King County: Butcher Shops, Meat Markets, and Fresh Seafood
After three years of living in the southwest region of Washington state, I relocated (for work) to the Seattle area. Not surprisingly, since this is a very urban metropolitan area with scattered farms on the fringes of suburbia, there are even fewer choices for fresh game meat and nearby butcher shops that can offer up meats and cuts that you just can't get at a Whole Foods or other specialty retail grocery store with a meat counter.
Here's what I have found so far:
Bill the Butcher
7990 Leary Way Northeast, Redmond, WA 98072?
(425) 636-8901
http://www.billthebutcher.com
Meat standards: Organic (No herbicides, pesticides, antibiotics, hormones or steroids; Fed with organic grass or grain that is not genetically modified), Natural (No herbicides, pesticides, antibiotics, hormones or steroids; No genetically modified feed. Humanely raised and harvested animals; Pastured and as local as possible.)
Meats: organic and natural beef, free range local poultry, natural pork, wild game (not specified on website), sausages
Other products: raw milk
Hours: Tu-Sun noon-7pm, closed Mondays
Other locations: Woodinville, Seattle (NE 45th St, E Madison St, and 34th Ave W)
Bob’s Quality Meats
4861 Rainier Avenue South Seattle, WA 98118
(206) 725-1221
http://www.bobsqualitymeats.com
Meat: beef, buffalo, lamb, poultry (chicken, turkey, game hen, eggs), oxtails
Whole animals: lamb, goat, rabbit, chicken, smoked turkey
Game meats: duck, venison (ground),
Dairy/Cheese: butter; American cheese, Swiss cheese, Boudin
Other specialty: pancetta, hard salami, beef jerky, oxtails, pork blood
Hours: M-F 9am-7pm, Sa 9am-5pm, closed Sundays
Don and Joe’s Meats (at Pikes Market)
85 Pike Street Seattle, WA 98101
(206) 682-7670
http://www.donandjoesmeats.com
Meats: sausages, beef, lamb, veal, offals
Seasonal meats: turkeys (fresh & smoked), duck, geese, pheasant, quail, rabbit
Hours: M-Sa 9am-6pm, closed Sundays
Fresh Sea Food
Pure Food Fish Market / Pike Place Market
Seattle, WA 98108
Local (Seattle Area): 206-622-5765
http://www.freshseafood.com
Seafood: salmon (fresh & smoked), halibut, crab, shrimp, lobster, squid, shellfish (clams, mussels, scallops), caviar, Columbia River white sturgeon, whole rainbow trout, whole golden trout, sushi grade ahi tuna
Steaks: Hawaiian mahi mahi, Hawaiian ahi tuna
Fillets: monk fish, ling cod, dover sole, pertrole sole, catfish, Alaskan black cod, Alaska true cod, Pacific red snapper, Chilean sea bass
Hours: Mo-Su 7am-9pm
University Seafood and Poultry (u-district)
1317 Northeast 47th Street Seattle, WA 98105
(206) 632-3900
http://www.universityseafoodandpoultry.com
Meats: poultry & eggs (duck, duckling, pheasant, quail, geese, game hens, turkeys)
Seafood (fresh): king salmon, steamer clams, live Maine lobsters, Pacific oysters, mussels, perch, halibut, sockeye salmon, etc)
Hours: M-F 930am-530pm, Sa 930am-5pm, closed Sundays
Misc: Free parking next to the 76 gas station
World Famous Pike Place Fish Market
86 Pike Street Seattle, WA 98101
(206) 682-7181
http://www.pikeplacefish.com
Seafood: salmon (fresh & smoked), white fish, Dungeness crab, live shellfish (Penn Cove clams, Manilla clams, Pacific oysters, mussels, Kumamoto oysters), fresh (but not alive) shellfish (Alaskan king crab, snow crab legs, shrimp, Alaskan spot prawns, sea scallops, bay scallops, smoked mussels)
Hours: mo-Sun 6am-6pm
Showing posts with label wild game. Show all posts
Showing posts with label wild game. Show all posts
Wild Game Meat in PDX
Region: Portland, SW Washington
Surprisingly, while hunting big game is more common in both Oregon and Washington state (compared to my original stomping grounds, California), retail game meat / butcher shops are not easy to find. By common, I mean to suggest that one in every ten co-workers you come across knows at least one or more people who avidly hunts for the kitchen freezer and/or dinner table.
