Chocolate Easter Eggs & fresh Tuma cheese

This was another successful Easter at Salem Foods. We sold completely out of Columba-type cakes - be it chocolate, limoncello, or plain, none were left on the shelf.

We also were pretty much cleaned out of the fresh Tuma cheese, an Easter special and Italian holiday tradition. This cheese can be used for cooking or simply for putting into a sandwich (though this latter would be an odd use to some).

Though many of the traditional Italian recipes are beginning to fade, Salem Foods still sells fresh lamb and fresh rabbit. Offputting as it may be to some, the owner & butcher, Paul, will get whole baby lambs - skinned, cleaned, and ready for cutting - from a local meat distributor, and cut them up into halves for purchase. Some of our customers will even want the heads to add to stew - traditional Italians waste nothing! :)

Another special of ours, hard to find elsewhere these days, are hollow dark or milk chocolate eggs. They come in varying sizes, with the largest this year costing as much as $24.95 for a 1 kilogram, dark chocolate, hollow Easter egg.

We also ran some specials during Easter week, including:

• $9.99 per pound for fresh veal (cutlets, chops, etc.)
• $1.19 per pound of imported Italian pasta
• $12.99 for parmigiano (ground or whole)

One of the best things about this family business, and something that is truly valued by our customer base, is the personal level of service given to anyone who walks in the door. We are not the butcher counter of Whole Foods, Stop & Shop, or Shaws. Everyone behind the counter has a stake in the well being of the business, and so we do our best to satisfy anyone who walks in the door.

We hope you enjoyed your Easter shopping at Salem Foods, and if you haven't yet visited us, be sure to do so ASAP!

Menus, specials, and a website update are all in store for the coming days.

Please feel free to comment and ask questions!