This Week
Beer and Wine Specials
Brought to you by Chris Gadbois, Spirits Buyer
The following sale prices are valid through 9/2/10- enjoy!
Northwest Beers on Sale!
Pyramid ThunderHead IPA $1.99 22 oz.
Seattle | Portland
Reg. Price $2.99 You Save $1
MacTarnahan's Amber Ale $7.29 6pk
Portland, OR
Reg Price $7.89 You Save $0.60
Dick's Best Bitter $7.49 6pk
Centralia, WA
Reg. Price $8.99 You Save $1.50
Dick's Danger Ale $7.49 6pk
Centralia, WA
Reg. Price $8.99 You Save $1.50
Hale's Mongoose IPA $7.29 6pk
Seattle, WA
Reg. Price $7.99 You Save $.70
Hale's Kolsch $7.29 6pk
Seattle, WA
Reg. Price $7.99 You Save $.70
Featured Wines
Protocolo Rose $8.49
Reg. Price $9.99 You Save $1.50
Frey Organic Red Table Wine $8.29
Reg. Price $9.99 You Save $1.70
Domaine de Cassagnole French White Table Wine $8.99
Reg. Price $9.99 You Save $1
Orvieto Bigi Dry Italian White Table Wine $9.99
Reg. Price $10.79 You Save $.80
A Cock Story Without Bull
Opinion by Jhan Hochman, Working Owner, jhanhoc@gmail.com
The Multnomah County Health Department’s Environmental Health Section Vector and Code Enforcement website states: “Roosters are prohibited in the City of Portland.” The same site also states that no permit is required to have three hens. All across the U.S., if chickens are permitted, hens are usually allowed while roosters are prohibited or severely restricted because of—to put it rather objectively—the rooster’s volubility.
On a rel ated note, New York Times columnist, Nicholas Kristof, in “Humanity Even for Nonhumans” wrote that “even wholesome egg-laying operations depend on the slaughtering of males, since a male chick is executed for every female allowed to survive and lay eggs.” (Read the full article here.) In his blog, Kristof went on to call this slaughter of males, a “holocaust.” Similarly, the website of the Humane Society of the United States, contains the following caption for an overhead photo of a concentration cage of chicks: “As male chicks cannot lay eggs and aren’t the same breeds as those chickens raised for meat, they are of no value to the egg or broiler industries. Shortly after hatching, hundreds of millions of unwanted male chicks are killed by the commercial egg industry annually, usually by gassing, crushing, or suffocation.”
The upshot of the restriction on and killing of male chickens is that eating cruelty-free eggs might be impossible in most places across the U.S., even if the eggs come from the three coddled hens you bought for your own back yard. The only potential ray of light is that somewhere in the U.S. there just might be a hatchery who does not kill males (I have not taken the time to find out, but here’s a list).
So, what to do if you can’t bring yourself to refuse or renounce eggs? ”Reduce, Refine, and Replace,” are the three Rs suggested by the Humane Society. In other words, eat fewer eggs, eat better eggs (organic and cageless, at least), and increasingly eat something else (ask co-op staff for suggestions). That way, more male chickens will come home to roost.
Ode to the
Humble Potato
Opinion by Geanna Marek, Working Owner
Low-carbohydrate diets come and go like the wind; Hollywood’s diet books from yesterday will be thrown out with tomorrow morning’s trash. Certain key ingredients will have a starring role for at least a month (acai and coconut water are the current stars, for example), only to be replaced with an unknown one next month. Of course, the key amidst all this hubbub is to maintain a consistent diet with low calories, supplemented by an active lifestyle.
 As a result of the almost schizophrenic-style of obsession this country has with eating and health, simple, staple foods that our relatives and ancestors swore by in generations past are lost in the mix. Between big fad diets, they are recognized once again for their nutritional value, but during the current BIG TREND, they are tossed away into the back of the fridge, only to grow old and moldy and eventually thrown out.
Today, I’m referring specifically to the classic sturdy vegetable: the potato. Because they have a high glycemic rate, they are not necessarily good on a regular basis, especially for those with diabetes, but they DO offer significant levels of Vitamin C, Vitamin B6, and Potassium. Eating them with the skin on offers levels of fiber comparable to that of whole grains and beans. Of course, eating them in fast food as French fries or processed hash browns has sullied their reputation a bit, but there are plenty of other, and much healthier ways to eat them.
