Uncommon Market News

Hi Folks-

Well this weather is bizarre. I can’t decide whether I should be grateful, which I am, or waiting for the other shoe to drop, which I also am.

For those of you that do the football thing I hope your team won. As usual I was more interested in the food than the game  (and um… yeah, Sharon here), so I made chicken wings, along with a bunch of cool other stuff. I have to say they were delicious and best of all simple without any attending time. Recipe at the bottom of the email. They would be perfect for any casual gathering, movie night at home, after an afternoon ski, that sort of thing.

Valentines Day is coming and I hope you will think of us for your special wine. We have some beautiful pink sparklers as well as some deeply romantic reds and frisky whites. Fish will also be arriving on the 14th and while we try to plan ahead a little if you know you would like something special now would be a good time to order it! Oysters, shrimp, scallops, beautiful little fillets of sole, salmon, caviar, crab meat.

I guess I always think of “at home” Valentines Dinners as light and fun with lots of sexy little courses, followed by bits of terrific chocolate (which we also have at the store). So we’ll have to see whether we have a night out or a night in.

Fish below and the menus for the week

The fish tomorrow:

• Dayboat Haddock
• Wild Striped Bass
• Icelandic Arctic Char
• Albacore Tuna
• Alaskan Cod. Frozen at sea
• Shetland Salmon
• Dayboat yellow tail sole
• Rainbow trout, farm-raised in Idaho
• 10/20 Dry Scallops
• 16/20 Wild caught Shrimp
• Chatham oysters, from Chatham MA
• PEI Mussels

Day of the Week Lunch Special Soup Special Dinner Special
Monday Hot Salmon Sandwich made with Shetland salmon, Salmon rub on a soft roll. Clam Chowder Savory Italian meatloaf with garlic mashed and mushroom gravy
Tuesday Hot shaved Steak and cheese sandwich Spicy Meatball soup Shrimp Scampi
Wednesday Grilled Ahi tuna steak sandwich Lobster Bisque Salmon Cakes with Caper mayo
Thursday Bahn Mi, Vietnamese chicken sandwich Chicken and Sausage Gumbo Baked chicken breast stuffed with smoked gouda
Friday Pulled pork sandwich, come early, it sells out! Fish Chowder We’ll let you know on Thursday

Heroin Wings (Dana Carpender)

4lbs raw chicken wings, little wing tips removed
(if your wings are plump double the dry ingredients)
1 Cup grated parm
2 tablespoons dried parsley
1 Tablespoon dried oregano
2 teaspoon paprika
1 teaspoon salt
½ teaspoon black pepper
½ cup butter

Preheat oven to 350˚. If desired cut wings in half, I just cut off the third section that has literally no meat. Line one or two cookie sheets with foil (must do, pans are horrible if you don’t).
Melt butter in a bowl, I actually ended up using about a stick and a half.
Mix together all the dry ingredients. I had hefty wings and opted to double the amount of dry ingredients, which gave me extra but better that than not enough.
Dip each piece in butter, carefully coat and press with seasoning mixture and place on Foil lined pans, cook for one hour. You can do everything but the cooking ahead and make for a hell of an après ski party!

See you at the Store!

The Uncommon Market
The Market Worth Walking To

802.223.7051

www.uncommonmarket.net

.

Hi Folks-

Things I love about Montpelier:

• That the whacked out mallards only come in the winter (where do they summer, the artic circle?)
• That local here is not a passing fancy but the real deal
• That I have a least two customers who have changed sex in the last five years and its perfectly cool with everyone
• That there is so much going on for such a little town, lots of business, lots of competition and everyone knows to succeed we all have to work together
• That we are the capitol so we get to see the gov for lunch sometimes
• That Montpelier seems to love the Uncommon Market

Fish below and the menus for the week

The fish tomorrow:

• Dayboat Haddock
• Icelandic Arctic Char
• Ahi Tuna, frozen at sea
• Alaskan Cod. Frozen at sea
• Shetland Salmon
• Dayboat yellow tail sole
• Rainbow trout, farm-raised in Idaho
• 10/20 Dry Scallops
• 16/20 Shrimp
• Chatham oysters, from Chatham MA
• PEI Mussels

Day of the Week Lunch Special Soup Special Dinner Special
Monday Hot Salmon Sandwich on a soft roll. Clam Chowder Meatloaf and mashed, try it!
Tuesday Hot shaved Steak and cheese sandwich Spicy Meatball soup Shrimp Scampi
Wednesday Grilled Ahi tuna steak sandwich Lobster Bisque Salmon Cakes with Caper mayo
Thursday Bahn Mi, Vietnamese chicken sandwich Chicken and Sausage Gumbo chicken breast stuffed with smoked gouda dip and baked
Friday Pulled pork sandwich, come early, it sells out! Fish Chowder White fish ala Greque. Baked fish covered with a savory healthy sauce of capers, tomatoes, yogurt feta and onion

See you at the Store!

