Coho Season, Wine Tasting, and Mercato Update

 

Hey Y'all,

Alaskan Coho Salmon Season Alaskan Coho salmon season is here! Now through mid-October, this tasty salmon will be gracing our seafood cases. Coho is known to be approachable, meaning you can happily sit down to dinner with it. It's mild flavor and delicate texture distinguish this affordable, late-season species. Not the rich buttery flavor of king salmon or the strong salmony flavor of sockeye, coho has a nice, mild, loved-by-everyone taste. These large fish, sometimes called Silvers, are the last to return to their home rivers and have become a fall favorite that pairs well when baked with seasonal root vegetables and mushrooms. It may not be fall weather outside yet here in Georgia, but we sure do like those fall flavors!

Mercato Ending We will be ending our partnership with Mercato delivery service next month. I hope you are not too disappointed but please know that we can still do curb-side pick-up and you can always call ahead to reserve your order! Have a Sip on Us! Here's a note from Milton Wine and Crystal, located inside Kathleen's Catch Milton: Join Janice this Friday as we travel to the Spanish Wine World. Janice is very excited to share with you some great wines from Spain. We have found so many wines at great prices coming from all over Spain. Friday, August 20th, 4-6:30 p.m. Cheers, Janice, Yale and Susan. Also, don't forget that our Brookhaven Market has a tasting from 3pm - 5pm every Saturday! We will be tasting some of our favorites: a white, a rose and a red. Domaine Migot Cuvee Gamay (a red wine that pairs well with any kind of fish) Roco Gravel Road Chardonnay from the Willamette Valley (try this with tuna and grilled vegetables) Whispering Angel Rose (complements barbequed salmon) Come join us! We can wrap up your dinner for you while you enjoy these lovely wines.

SPECIAL 08/20 - 08/26 WHILE SUPPLIES LAST Alaskan Coho Salmon for just $18.99/lb! Coho Salmon & Corn Chowder

Catch-To-Go This Week Until Sunday, we'll have our Honey Jalapeno Salmon with Black Bean and Corn Salad over Greens.

Next week's is Horseradish Crusted Black Drum with Creamed Green Beans. Yum yum!

And Finally I have been reading a book called Undaunted Courage about Meriweather Lewis and his journey with his buddy, Clark, across the country. It really is a spellbinding story about the trials they endured as they made their way along the Missouri in search of an "all-water route across the continent." As you probaby know, they suffered through extreme temperatures, communication issues with the natives, lack of food, and lack of clothes and shoes. They climbed huge mountains and rafted raging currents on the Missouri River. At one point, Lewis gets his first view of the Rockies and leaps for joy and then immediately starts to think of how difficult it will be to cross them in pursuit of the Pacific Ocean. Here's what he wrote in his journal (with his spelling!) "when I reflected on the difficulties which this snowey barrier would most probably throw in my way to the Pacific, and the sufferings and hardships of myself and party in them, it in some measure counterballanced the joy I had felt in the first moments in which I gazed on them." But here's the best part: "As I have always held it a crime to anticipate evils I will believe it a good comfortable road untill I am conpelled to beleive differently." Could you ever find a better outlook on life than that? Believe it well be a good comfortable road until you are forced to think otherwise -- a message worth repeating to yourself every time you start to dread the future. Hope you have nothing to dread this weekend and hope to see you soon! Blessings, Kathleen