Photograph above you'll find a Harris Ranch Beef tri-tip that was poked with slivers of Big D's fresh garlic, rubbed with herbs and spices.
Okay, it looks official. Fatted Calf will also be at the Tuesday Farmers Market in Berkeley located on Derby and MLK from two to six pm. This is perfect for when you run out of Pate or Duck Demi early in the week. Thank goodness.
If you read their newsletter you'll find some special order items perfectly laid out for you. Their Boneless Cold Smoked Hams are amazing hunks of holiday flavor and texture. If you're considering ham, get one of these. We at Meathenge consume great quantities of ham. Hamm. Hamm, it's even fun to say.
Sorry, hey. Ooo, look. The crepinettes this week are Pork rigs wtih greens & pinenuts. We did the Guinea Fowl last week, those were really tasty grilled over mesquite. I like the greens & pinenut idear.
Hey, I see Linquica & weiners. I think I'll get some weiners, those'r good. All in all Fatted C. has a really good line up this coming Saturday. All ya'lls should go have a gander.
Where is our reporter in Rome? Perhaps the internet café is chiuso. Perhaps the computers are on strike. Or maybe our reporter is having too much fun, too much good food and too much vino to care about the rest of us slogging through the rain to the Farmer's Market. She'd better bring us presents! Smuggled meaty presents.
For those of us on this less exciting continent we will try and bring a little bit of the Mediterranean to the market this week in the form of two kinds of pancetta, crepinettes with greens and pine nuts and tonno di maiale. It ain't Rome but at least it's not Crawford, Texas. Ciao. See you at the market.
*You can now also find us at the Tuesday Farmers Market in Berkeley located on Derby and MLK from two to six pm.
Thanksgiving Special Order Items
Hoffman Farm Quail stuffed with boudin blanc and chestnuts (usually one per person- but then, this is Thanksgiving)
Boneless Cold Smoked Fresh Hams (approximately eight pounds)
Please order these items prior to November 20th for pick up at the Tuesday Market on November 23.
Sausage
Pork Crepinettes with greens & pinenuts
Merguez
Hot Italian
Sweet Italian
Toulouse
Mexican Style Chorizo
Breakfast Sausage
Linguica
Andouille
Wieners
Pates, Confits & Terrines
Pate de Campagne
Duck Pate
Duck Confit
Duck Rillette
Pork Rillette
Tonno di Maiale
Pork Confit Terrine
Duck Confit Terrine
Cured Meats
Pancetta
Pepperoni
Red Wine Salami
Pancetta Toscana
Other Meaty Goods
Ham Hocks
Duck Demi
Glace de Viande
Sugo di Carne
The Fatted Calf - Phone/Fax (510)653-4327
The coolest part? I can walk there on a lunch break from work. Woo!
Have I mentioned I love my new job yet?