The Uncommon Market
The Market Worth Walking To

802.223.7051

www.uncommonmarket.net

.

Hi Folks-

Whither has our winter weather wandered? Damned if I know. My focus this week has been on preserving winter in appropriate places in our store i.e. our coolers. I do believe we might put our refrigeration repairmen on retainer. We only have two compressors left that are older that two years and I fully expect them to die at some nearby inopportune moment. Oh well that’s how it rolls sometimes…but hey, we are chill now.

Friday’s dinner special is the Greek style white fish again and if you haven’t tried it I really recommend it. Peter has some great fish coming in tomorrow. Amusingly this week I finally got organized to make the crock pot recipe I had put in the post last week and realized I no longer owned a crock pot…must have left the house in one of those cleaning frenzies. Fortunately I received an absolutely beautiful enameled dutch oven for Christmas. A quick google search provided the conversion time and the meal was everything I hoped for.

Fish arriving tomorrow:

• Alaskan Cod, flash frozen at sea
• Sustainable Shetland Salmon
• Dayboat Haddock
• Yellow Tail Dayboat Sole
• Icelandic Arctic Char
• Sardines
• Malpeque oysters, PEI
• 16/20 Domestic Shrimp
• PEI Mussels
• 10/20 Dry Scallops

See you at the Store!

The Uncommon Market
“A store worth walking to.”

802.223.7051

www.uncommonmarket.net

Hi Folks-

Well Chelsea is on her way to Barcelona! Unsurprisingly she was pretty dang excited when I dropped her off at the airport. Her excitement has been contagious. Andrew, whom many of you know from the market, was helping her with her Spanish… he let me know today that there were at least a couple of things he taught her that he hoped she didn’t use. Rafael from Artisanal Cellars has hooked her up with a couple of Spanish wine makers so we know that is taken care of. She’s meeting a friend there and it sounds like they are going to have a blast… I’m sure you will get to read about it in the post.

I must admit I haven’t made the Mexican corn stew yet… the beans weren’t in, although they are now, so maybe this Wednesday. I ended up making a quick and delicious chicken cacciatore, my recipe below. We finished the chicken the first day and the vegetable mixture we used cold on hamburgers one night and then hot on an Italian sausage sandwich another night. Vermont Salumi, a new VT Sausage company out of Plainfield, makes this excellent Italian Sausage, which we will have in soon.

Fish below and the menus for the week

The fish tomorrow:

• Dayboat Haddock
• Wild Steelhead
• Icelandic Arctic Char
• Ahi Tuna, frozen at sea
• Alaskan Cod. Frozen at sea
• Shetland Salmon
• Dayboat yellow tail sole
• Rainbow trout, farm-raised in Idaho
• 10/20 Dry Scallops
• 16/20 Shrimp
• Chatham oysters, from Chatham MA
• PEI Mussels

Day of the Week Lunch Special Soup Special Dinner Special
Monday Hot Salmon Sandwich made with Shetland salmon, Salmon rub on a soft roll. Clam Chowder Meatloaf and mashed potatoes, gravy
Tuesday Hot shaved Steak and cheese sandwich Spicy Meatball soup Shrimp Scampi
Wednesday Grilled Ahi tuna steak sandwich Lobster Bisque Salmon Cakes with Caper mayo
Thursday Bahn Mi, Vietnamese chicken sandwich Chicken and Sausage Gumbo Turkey Enchiladas
Friday Pulled pork sandwich, come early, it sells out! Fish Chowder White fish ala Greque. Baked fish covered with a savory healthy sauce of capers, tomatoes, yogurt feta and onion

Sharon’s Cacciatore
4 Misty Knoll Chicken legs, each cut in half
4 strips of Pancetta, cut into 1 inch pieces
4 cloves garlic, medium dice
1. 5 large onions or two small, medium dice
1 red bell pepper, medium dice
2 oz white wine, red wine or champagne
1 can fire roasted diced tomatoes
1 tsp basil
1 tsp oregano
salt and pepper

Preheat oven to 350˚. Using a casserole dish, dutch oven or other stove top to oven worthy dish, cook pancetta over medium heat until just browned. Remove and reserve. Salt and pepper chicken thighs and drumsticks and brown in the pancetta fat. This is the longest part and a bit smoky. High temperature works best and decide ahead of time to just flip it once. When you can pull it up without tearing the skin it is ready to flip. Once browned remove and set aside with pancetta. Misty Knoll chicken isn’t very greasy so I didn’t remove any fat but if you have more than a couple of tablespoons drain some off. Add onions to fat and cook over med high heat for three minutes, add garlic and red peppers and cook for 2 more minutes, add wine and scrape the pan well. Add basil and oregano and a little salt and pepper. Add pancetta back to pan and add can of tomatoes, mix well and add chicken back in and any accumulated juices. Bring to a simmer. Make sure chicken is mostly tucked into the veggies, cover the pan and put in the oven for 35 to 50 minutes. Serve on its own or over rice or noodles.

