The Fifth Quarter Charcuterie

Summer, already?  Is it just me or is everything happening early this year?  That means summer fruits and veggies at the market and charcuterie…  Smoked duck breast, hot dogs, boudin blanc, stuffed quail for the grill, toulouse sausage, and boudin noir with monukka raisins.  Also Maple ham, lamb bacon, good ol’ pork bacon, smoked beef tongue, liverwurst, duck crepinettes, head cheese, duck confit.  Back this week I’ll have cooked meatballs in sauce great with pasta or on a crusty roll.  I will also have a couple lamb leg roasts and some oven ready pork shoulder roasts.  It should be nice this weekend so come on out and see what’s new. 

By the way The Fifth Quarter will now be at the Berkeley Thursday evening market from 3-7 Shattuck @ Rose.  Last night was our first night and it was great.  Nice seeing everyone last night and see you there next week.

For the weekend…  Louisiana style boudin, maple breakfast links, italian links, kefta with lamb and beef, and bratwurst.  Ciccioli, pork sugo, corned beef hash, rack of lamb, lamb loin chops, pork loin roasts with esplette and herbs, bacon wrapped pork tenderloin with dijon and sage, the pork is from Riverdog Farm and the lamb from McCormack Ranch. Also more liverwurst, duck liver pate, smoked beef tongue and head cheese.  Duck pate, pork pate, beef jerky, smoked ham hocks, and bacon.  LArd and duck fat, poultry stock, pork stock, and Foie Gras Torchon for Kensington.  See you this weekend.

Who is ready for some damn good lamb?  My first pair came this week from McCormack Ranch and they are nice, how nice?  I would give it to my mother and you can too.  Avoid the long wait for Mothers’ Day brunch and cook fer u’r mum, there are so many options.  Like bacon, breakfast sausage, smoked duck breast, ciccioli, pork and beef sugo, several lamb roasts, lamb shanks, liverwurst, duck liver pate, pork pate with figs, duck confit, kefta, merguez, duck crepinettes, boudin noir, smoked beef tongue, beef jerky and a few other items. 

I will also have stuffed quail you can reserve some if you do so by Thursday at 11:30pm. 

The quail are $9 each and are stuffed with a sausage and bread stuffing with spring onions from Happy Boy Farm. 

Also the first batch of cured sausage!!  Dry Spanish Chorizo I will have some at both markets, and Foie Gras Torchon for Kensington only.  See you this weekend. 

Happy Mothers’ Day to all of you hard working moms out there us kids thank you.  :)

For this weekend; Mole chili, duck confit, smoked beef tongue, duck liver pate, duck pate, pork pate, pork rillettes, head cheese, pancetta, stuffed quail and maple ham.  

For sausages this week we will have Boudin Blanc, Toulouse, Bratwurst, and Duck Crepinettes. 

I received a pig from Riverdog Farm this week so I will have some pork loin roasts, BBQ rubbed spareribs, and bacon wrapped pork tenderloin. 

Also duck fat, lard, duck stock, beef jerky, and a few other things.  It is going to be very nice this weekend, come check out the great spring produce at the Berkeley farmers’ market from 10-3 on Saturday or Kensington farmers’ market 10-2 on Sunday and then stop by and say hi.  See you all there.