Pick up some tots at the Co-op on sale for the rest of August from Cascadian Farms; only $2.49 for a 16 oz. bag. Or even better- give our locally grown Russet Potatoes a shot- on sale this week in produce for only $.99/lb!
 Recipe of the Week:
Better than Baked Potato
Recipe provided by Geanna Marek, Working Owner
Serves 1
Baked potatoes are delicious on a cold day, but they are also time-consuming. Try this shortcut recipe with tater tots for a quick meal.
Ingredients:
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10 Cascadian Farms tots, frozen
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1 cup chopped broccoli, frozen
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1/2 cup corn, frozen
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1/2 cup protein, such as chopped tofu or tempeh (already cooked)
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1/2 cup Daiya or other non-dairy cheese
Directions:
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Cook tots according to directions. While they are heating, warm corn and broccoli and protein.
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Put tots onto a plate and cover with broccoli, corn, and protein. Sprinkle with cheese.
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Warm in microwave for about 2 minutes or until cheese is melted.
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Serve warm and enjoy!
Community News
Portland Public Schools
Community Care Day
Saturday, August 28th
9am - 12pm
Various Locations
Community Appreciation BBQ
1pm - 4pm
Clarendon-Portsmouth K-8 School
5103 N. Willis Blvd.
Grab your gardening gloves and join thousands of students, families and community members in improving PPS grounds on Community Care Day Saturday, Aug. 28.
Community Care Day is an annual volunteer cleanup – mostly landscaping, but including general cleaning – organized by PPS before school begins.
Most of the more than 50 schools participating in Community Care Day are holding their events from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, Aug. 28, but check the website – where you can also register to participate – to verify dates and times at specific schools. You do not need to bring anything, but organizers ask that you bring gloves, weeding tools, shovels or similar tools if you have them. Water and snacks will be provided.
“Students benefit tremendously from the strong support of our communities,” says Andre Jackson, manager of community engagement and school partnerships for PPS. “Community Care Day exemplifies that support, with individuals of all ages and backgrounds coming together to ensure students return to schools that are clean, tidy and ready for a new year.”
Volunteer activities including spreading mulch and bark chips, trimming bushes, edging grass and cleaning up litter.
Tight school budgets make this volunteer work particularly important. Six groundskeepers are responsible for cutting grass and trimming shrubs at PPS schools during summer – two during winter – which is down from 14 employees year-round a decade ago.
Questions? Contact Community Engagement & School Partnership Manager Andre Jackson, 503-916-3078 or ajackso2@pps.k12.or.us
Your efforts will make a difference for students and the neighborhood.
Grand Central Bakery Fair
Saturday, September 18
10am - 4pm
714 N. Fremont St.
Join us Saturday, September 18th from 10 am to 4 pm for the Grand Central Bakery Fair: An Urban Farming Expo & Bicycle  Rodeo! Held at our 714 N Fremont location and neighboring Boise Eliot schoolyard, this one-day event will host an array of demonstrations, contests and activities for the entire family. A small admission fee gives you access to traditional (and not-so-traditional) fair favorites such as baking and preserving contests, a judging of urban grown produce, a bicycle rodeo and a wide array of baking, cooking and urban farming seminars and demos. All proceeds from this event go to benefit Zenger Farm and the Community Cycling Center.
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Produce
Specials
Brought to you
this week by
Local Farmers!
Farm Direct
All Lettuce
$1.39 ea
Mustard Seed Farms
St. Paul, OR
Locally Grown
Dandy Dapple Pluot
$1.59/lb.
Locally Grown
Cantaloupe
$.69/lb.
Locally Grown
Russet Potatoes
$.99/lb.
Locally Grown
Green Bell Pepper
$1.99/lb
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Commitee Meeting
Tuesday, August 24th
1pm - 2pm
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ACG Board of Directors Meeting
Tuesday, September 7th
6pm - 8pm
at Redeemer Lutheran Church
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