See you at the Store!

The Uncommon Market
The Market Worth Walking To

802.223.7051

www.uncommonmarket.net

.

Hi Folks-

So nice to be gone … so nice to be back. I had a great time with Katy and Sophia, weirdly got to see my sister on the way home too and had to, surprisingly, work on Sunday. I went to work and the nicest part was that I thought “I love this place,” which I surely wouldn’t have said two weeks ago. A little break is always good.

Below is the fish tomorrow, menus for the week and a favorite recipe of mine that I am going to make on Wednesday for Peter and me. It is a healthy, hearty Mexican stew made in a crock pot. You need to sauté a few things before putting them in the slow cooker but it is just the ticket for this time of year. We will be sure to have all the ingredients at the store tomorrow!

The fish tomorrow:

• Dayboat Haddock
• Whole Rainbow Trout, farm raised, Idaho
• Icelandic Arctic Char
• Bluefish
• Ahi Tuna, frozen at sea
• Alaskan Cod. Frozen at sea
• Shetland Salmon
• Dayboat yellow tail sole
• 10/20 Dry Scallops
• 16/20 Shrimp
• Malpeque oysters, Long Island
• PEI Mussels

Day of the Week Lunch Special Soup Special Dinner Special
Monday Hot Salmon Sandwich made with Shetland salmon, Salmon rub on a soft roll. Clam Chowder Italian Meatloaf with garlic mashed and mushroom gravy
Tuesday Hot shaved Steak and cheese sandwich Spicy Meatball soup Shrimp Scampi
Wednesday Grilled Ahi tuna steak sandwich Lobster Bisque Salmon Cakes with Caper mayo
Thursday Bahn Mi, Vietnamese chicken sandwich Chicken and Sausage Gumbo Baked Stuffed Chicken breast
Friday Pulled pork sandwich, come early, it sells out! Fish Chowder Chef’s pick, something new !

Mexican Corn Stew (1994 Vegetarian Times)
1 Can pinto or kidney beans (you can also use 1 cup dry beans, soaked overnight.)
1 tsp olive oil
1 cup chopped onion
1 TBL minced garlic
¼ jalapeno peppers, about three small
½ cup thinly sliced carrots
½ cup thinly sliced celery
3 Tbl minced cilantro
6 cups veg or chicken stock or water
16 oz pkg frozen corn
2 tsp cumin
2 tsp coriander
½ tsp cayenne (optional)

Place beans in slow cooker/crock pot.
In a large skillet over medium-high heat, heat olive oil. Sauté onion and garlic for 3 to 5 minutes. Add jalapenos, carrots, celery and bell pepper cook three minutes more, stirring frequently. Transfer to slow cooker/crock pot.
Add cilantro, stock or water, corn, cumini, coriander. Cook on low for 6 to 8 hours, until beans are tender if using dry beans that have been soaked or until stew is thick if using canned beans. Add cayenne if desired. Serves six.

Now what I do is chop all the veggies the night before, keeping garlic and onions in one bowl or bag and the rest of the veggies in another container. I usually put together all of the seasonings the night before as well. This way, I get up in the morning, Sauté a few things, put it all in the crock pot and come home after work to a stupendous meal that is ready to go, pretty dang healthy and tastes like nothing I have eaten over the holidays!!
See you at the Store!

The Uncommon Market
The Market Worth Walking To

802.223.7051

www.uncommonmarket.net

.

Hi Folks-

All through the house not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse…

…except at the Uncommon Market! So it’s a little late in the game but we still have a few treats: pork pies, our beautiful fish and some beef…smoked trout, mussels and salmon, proscuitto, pancetta, VT cheeses, really fresh fruit, the best bacon (North Country smoke house, applewood), chocolates galore and really anything else to make a perfect holiday. Cabernet Sparkling wine, fabulous Prosecco, great reds and whites. Pretty much all the fun food and wine we like to buy and just need an excuse to

… and to all a good night.

