • Petit Sec Snack Sticks
  • Genoa
  • Finochionna
  • Black Pepper Sorghum — (Triumphant Return!)
  • Rosette de Lyon  – (New Retail Item!)
  • Saucisson a L’ail — (Triumphant Return!)
  • Salami Cotto  – (New Retail Item!)

Smoked

  • Hot Dogs
    • All Beef
    • Pork & Beef
  • Veal Bologna
  • Mortadella
  • Gullah Hams
  • Andouille
  • Bacon
    • “The Original” — Sorghum and Cracked Black Pepper
  • Tasso

Terrines

  • Bleu Cheese Moussealine with Pistachio and Smoke
  • Pork with Scallions and White Port Aspic

Why Not?

  • Steak and Kidney Pie (Triumphant Return!)
  • Chicharrones
  • High Road Craft Ice Cream “Frozen Trotter” Pints
  • Femur Cut Marrow Bones
  • Duck Fat
  • Stocks, Ox Tails, and Trotters, Oh My! – (you never know what we have in stock…)

Jerky

  • Sweet Southern
  • Peppered Umami

Cheese Course

  • Stackhouse (Spinning Spider) – (New Retail Item!)
  • Black Mountain Bleu (Spinning Spider) — (New Retail Item!)
  • Montasio (Greendale Farm) – (New Retail Item!) 
  • Big Bloomy (Caly Rd.)
  • Waypoint (Caly Rd.)
  • Broad River Blue (Nature’s Harmony)
  • Hunkadora (Prodigal Farm)
  • Cumberland (Sequatchie Cove)
  • Coppinger (Sequatchie Cove)
  • Bloomsbury (Caramont Farm)
  • Clothbound Cheddar (Cabot)

Bread

  • Assorted baguettes, pretzel bread, and hot dog buns from H&F Bakery

Accompaniments

  • TRU Bee Honey (Franklin, TN)
  • Sorghum Syrup (Hughe’s Farm)
  • Rancho Gordo Beans
    • Borlotti
    • Yellow Eye
    • Good Mother Stallard
    • Goat Eye

Gifts

  • The Spotted Trotter Artisan T-Shirts (3 styles)
  • Reusable The Spotted Trotter Grocery Bags (only $3 each!)
  • Meat Bucks (Gift Certificates!)
  • MEATPAPER Quarterly Periodical
  • Flavors Magazine
  • Assorted On-Topic Hardcover Books (miscellaneous authors)
  • Bacon-Themed Accoutrements (assorted)
  • Artisan Metal Spotted Pigs (2 sizes)
]]> http://thespottedtrotter.com/menu/hh/feed/ 0 Menu for the Week of March 18, 2013 http://thespottedtrotter.com/menu/menu-for-the-week-of-march-18-2013/ http://thespottedtrotter.com/menu/menu-for-the-week-of-march-18-2013/#comments Tue, 19 Mar 2013 00:30:34 +0000 Chef Ouzts http://thespottedtrotter.com/?p=1377 Helooooo Atlanta!

Getting back in the swing this week with some thoughts about what’s to come for the city of Atlanta!

Lest we realize where we are without thinking how far we have come?  I am so proud to see the amazing strides that our city and the south has come in the world of culture and great food! Just today I was confronted by not one but two local folks selling mushrooms, one was a forager and the other person was a cultivator of mushrooms. I also had a short conversation with a man who is currently growing and harvesting 100% pure Ossawbaw hogs finished on his own acorn source. WOW! Shortly after that phone call,  I was contacted by a local farmer who makes delicious Sheep’s Milk Cheeses that are looking to harvest some of their delicious mutton straight from their own herd, just a short drive away.  While these snippets of ingredient information might not be overwhelmingly exciting for you, this is the kind of thing that increasingly peaks or should be peaking interest of our cities culinary crusaders.  Just the hint that there is this kind of thought and interest going into the local food supply, should get not only the chefs excited but it should also make your taste buds swoon knowing what can and will be done with these amazing ingredients.  And whether you believe it or not Atlanta, your inquisitive nature, open mind, and culinary curiosity, demanding great food is helping to turn our city into one of the finest food cities in the country!

So keep it up Atlanta, demand better, higher quality meats, better local ingredients, and seek out how to eat the best food you can get! You will not be sorry; after-all, look what you have created in the landscape just over the past five years! As the spring fast approaches, we will be flexing our culinary muscle to get our menu’s tweaked and provide you with  splendid spring offerings filled with innovative, fresh, and delicious new items!   Keep questioning and taking just a minute before each meal to ask, is this the best we can get?  As Socrates said ” The unexamined life is not worth living”, so don’t be afraid to ask yourself, “Is unexamined food worth eating?”  Thank you Atlanta and……

STAY HUNGRY!!

