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Fifth Season of Montana specializes in handmade artisanal charcuterie only licensed operation in the state of Montana that is producing Choosing food based on seacured meats with the ability sonality is a long-practiced and to sell wholesale around the sustainable way to eat. state. Our ancestors also underFifth Season Montana stood that the foods we Commitment loved fresh in one seaFifth Season Montana son, could be processed was founded in 2019 on natural to extend their the Double K Ranch. longevity into the other Based on the ideas that seasons as well. photo Courtesy fifth season montana food can be preserved The act of salt curing to increase its longevity and should be sustainable, meat has been a practice for thousands of years as locally sourced, and created using old world tradia way preserve a wide variety of foods before the tional techniques and methods. With ingredients advent of refrigeration. Charcuterie today is prefrom around the Bitterroot Valley and the beautiful pared to honor this tradition, and to show the true state of Montana, we create the highest quality artiflavors meat can develop over time, while being sanal cured meats. able to sustainably use the whole animal. Where you can find Fifth Season of Montana What is Charcuterie? products? You probably don’t use the French word charYou can stop by the Double K Ranch to purchase cuterie, but you know what it is—cured or smoked charcuterie at our meat shop. Find the hours and meat; products such as salami, sausage, bresaola, address at www.doublekranch.com. coppa, and prosciutto, to name a few. Charcuterie DILLON KOUF Fifth Season Montana
is making a big comeback having re-emerged from the local food and farm to table movements. Extending the shelf life of meat from days, and increasing it to months, we are expanding the four seasons to include a Fifth Season, so the meat harvested in spring can still be enjoyed in winter, and the game hunted in fall can be enjoyed in summer. It is the Fifth Season that has transformed the way we eat, and, it is this transformation that we celebrate and bring to you with the addition of Fifth Season Montana. What does the licensing to produce charcuterie involve? A lot of paperwork! Training, written plans, approvals and much more are just a few things to get started. The State of Montana controls the issuance of licenses to produce charcuterie and are at the shop daily to check in, the requirements are quite rigorous. At this time, Fifth Season is the
Other points of sale include: • Missoula Winter Market. Located at the Senior Center on the Hip Strip. 9am-1pm every Saturday until April 18th • O’Hara House Bee Hive Winter Foods Market, every other Tuesday, 3-4:30pm Oliver Blood House, Hamilton, through March 23 • Missoula and Hamilton Saturday Farmer’s Markets, May-October • Western Montana Growers Coop (Wholesale) • Restaurants: • 1889 (Missoula) • Create Art Bar (Missoula) • Latitude 48 (Whitefish) • Resort at Paws Up • With more around the state coming soon! Fifth Season of Montana appreciates your support of local hand-crafted charcuterie.