Fish arriving tomorrow:

• Alaskan Cod, flash frozen at sea
• Sustainable Shetland Salmon
• Dayboat Haddock
• Yellow Tail Dayboat Sole
• Icelandic Arctic Char
• Katama Bay oysters, Martha’s Vineyard
• 16/20 Domestic Shrimp
• PEI Mussels
• 10/20 Dry Scallops

See you at the Store!

The Uncommon Market
“A store worth walking to.”

802.223.7051

www.uncommonmarket.net

Hi Folks-

And it’s ready, set, go at the Market! We will still be taking orders through Thursday morning for beef roasts, pork roasts, fish and seafood. Prepared foods are still available. We’ve made a new batch of lovely pork pies and there are about fifteen left.

The fish tomorrow:

• Dayboat Haddock
• Icelandic Arctic Char
• Albacore Tuna
• Alaskan Cod. Frozen at sea
• Shetland Salmon
• Dayboat yellow tail sole
• Swordfish
• 10/20 Dry Scallops
• 16/20 Shrimp
• Katama Bay oysters, Martha’s Vineyard
• PEI Mussels

Day of the Week Lunch Special Soup Special Dinner Special
Monday Hot Salmon Sandwich made with Shetland salmon, Salmon rub on a soft roll. Clam Chowder Meatloaf and mashed Potatoes
Tuesday Hot shaved Steak and cheese sandwich Spicy Meatball soup Shrimp Scampi
Wednesday Grilled Ahi tuna steak sandwich Lobster Bisque Salmon Cakes with Caper mayo
Thursday Bahn Mi, Vietnamese chicken sandwich Chicken and Sausage Gumbo Turkey Enchiladas
Friday Pulled pork sandwich, come early, it sells out! Fish Chowder Great Night to pick up your holiday foods and wine!

See you at the Store!

The Uncommon Market
The Market Worth Walking To

802.223.7051

www.uncommonmarket.net

.

Hi Folks -

As promised here are both the champagne list and the list of available Oysters.

Gossett Brut Excellance Champagne $42.99, France

Aromas of pear and honeysuckle perfume the bouquet. This is a beautifully balanced champagne with a long, expressive finish. For fun this year it comes in a chill bag with a champagne recorker!

Cima da Conegliano Prosecco Extra Dry $20.89, Italy

Cima da Conegliano Distillery is located in the province of Treviso, in the heart of Veneto, close to the beautiful hills of Conegliano. Straw color with greenish hues, aromas of green and golden delicious apples, soft and long lasting finish.

Steininger Cabernet Sauvignon Sekt $29.19, Austria (rosé)

From the Steininger Family in the Kamptal region of Austria. This is a Sparkling wine from cabernet, wildly aromatic with bright cranberry and currant fruits, and more cranberry on the palate, plus a great texture and smooth, even mouthfeel.

Bellenda Prosecco di Conegliano-Valdobbiadene $20.89, Italy
This has lovely honeyed fruit palette with a citrus/mineral edge and is slightly off-dry, clean bright finish, a classic Prosecco

Shingleback Black Bubbles, Sparkling Shiraz $20.89, McLaren Vale Australia (red)

A cracker sparkling red and just so Australian in style. This has blackcurrant, spice, leather, oodles of chocolate cake and raisins. A plush wine which does have the styled elevated levels of sweetness, but you’ll hardly notice, as the balancing acidity is deceptive. Terrific length and a really lovely example of the style

Domaine Carneros, $25.09 Napa CA

Beautifully focused and refined, with Gala apple and raspberry aromas and flavors that are crisp yet layered, with creamy lemon and lime notes and a finish that lingers with mineral and a hint of yeast. Can’t afford French Champagne and want to buy American this is the one for you.

Korbel Natural $17.79, Russian River, CA

A crisp delicately dry champagne, Korbel Natural has been served exclusively

at the last five presidential inaugurations and is one of the few things both

political parties agree on.

Pares Balta Brut Cava, $15.69 Penedes, Spain

A soft yellow-green in color with fine bubbles. Nicely creamy for a cava. It has an enticing nose of white peaches, apples, pears, melon and lime. Crisp and bright, dry with medium body, this sparkling wine has rich flavors of apple, honeydew, peach and mineral notes.

Secco, Leo Hillinger, $18.75, Burgenland Austria (rosé)

Gently sparkling and fine, fruity: that’s the Hillinger Secco – the pink creation from 100% Pinot Noir grapes. Refreshing, finely chiselled with well integrated acidity and a gorgeous finish.

OYSTERS!!!

Here’s the scoop on oysters available next week. Please realize you must order by noon on Monday for Tuesday Delivery and before 9am on Thursday for Friday delivery. We are happy (thrilled actually) to get your orders sooner than that. Our distributors gave their best shot at availability and pricing for next week hoever availability or pricing might change.

