Issue 41
AAugustugust 20142014 Painted Hills Natural Beef Monthly IIssuessue 6969
MMike’sike’s MeatsMeats & SeafoodSeafood PPaintedainted HHillsills NaturalNatural BeefBeef Jerky:Jerky: “We’re here when quality counts.” That’s the motto at Mike’s LLessess Waste,Waste, SameSame GreatGreat TasteTaste Meats & Seafood. The little market in Wenatchee, Washington has been serving up high-quality cuts of meat and seafood for Here at Painted Hills Natural Beef, we’re committed to the past 5 years. Their secret? Buy local. providing our customers with all-natural, responsibly-raised beef for your family. And, because we know our herds are “I think it’s important to know the farmer and know the only as healthy as the land they graze on, our commitment products,” said Mike McKee, owner of Mike’s Meats and extends to good stewardship of the land too. Seafood. “I can go out and see the ranches myself. And that That’s why we’re excited to introduce new, compact packaging means I can answer questions when my customers ask.” for Painted Hills Natural Beef Jerky products. The new, smaller To Mike’s Meats and Seafood, local means anything grown or packaging means less waste, while providing you the same produced in the Pacific Northwest. And their commitment to great value and flavor you’ve come to expect. supporting local ranchers and providing high-quality products Try one of four tasty flavors: Peppercorn, Campfire BBQ, to customers makes them a perfect fit to carry Painted Hills Hickory Smoked and Teriyaki. Each is made with 100% all- Natural Beef. You’ll find a wide selection of our bone-in and natural beef, no nitrates, and no preservatives. And they make boneless Ribeyes, New Yorks, Tri-Tips, Tenderloins, Top an easy, on-the-go snack for busy summer days. Sirloins, and Briskets. You can pick up the new packages at your favorite local retailer “I was looking for an upper-end product when we started or on our website at: www.paintedhillsnaturalbeef.com. five years ago,” explained Mike. “Painted Hills was a quality product: Pacific Northwest grown and consistent. Day in and day out, I know I’m going to get a good quality cut of meat.” FFunun FactsFacts If surf and turf is more your style, you can also find an In 2009, a team of researchers from the assortment of fresh seafood, including shrimp and lobster. They’re a delicious compliment to Painted Hills Natural Beef National Institutes of Health and the U.S. Ribeye, Top Sirloin and New York Steaks. Department of Agriculture announced If you’re in Wenatchee, be sure to stop by Mike’s Meats & that they’d successfully mapped the Seafood, located in the Pybus Public Market, and pick up your bovine genome. The results? Cattle have favorite cut of locally-raised, all-natural Painted Hills Natural about 22,000 genes, and a whopping 80% of those are Beef. shared with humans. Mike’s Meats & Seafood 7 N. Worthen, Suite W-14 There are more than 800 different Wenatchee, WA 98801 breeds of cattle around the world. Phone: (509) 888-4884
AAugustugust GiftGift BoxBox SpecialsSpecials 2 boxes to choose from including Natural & Grass-fed options GGrass-fedrass-fed BBoxox NNaturalatural BBoxox 8- 10 oz New York Steaks 3- approx 4.5 lbs Inside Skirt Steaks ONLY $61.58 (Retail Value $72.45) 4- 8 oz Top Sirloin Steaks ONLY $74.12 (Retail Value $84.47)
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and trauma of these events can lead to disease and hinder hinder and disease to lead can events these of trauma and is a publication of: publication a is
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wildfires can also do significant damage to the health of of health the to damage significant do also can wildfires
summer and winter food supplies in a matter of days. To make matters worse, worse, matters make To days. of matter a in supplies food winter and summer
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sauce and sprinkle with cilantro. Cut extra lime lime extra Cut cilantro. with sprinkle and sauce
Winter.
Slice steak against the grain, drizzle with pan pan with drizzle grain, the against steak Slice
during the summer months, as they grow and harvest hay to prepare for the the for prepare to hay harvest and grow they as months, summer the during
rangeland and pasture. This is land ranchers depend on to sustain their herds herds their sustain to on depend ranchers land is This pasture. and rangeland
with foil, and allow to rest for 10 minutes. 10 for rest to allow and foil, with
termined number of cattle and destroyed hundreds of thousands of acres of of acres of thousands of hundreds destroyed and cattle of number termined
doneness. Transfer steak to a large plate, tent tent plate, large a to steak Transfer doneness.
by these tragic events. This summer’s wildfires have already killed an unde- an killed already have wildfires summer’s This events. tragic these by
flipping occasionally, until cooked to desires desires to cooked until occasionally, flipping
for their livelihood, but cattle ranchers and farmers are also deeply affected affected deeply also are farmers and ranchers cattle but livelihood, their for
Place skirt steak on hot side of grill and cook, cook, and grill of side hot on steak skirt Place
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medium heat. Simmer until reduced by half. by reduced until Simmer heat. medium
from the devastating wildfires in Central and Eastern Oregon and Washington. Washington. and Oregon Eastern and Central in wildfires devastating the from
Transfer marinade to a small saucepan over over saucepan small a to marinade Transfer
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overnight.
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2 pounds skirt steak, trimmed of excess fat excess of trimmed steak, skirt pounds 2 cattle purchases, future cattle slaughter numbers, and even even and numbers, slaughter cattle future purchases, cattle
as compared to PHNB results to make decisions about future future about decisions make to results PHNB to compared as Ingredients
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