Wednesday, August 5, 2020 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
Artisan Showcase
A R T I S T S , M A K E R S , B U I L D E R S , C R E AT O R S ,
CRAFTERS, DREAMERS, DESIGNERS, INVENTORS
Finding flavor in
locally raised meat
Proud to be the B E S T !
Honey-
Smoked Steelhead
& Honey-Smoked
Steelhead Spread
Mouthwatering, moist, and no bones!
Gourmet Baskets & Boxes...
Loaded with your favorite
Dan’s Honey-Smoked Steelhead treats
and local artisan goodies.
Available locally in Bend, Sisters, and
Black Butte Ranch or order online at
www.danssmokedsalmon.com
— 970-623-5804 —
Honey-smoked
steelhead a hit
Down the road in Tumalo, in a five-
star cedar-log smoking facility, Dan
Rasmussen is producing honey-smoked
steelhead that is as close to perfect as it
gets.
This is truly artisanal honey-smoked
steelhead, produced in small batches us-
ing pure honey, with every aspect of the
process from brining to smoking to pack-
aging handled with personal care on-site.
“We don’t do any more than 100 pounds
at any smoking,” Rasmussen told The
Nugget. “That’s so we get perfection in-
stead of doing 5,000 pounds at a time.”
There are no bones. Dan’s Honey-
Smoked Steelhead is also particularly fa-
mous for steelhead spread. Gift baskets
include fresh nuts roasted to perfection.
Dan’s facility on his 10-acre property in
Tumalo is top-notch.
“Cleanliness is the most important thing
to us,” he said.
Dan’s Honey-Smoked Steelhead prod-
ucts are available in Sisters at Oliver
Lemon’s and Ray’s Food Place, and on
Sundays at Sisters Farmers Market. Their
online store at www.danssmokedsalmon.
com offers steelhead as well as gourmet
gift baskets.
Evan and Amanda Moran found their
way to providing high-quality, delicious
beef and pork pretty much by accident.
Raising livestock with some friends, he
decided to feed them on the byproducts
of Central Oregon’s thriving brewing and
distilling industries.
“When I first started, it was just about
not wasting all the byproduct and such,”
he recalled. “Turned out that I enjoyed do-
ing it — and it tasted pretty good.”
Pretty good is a bit of an understatement.
Pioneer Ranch has developed a reputa-
tion for delicious sweet-tasting pork and
savory beef – all influenced by what and
how they’re fed.
“Different types of products are com-
plementary with different meats,” Moran
said.
Brewers’ spent grain and yeasts provide
a healthy, well-rounded diet that results
in great flavor. The distiller’s spent grains
provide the sugar backbone, which cre-
ates greater marbling and tenderness in
Pioneer Ranch meat.
The store is located just a few minutes
drive east of Sisters in Tumalo, where
you’ll find a full stock of Oregon-grown
products. Delivery is available.
LOCALLY RAISED,
NATURALLY CRAFTED
BEEF & PORK
• Pasture-raised, hand-cut
• No hormones, GMOs, or antibiotics
• Fed byproducts from local breweries
and whiskey distillers enhancing flavor
• Greater marbling, superior tenderness
Butcher boxes • Oregon coast seafood
Order at www.pioneerranch.com
FREE DELIVERY
on orders of $100+
to Sisters when you
mention this ad
Or visit our
store in Tumalo
64702 Cook Ave.
559-681-1310
Think of your
yard as a
painting!
Currently
producing custom
fused-glass totems
in all sizes for your
yard landscaping.
Piece shown is four-feet tall.
Each piece is handmade
and weather tolerant.
Contact Z Glass Act
through Hood Avenue Art
or at her studio,
281 Sun Ranch Dr.,
Sisters, Oregon
541-556-9068
Creating
functional art
from glass
Susie Zeitner has created a thriving
business called Z Glass Act and built a fine
reputation as a glass artist, firing kiln glass
in her home studio in Sisters.
“Lighting is kind of the anchor part of
my business, but in the last year-and-a-
half, I’ve done lawn art,” she said.
The lawn art has proven desirable to
clients.
This summer, she’s partnering with
Stitchin’ Post to impart the joy of creat-
ing glass lawn art to all sorts of folks. She
provides the cut glass and the students
provide the enthusiasm — no particular
experience or aptitude is required.
Those in “Making Memories” classes
(conducted in COVID-safe conditions)
go home with a mosaic glass piece to or-
nament their yard — pieces Zeitner calls
“totems.”
“They walk away having made some-
thing very successful themselves,” she
said. “Glass has an energy — it literally
is made of minerals, and minerals have
a certain energy. And it has, for thou-
sands of years, been kind of seductive for
people.”
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