Available by the each:

Malpeque Oyster, small, classic

Prince Edward Island $1.06 each

Thatch Island Oyster

A big oyster, Cape Cod Bay $1.40 each

Onset Oysters

Cape Cod, very briny $1.06 each

Blue Points

From CT, on the bigger side $1.06 each

Katama Bay Oyster

Martha’s Vineyard, classic, buttery $1.40 each

Wellfleet Oyster,

Cape Cod, MA $1.40 each

Available by the 25 count Only

Sweet Neck Oysters,

Martha’s Vineyard, $45.75 for 25

Marion Bay Oysters(wild)

Buzzard’s Bay, MA $33.89 for 25

Cape Cod Bay Oysters

Cape Cod, MA $39.89 for 25

Our mailing address is:

The Uncommon Market
1 School Street
Montpelier, Vermont 05602

Hi Folks-

Well it is a good thing we all have the Holiday spirit because the weather is not cooperating. I still think we will get snow soon and for those that can’t bear winter they’ve had a nice reprieve.

My mission tonight was to detail our sparkling wines and while I have notes it won’t be in the post tonight… (I’ll send it tomorrow). I went shopping. I can’t tell you how thrilled I am to be ahead of my usual panicked schedule. Honestly, by taking a little time, I think I have managed to reduce the buying which frankly is a good thing. Shopping locally is the only way to go, I’ll be buying more there soon and I promise to have Champagne and oyster availability tomorrow.

The store however is benefiting from our attention; the staff has been rocking it. I seriously think we have the nicest staff, they have all been so hard working and fun. The store itself is stocked with lots of goodies… beautiful boxes of chocolates, gourmet treats, wines, presents…ask anybody who works there about a good present from the store and they’ll help you out!

Fish arriving tomorrow:

• Alaskan Cod, flash frozen at sea
• Sustainable Shetland Salmon
• Dayboat Haddock
• Red Snapper, from Costa Rica
• Yellow Tail Dayboat Sole
• Icelandic Arctic Char
• Swordfish
• Yellow fin Tuna, US caught
• Katama Bay oysters, Martha’s Vineyard
• 16/20 Domestic Shrimp
• PEI Mussels
• 10/20 Dry Scallops

See you at the Store!

The Uncommon Market
“A store worth walking to.”

802.223.7051

www.uncommonmarket.net

Hi Folks-

Alright…I’m starting to get in the mood here. There is at least a bit of nip in the air, I have actually started my Christmas shopping (seriously I usually do it on the 24th, so I’m rocking) and I have started the deep clean at home necessary to make any holiday way more fun.

Pork Pies went like hot cakes so we are making more. They were not on our Holiday list…just on a first come first serve basis. Oops, totally making more on Saturday. Please call the store if you want to reserve one.

In the Thursday email we will have oyster varieties available for the following week. If you are at all close to deciding what you’d like for your special meal and we can help please let us know. Here’s a link to what we are offering with pricing and order cut off dates. http://uncommonmarket.net/news/ and just scroll down an email or two and you will see the specialty food list. For items that are ordered that cost more than $50.00 we are taking $50.00 deposits which will be subtracted from your final purchase price.

I think it was the Monday before Christmas last year that I started to feel like I was running a shop for a Charles Dickens story. So very fun to be counting pheasants, sides of fish, chestnuts, etc. and checking out what everybody considers “special” food. Damn I love my job.

The fish tomorrow:

• Dayboat Haddock
• Icelandic Arctic Char
• Bluefish
• Yellowfin Tuna
• Alaskan Cod. Frozen at sea
• Shetland Salmon
• Dayboat yellow tail sole
• Swordfish
• 10/20 Dry Scallops
• 16/20 Shrimp
• Katama Bay oysters, Martha’s Vineyard

Day of the Week Lunch Special Soup Special Dinner Special
Monday Hot Salmon Sandwich made with Shetland salmon, Salmon rub on a soft roll. Clam Chowder Meatloaf and garlic mashed with mushroom gravy
Tuesday Hot shaved Steak and cheese sandwich Spicy Meatball soup Shrimp Scampi
Wednesday Grilled Ahi tuna steak sandwich Lobster Bisque Salmon Cakes with Caper mayo
Thursday Bahn Mi, Vietnamese chicken sandwich Chicken and Sausage Gumbo Turkey enchiladas
Friday Pulled pork sandwich, come early, it sells out! Fish Chowder Northern Italian Lasagna

See you at the Store!

The Uncommon Market
The Market Worth Walking To

802.223.7051

www.uncommonmarket.net

.