Remember the Alheira? Well it’s back because week 4 of our popup birthday month is Alheira week! On house brioche buns our Alheira chicken sausage is served alongside a fried egg, fresh arugula & harissa Mayo for one of our most favorite sandwiches we have ever done. IF you swing by IRL today, there will be an in-store special as well, but more on that dropping in an hour so check back in. If you don’t know the story behind this Traditionally-U shaped sausage it’s really got a fantastic history. It is credited with helping Jewish families survive the infamous Inquisition. As Jews fleeing Medieval Spain could hide in Portugal. Alheira helped Portuguese Jews blend in with their Catholic neighbors. In the Portuguese region of Trás-os-Montes, “every home preserved pork sausages to see the family through the winter, hanging them from the rafters in meaty coils. Jews—who did not eat pork—were conspicuous for their missing sausages.” The Jewish community in the Trás-os-Montes town of Mirandela developed a sausage stuffed with bread and chicken that looked identical to the U-shaped pork sausages hanging from their neighbors’ rafters. To Ashkenazi (Eastern European) Jews, alheira was very similar to kishke, a kosher sausage stuffed with fat, meal, and vegetables. The sausage “could fool informers and local zealots who would have denounced them to the Inquisition for not eating pork.” An awesome Sandwich with an awesome history! ALHEIRAS ARE BACK BABY BECAUSE WE ARE 2!