I'm talking meaty items for carnivores like wild pheasant, duck, goose, rabbit, elk, deer, and the not-so-wild-farm-raised lamb and buffalo. For any retail butcher shop to offer wild game meat, the meat has to be processed so that it meets USDA regulations. This adds some cost to the cuts but it's a lot better than slaying and hacking up an animal yourself in its native territory. Nearly all the standalone butcher shops I've come across in this region are family owned and operated. Buying direct from a butcher shop also gives you access to regionally-raised meats. It brings a whole new facet to buying local.
Game or specialty meats are those that you just can't run to a Fred Meyers to pick up from the deli case or butcher's counter. You can always find free range/naturally-raised ducks, turkeys, buffalo and lamb meat from Whole Foods or New Seasons.
I visited Chuck's Produce for the first time. If you haven't seen their weekly ad, it probably means you haven't been reading The Columbian. But, at least the specials are listed on their website now. Their meat aisle and butcher counter had an interesting assortment of unusual meats such as ground emu and frog legs. The store leans more towards locally farmed and raised meats, produce, and dairy.
These places are ones that I know of, have been recommended to me by other PDX foodies, or have visited on occassion:
[ SW Washington ]
Top Choice Meats
http://topchoicemeatmarket.com/
12313 Ne 4th Plain Rd
Vancouver, WA 98682
(360)896-8865
Meats: Beef, Pork, Sausages, Chicken, Buffalo, Elk, Free Range Turkey (seasonal)
Chuck's Produce
http://chucksproduce.com/
13215 Southeast Mill Plain Boulevard
Vancouver, WA 98684
(360) 597-2700
Meats: Beef/Pork/Chicken, Emu, Frog, Pheasant, Buffalo, Duck, Squab, Game hens, etc
[ Portland ]
Nicky USA
http://www.nickyusa.com
223 SE 3rd Avenue
Portland, OR 97214
(503) 234-4263
Meats: comprehensive (click for list)
Retail to the public: Yes, but call ahead or order online
SP Provisions
http://www.spprovisions.com
2331 NW 23rd Avenue
Portland, OR 97210
(503) 234-0579
Meats: Beef, Lamb, Veal, Pork, Poultry (Chicken, Turkey, specialty), Seafood, Sausages
Game Meats: venison, rabbit, quail, duck, elk, buffalo, wild boar, pheasant, ...
Retail to the public: Yes, but call ahead one week in advance for availability
Ordinary butcher shops until someone informs me otherwise:
Butcher Boys
4710 E Fourth Plain Blvd
Vancouver, WA 98661-4646
(360) 693-6241
Gartner's Country Meat Market
http://www.gartnersmeats.com
7450 N.E. Killingsworth
Portland, OR. 97218
(503) 252-7801
Meats: Beef, Pork, Chicken, Turkey, Cornish Game Hens, Sausages
Specialty services: custom cutting and game processing
Other resources:
Eat Wild - Washington, Oregon
Reister Farms (Washougal, WA) - lamb meat; usually at Vancouver Farmers Market
[Updated: 2011-09-08]
Surprisingly, while hunting big game is more common in both Oregon and Washington state (compared to my original stomping grounds, California), retail game meat / butcher shops are not easy to find. By common, I mean to suggest that one in every ten co-workers you come across knows at least one or more people who avidly hunts for the kitchen freezer and/or dinner table.
I'm talking meaty items for carnivores like wild pheasant, duck, goose, rabbit, elk, deer, and the not-so-wild-farm-raised lamb and buffalo. For any retail butcher shop to offer wild game meat, the meat has to be processed so that it meets USDA regulations. This adds some cost to the cuts but it's a lot better than slaying and hacking up an animal yourself in its native territory. Nearly all the standalone butcher shops I've come across in this region are family owned and operated. Buying direct from a butcher shop also gives you access to regionally-raised meats. It brings a whole new facet to buying local.
Game or specialty meats are those that you just can't run to a Fred Meyers to pick up from the deli case or butcher's counter. You can always find free range/naturally-raised ducks, turkeys, buffalo and lamb meat from Whole Foods or New Seasons.
I visited Chuck's Produce for the first time. If you haven't seen their weekly ad, it probably means you haven't been reading The Columbian. But, at least the specials are listed on their website now. Their meat aisle and butcher counter had an interesting assortment of unusual meats such as ground emu and frog legs. The store leans more towards locally farmed and raised meats, produce, and dairy.
