In This Newsletter: New Guava Katsu Sauce, Tasting Notes, Poi Dog Sauces Founder Spotlight, Use Suggestions | | Welcome to another Sunday Funday in May! This weekend, we’re launching a brand-new collaboration condiment with Poi Dog: Guava Katsu Sauce! Fruity-sweet and umami-rich with tomato, miso and mushroom, this Japanese-style BBQ sauce is a savory tropical sensation on chicken and rice, burgers and hot dogs. Anything you’re serving up on the grill could use a dab of this, as a marinade or as a finishing touch.
This all-star sauce is made with Burlap & Barrel spices (Buffalo Ginger, Toasted Onion, Sweet Allspice), and we have a limited quantity of just 200 bottles!
| | Award-winning journalist, food writer, chef and artist, Kiki Aranita is the founder of Poi Dog Sauces. Rooted in nostalgia for the multicultural flavors that Kiki grew up with in Hawai’i, “Poi Dog” is an affectionate term for “mutt” in Hawaiian Pidgin English. Vibrant and versatile, Kiki likes to use Guava Katsu Sauce in various ways: “Dip vegetables, dumplings, schnitzel in it. French fries, because it’s way better than ketchup.” | | “While I definitely will go through the effort to make chicken katsu when guests come over, if I'm eating alone at home, I just use the Guava Katsu as my go-to chicken nugget sauce. It also makes an absolutely marvelous marinade and I'll use it on meaty oyster mushrooms or porchetta—just marinate overnight in the fridge!” | | Kiki is also a longtime friend of ours: “I wouldn't have started a sauce company if it weren't for Burlap & Barrel. Ethan and Ori talked me through the process of turning my sauces which I had previously only made in my restaurant and food truck into a retail product. I love their mission, their support of many communities and small farmers, and I love how B&B spices give my sauces depth and brightness.” | | | | |