Fresh (Linked)

  • Sweet Hot Italian
  • English Breakfast
  • Chicken Fresco
  • Cherry and Pork
  • Lamb Merguez
  • Brandy Rabbit Boudin
  • Chicken Currywurst
  • Parsley and Cheese

Primal Cuts / Prepared Items

  • These items are available only at the retail shop!
  • Dry-Aged Ribeyes (Brasstown and Meyer)
  • NY Strip (Brasstown)
  • Hanger Steaks (Brasstown)
  • Center Cut Pork Chops (Brasstown)
  • Quail (Manchester Farms)
  • Whole Rabbits (Rabbit Man Farms)
  • Creole Smoked Whole Chickens
  • Magret Moulard Duck Breasts (Hudson Valley)
  • Gullah Ham
  • Leaf Lard – (Perfect for making biscuits!)

Pate

  • Chicken Liver with Arkansas Black Apple & Ginger Aspic
  • Rabbit Liver with Spicy Mayhaw Aspic
  • Pork Rillettes with Herb Butter

Whole Muscle or Cured

  • Prosciutto (10 month & 12 month) – (New Retail Item!)
  • Smoked Guanciale
  • Pancetta (Calabrian Chili)
  • Pancetta w/ Three Herbs
  • Duck Prosciutto
  • Lomo
  • Bresaola
  • Coppa

Crepinettes

  • Pork Belly and Greens with Caramelized Onion

Salumi

  • Spanish Chorizo
  • Pepperoni
  • Hunter Salami
  • Fegatelli Snack Sticks
  • Petit Sec Snack Sticks
  • Genoa
  • Finochionna
  • Black Pepper Sorghum — (Triumphant Return!)
  • Rosette de Lyon  – (New Retail Item!)
  • Saucisson a L’ail — (Triumphant Return!)
  • Salami Cotto  – (New Retail Item!)

Smoked

  • Hot Dogs
    • All Beef
    • Pork & Beef
  • Veal Bologna
  • Mortadella
  • Gullah Hams
  • Andouille
  • Bacon
    • “The Original” — Sorghum and Cracked Black Pepper
  • Tasso

Terrines

  • Bleu Cheese Moussealine with Pistachio and Smoke
  • Pork with Scallions and White Port Aspic

Why Not?

  • Steak and Kidney Pie (Triumphant Return!)
  • Chicharrones
  • High Road Craft Ice Cream “Frozen Trotter” Pints
  • Femur Cut Marrow Bones
  • Duck Fat
  • Stocks, Ox Tails, and Trotters, Oh My! – (you never know what we have in stock…)

Jerky

  • Sweet Southern
  • Peppered Umami

Cheese Course

  • Stackhouse (Spinning Spider) – (New Retail Item!)
  • Black Mountain Bleu (Spinning Spider) — (New Retail Item!)
  • Montasio (Greendale Farm) – (New Retail Item!) 
  • Big Bloomy (Caly Rd.)
  • Waypoint (Caly Rd.)
  • Broad River Blue (Nature’s Harmony)
  • Hunkadora (Prodigal Farm)
  • Cumberland (Sequatchie Cove)
  • Coppinger (Sequatchie Cove)
  • Bloomsbury (Caramont Farm)
  • Clothbound Cheddar (Cabot)

Bread

  • Assorted baguettes, pretzel bread, and hot dog buns from H&F Bakery

Accompaniments

  • TRU Bee Honey (Franklin, TN)
  • Sorghum Syrup (Hughe’s Farm)
  • Rancho Gordo Beans
    • Borlotti
    • Yellow Eye
    • Good Mother Stallard
    • Goat Eye

Gifts

  • The Spotted Trotter Artisan T-Shirts (3 styles)
  • Reusable The Spotted Trotter Grocery Bags (only $3 each!)
  • Meat Bucks (Gift Certificates!)
  • MEATPAPER Quarterly Periodical
  • Flavors Magazine
  • Assorted On-Topic Hardcover Books (miscellaneous authors)
  • Bacon-Themed Accoutrements (assorted)
  • Artisan Metal Spotted Pigs (2 sizes)
]]> http://thespottedtrotter.com/menu/menu-for-the-week-of-march-18-2013/feed/ 0 Menu for the Week of March 11, 2013 http://thespottedtrotter.com/menu/menu-for-the-week-of-march-11-2013/ http://thespottedtrotter.com/menu/menu-for-the-week-of-march-11-2013/#comments Tue, 12 Mar 2013 01:38:22 +0000 Chef Ouzts http://thespottedtrotter.com/?p=1365 ALL RIGHT NOW! If you haven’t been out to eat in the south in a while, now’s the time! Trust me when I say there is a bounty of creative chefs on the scene that are ready to steal your taste buds  with what they’ve been working on! With all of the exciting new food in the south coming into the forefront of our countries food system, there is no shortage of talented and creative dishes ready to be consumed.  In addition to the amazing chefs and ingredients, I am sure you all have noticed over this past weekend, it looks like we are on the precipice of a healthy spring harvest too! With that in mind please be aware of some of the fine establishments that we would like to suggest that are doing amazing things with our charcuterie. Please go make a point to step out and give them a visit, you and your taste buds will be happy you did!  Take a look below at a few of the flavorful spots that are newly slicing our meats and will be awaiting your call:

The Shed~Atlanta, GA – Chef Todd Richards

The Argocy~ Atlanta, GA – Chef Will Silbernagel

KR Steakbar ~ Atlanta, GA – Chef Chris Mcdade

P’cheen ~ Atlanta, GA – Chef Alex Friedman

Double Zero Napoletana ~ Atlanta, GA -Chef  Chad Crete

Baci ~Atlanta, GA – Chef Hibbs

CNN Omni Hotel – Atlanta,GA – Chef Greg Wright

Knox Mason ~ Chef Matt Gallaher – Knoxville, TN

Brown’s Court Bakery ~ Head Baker David Schnell – Charleston, SC

Porter Road Butcher ~ Head Butcher James Peisker or Chris Carter – Nashville, TN

We hope you have a great week and please let us know if you need anything special for your upcoming weekend grilling! Thank you and EAT GOOD MEAT!

STAY HUNGRY!

Fresh (Linked)

  • Sweet Hot Italian
  • English Breakfast
  • Chicken Fresco
  • Toulouse
  • Lamb Merguez
  • Brandy Rabbit Boudin
  • Chicken Currywurst
  • Beer Braut

Primal Cuts / Prepared Items

  • These items are available only at the retail shop!
  • Dry-Aged Ribeyes (Brasstown and Meyer)
  • NY Strip (Brasstown)
  • Hanger Steaks (Brasstown)
  • Center Cut Pork Chops (Brasstown)
  • Quail (Manchester Farms)
  • Whole Rabbits (Rabbit Man Farms)
  • Creole Smoked Whole Chickens
  • Magret Moulard Duck Breasts (Hudson Valley)
  • Gullah Ham
  • Leaf Lard – (Perfect for making biscuits!)

Pate

  • Chicken Liver with Arkansas Black Apple & Ginger Aspic
  • Rabbit Liver with Spicy Mayhaw Aspic
  • Pork Rillettes with Herb Butter

Whole Muscle or Cured

  • Prosciutto (10 month & 12 month) – (New Retail Item!)
  • Smoked Guanciale
  • Pancetta (Calabrian Chili)
  • Pancetta w/ Three Herbs
  • Duck Prosciutto
  • Lomo
  • Bresaola
  • Coppa

Crepinettes

  • Pork Belly and Greens with Caramelized Onion

Salumi

  • Spanish Chorizo
  • Pepperoni
  • Hunter Salami
  • Fegatelli Snack Sticks
  • Petit Sec Snack Sticks
  • Genoa
  • Finochionna
  • Black Pepper Sorghum — (Triumphant Return!)
  • Rosette de Lyon  – (New Retail Item!)
  • Saucisson a L’ail — (Triumphant Return!)
  • Salami Cotto  – (New Retail Item!)

Smoked

  • Hot Dogs
    • All Beef
    • Pork & Beef
  • Veal Bologna
  • Mortadella
  • Gullah Hams
  • Andouille
  • Bacon
    • “The Original” — Sorghum and Cracked Black Pepper
  • Tasso

Terrines

  • Chicken Liver with Brandy and Pistachio
  • Lamb with Smoked Pimenton and Drunk Raisins
  • Pork with Blue Cheese  Moussealine

Why Not?

  • Steak and Kidney Pie (Triumphant Return!)
  • Chicharrones
  • High Road Craft Ice Cream “Frozen Trotter” Pints
  • Femur Cut Marrow Bones
  • Duck Fat
  • Stocks, Ox Tails, and Trotters, Oh My! – (you never know what we have in stock…)

Jerky

  • Sweet Southern
  • Peppered Umami

Cheese Course

  • Stackhouse (Spinning Spider) – (New Retail Item!)
  • Black Mountain Bleu (Spinning Spider) — (New Retail Item!)
  • Montasio (Greendale Farm) – (New Retail Item!) 
  • Big Bloomy (Caly Rd.)
  • Waypoint (Caly Rd.)
  • Broad River Blue (Nature’s Harmony)
  • Hunkadora (Prodigal Farm)
  • Cumberland (Sequatchie Cove)
  • Coppinger (Sequatchie Cove)
  • Bloomsbury (Caramont Farm)
  • Clothbound Cheddar (Cabot)

Bread

  • Assorted baguettes, pretzel bread, and hot dog buns from H&F Bakery

Accompaniments

  • TRU Bee Honey (Franklin, TN)
  • Sorghum Syrup (Hughe’s Farm)
  • Rancho Gordo Beans
    • Borlotti
    • Yellow Eye
    • Good Mother Stallard
    • Goat Eye

Gifts

  • The Spotted Trotter Artisan T-Shirts (3 styles)
  • Reusable The Spotted Trotter Grocery Bags (only $3 each!)
  • Meat Bucks (Gift Certificates!)
  • MEATPAPER Quarterly Periodical
  • Flavors Magazine
  • Assorted On-Topic Hardcover Books (miscellaneous authors)
  • Bacon-Themed Accoutrements (assorted)
  • Artisan Metal Spotted Pigs (2 sizes)
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