These places are ones that I know of, have been recommended to me by other PDX foodies, or have visited on occassion:
[ SW Washington ]
Top Choice Meats
http://topchoicemeatmarket.com/
12313 Ne 4th Plain Rd
Vancouver, WA 98682
(360)896-8865
Meats: Beef, Pork, Sausages, Chicken, Buffalo, Elk, Free Range Turkey (seasonal)
Chuck's Produce
http://chucksproduce.com/
13215 Southeast Mill Plain Boulevard
Vancouver, WA 98684
(360) 597-2700
Meats: Beef/Pork/Chicken, Emu, Frog, Pheasant, Buffalo, Duck, Squab, Game hens, etc
[ Portland ]
Nicky USA
http://www.nickyusa.com
223 SE 3rd Avenue
Portland, OR 97214
(503) 234-4263
Meats: comprehensive (click for list)
Retail to the public: Yes, but call ahead or order online
SP Provisions
http://www.spprovisions.com
2331 NW 23rd Avenue
Portland, OR 97210
(503) 234-0579
Meats: Beef, Lamb, Veal, Pork, Poultry (Chicken, Turkey, specialty), Seafood, Sausages
Game Meats: venison, rabbit, quail, duck, elk, buffalo, wild boar, pheasant, ...
Retail to the public: Yes, but call ahead one week in advance for availability
Ordinary butcher shops until someone informs me otherwise:
Butcher Boys
4710 E Fourth Plain Blvd
Vancouver, WA 98661-4646
(360) 693-6241
Gartner's Country Meat Market
http://www.gartnersmeats.com
7450 N.E. Killingsworth
Portland, OR. 97218
(503) 252-7801
Meats: Beef, Pork, Chicken, Turkey, Cornish Game Hens, Sausages
Specialty services: custom cutting and game processing
Other resources:
Eat Wild - Washington, Oregon
Reister Farms (Washougal, WA) - lamb meat; usually at Vancouver Farmers Market
[Updated: 2011-09-08]
Elk curry
I am a big fan of wild game meat, except I live in a quaint suburb of Los Angeles and there's often no such meat to be had unless I go out of my way to a specialty meat shop. Fortunately, there's a shop a few miles away, Harmony Farms. I have eaten elk jerky before, but with all the spices really hard to tell what elk really tastes like.
Any meat cooked with curry is prepared a lot like a stew. You take some flavoring agent like ginger or garlic, heat it up with some oil (usually 2 tbsp) in a skillet and add whatever meat. With the exception to roast duck, I don't think anyone else in my family likes eating game meats. I love it and I love reading folklorist-styled cookbooks that talk about the olde ways of preparing food. Anyhow.. onto the recipe.
There's a small hole-in-the-wall Middle-Eastern foods specialty shop that sells a lot of dried goods and spices in Burbank called Y & K Distributing. The curry that I have is packaged under their label and the spice ratios of it are unknown to me; but it is rather mild and flavorful.
Ingredients:
4 tsp curry powder + enough water to make a paste
2 tbsp EVOO (extra virgin olive oil)
1 lb elk stew meat
boiling water
2 tbsp soy sauce
1 tsp wine (I used red xiao-xing wine)
Directions:
1. In a skillet, heat oil until hot but not smoking; add curry paste and stir until fragrant but not burning.
2. Add the elk meat and brown the elk meat. This step takes a lot less time than with beef stew meat since there is a lot less fat in elk meat. About 5 mins, or less.
3. Add enough boiling water to cover the meat.
4. Add soy sauce (this is a natural glutamate)
5. Simmer for 45 minutes to an hour. You could add wine to this step. It is optional.
Serve with steamed rice, noodles, or fresh lavash bread.
IMHO, it tastes pretty good.
Any meat cooked with curry is prepared a lot like a stew. You take some flavoring agent like ginger or garlic, heat it up with some oil (usually 2 tbsp) in a skillet and add whatever meat. With the exception to roast duck, I don't think anyone else in my family likes eating game meats. I love it and I love reading folklorist-styled cookbooks that talk about the olde ways of preparing food. Anyhow.. onto the recipe.
There's a small hole-in-the-wall Middle-Eastern foods specialty shop that sells a lot of dried goods and spices in Burbank called Y & K Distributing. The curry that I have is packaged under their label and the spice ratios of it are unknown to me; but it is rather mild and flavorful.
