Red White & Que Smokehouse to open fermented foods shop in Kearny

Red White & Que Smokehouse in Kearny is set to open a second shop in town — this one offering fermented foods.

Another Mother Fermentorium (a word owner/pitmaster Dan Misuraca said he and his wife, Katie Revier, "made up") will offer house-fermented sauerkraut, pickles, vinegar, kombucha tea as well as the barbecue sauce and hot sauces that Red White & Que customers can get with their smoked meats.The hot sauces come in nine levels of heat, from "spicy peach to you have to put your bottom in a tub," Misuraca said.

Why fermented foods, and not barbecue, something that Misuraca and Revier, and heir many fans say they excel in?

"It's a hobby," Misuraca said. "We love doing it." Red White & Que was born out of a hobby, too, he pointed out.

The smokehouse at 266 Davis Ave. is three blocks down the road from their new space at 155 Midland Ave., which used to house a hardware store. "Kearny is in need of something like this," Misuraca said.

He is planning to offer classes on fermentation.

To find out more about the Another Mother Fermentorium and to buy products (free shipping for orders more than $25), visit facebook.com/anothermotherfermentorium. The brick-and-mortar shop is slated to open in March.

Go: 155 Midland Ave., Kearny; 201-998-2271; redwhiteandquesmokehouse.com

Esther Davidowitz is the food editor for NorthJersey.com. For more on where to dine and drink, please subscribe today and sign up for our North Jersey Eats newsletter.

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