Ingredients:
4 tsp curry powder + enough water to make a paste
2 tbsp EVOO (extra virgin olive oil)
1 lb elk stew meat
boiling water
2 tbsp soy sauce
1 tsp wine (I used red xiao-xing wine)
Directions:
1. In a skillet, heat oil until hot but not smoking; add curry paste and stir until fragrant but not burning.
2. Add the elk meat and brown the elk meat. This step takes a lot less time than with beef stew meat since there is a lot less fat in elk meat. About 5 mins, or less.
3. Add enough boiling water to cover the meat.
4. Add soy sauce (this is a natural glutamate)
5. Simmer for 45 minutes to an hour. You could add wine to this step. It is optional.
Serve with steamed rice, noodles, or fresh lavash bread.
IMHO, it tastes pretty good.
Lamb Stew
This is a recipe that I've been making every year for the past few years and always about this time of the year when the weather starts to turn cold and the maple leaves begin to shed their green foliage for a multitude of burnt autumn colors. The stew tastes somewhat sweet because of the ingredients used even though no sugar is ever added. If you see classic, traditional ingredients missing from my recipes, it is because I don't like them. Anyhow..
Ingredients & Directions
1 lb fresh lamb shoulder or chops
4 tbsp olive oil
1 quart broth
3 cloves garlic, sliced
2 c. sliced carrots
1 raw sweet potato, cut into irregular chunks
6 oz tomato paste
1 c. sweet corn kernels
an unspecified amount of water to "thin" the stew
1 bay leaf
2 tsp dried oregano
2 tsp garlic powder
1/4 c. red wine
1. Separate the bone from the lamb shoulder or chops and set aside. The lamb meat should be cut into bite-sized pieces.
2. In a frying pan, add 2 tbsp olive oil and heat it up. Add the lamb meat and brown evenly. Set aside.
3. In an 8-qt stockpot, add 2 tbsp olive oil and heat it until the oil starts to thin. Add the sliced carrots and saute until tender.
4. Add the remaining ingredients to the stockpot: the lamb, the broth, sliced garlic, sweet potato, tomato paste, corn, dried oregano, garlic powder, and a bay leaf.
5. Bring it to a boil, then turn down to simmer. The stew will be done when the sweet potato is tender. Everything else cooks pretty quickly.
5. Add 1/4 c. red wine and simmer until the alcohol has cooked off.
6. Turn off the stove and serve stew.
Side notes:
On pot sizes, I have an 8-qt and a 12-qt stock pot; I use the 12-qt if I'm cooking a whole 3 lb chicken and the 8-qt for all other soups and stews. Does this mean you can't cook this in a 4-qt pot? No.. it just means that I only have two sizes to work with.
On the wine, I used a 2003 Sangiovese from Bray Vineyards. It just happened to be a bottle in my fridge that was already open.
Ingredients & Directions
1 lb fresh lamb shoulder or chops
4 tbsp olive oil
1 quart broth
3 cloves garlic, sliced
2 c. sliced carrots
1 raw sweet potato, cut into irregular chunks
6 oz tomato paste
1 c. sweet corn kernels
an unspecified amount of water to "thin" the stew
1 bay leaf
2 tsp dried oregano
2 tsp garlic powder
1/4 c. red wine
1. Separate the bone from the lamb shoulder or chops and set aside. The lamb meat should be cut into bite-sized pieces.
2. In a frying pan, add 2 tbsp olive oil and heat it up. Add the lamb meat and brown evenly. Set aside.
3. In an 8-qt stockpot, add 2 tbsp olive oil and heat it until the oil starts to thin. Add the sliced carrots and saute until tender.
4. Add the remaining ingredients to the stockpot: the lamb, the broth, sliced garlic, sweet potato, tomato paste, corn, dried oregano, garlic powder, and a bay leaf.
5. Bring it to a boil, then turn down to simmer. The stew will be done when the sweet potato is tender. Everything else cooks pretty quickly.
5. Add 1/4 c. red wine and simmer until the alcohol has cooked off.
6. Turn off the stove and serve stew.
Side notes:
On pot sizes, I have an 8-qt and a 12-qt stock pot; I use the 12-qt if I'm cooking a whole 3 lb chicken and the 8-qt for all other soups and stews. Does this mean you can't cook this in a 4-qt pot? No.. it just means that I only have two sizes to work with.
On the wine, I used a 2003 Sangiovese from Bray Vineyards. It just happened to be a bottle in my fridge that was already open.
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