Cornbread Supper

Yes! Now Cornbread Suppers are showcasing even more of the vegetable and fruit bonus that Kentucky's beautiful climate and soils produce.  Green and yellow veggies, red and blue berries, green leafy things, and glorious world food too - chocolate in two iterations this night. Bounty on Campsie! We are grateful. Traditional Kentucky Black Skillet Cornbread - vegetarian, no gluten Unpasteurized homemade Kentucky butter Parmesan Black Pepper Cornbread - vegetarian, no gluten Spoonbread, vegetarian Homemade chocolate ice cream Global whipped cream w/cocoa, local raspberries Bourbon County Peas, Fayette County Tomatoes & Basil, Italian Olive Oil & Balsamic Vinegar White Corn and Black Bean Salad (mildly spicy) Campsie Yellow Beans (Ham broth) Kitchen Sink Salad (contains cheese & pumpkin seeds) Asian Salad: Mizuna Greens from Eden's Gate CSA, Blueberries from Reed Valley Orchard - picked today; Radishes from London Ferrell plot

First Monday after public school vacation started - or just hunger for cornbread? We don't know the tides that rise and fall in our friends' and neighbors' lives, causing large crowds on occasion. This great Cornbread Supper featured at least 11 youngsters, most of who went home enpurpled by direct engagement with the marvelous mulberry tree near the back yard. This edition of Cornbread Suppers features much good food, including a bounty of 48 deviled egg halves, not one of which enjoyed long-term survival. In addition: Cranberry Chicken & Brown Rice Slaw w/Vinaigrette Egg Salad and Bread (if you want to make a sandwich!) Bourbon County Asparagus; olive oil, salt, pepper Green Salad: Green beans, new potatoes, sweet onion, tomatoes, feta cheese, vinaigrette Greens pie Greek Ditalini Salad with Kalamata olives, Farmers Market tomatoes, cucumbers, fresh oregano, feta Grain Pilaf with almonds: vegetarian Basil Lemonade w/lime too 4 pepper - cottage cheese corn

The wonderful Susan Miller invited the hungry Cornbread Supperians to Miller Trust Farm, where she lives and operates Bleugrass Chevre , with the cooperation of some very appealing goat creatures. A big crowd filled the porch, and beautiful food filled a table. We have pics in process, and will add them and the total food list when we are all reconnected with the little slips of paper. A magical light shower fell at about 7 PM; children played on the lawn; hikes happened to the nearby creek; porch-sitting and conviviality brightened moods and lightened spirits. Many, many thanks to Susan, and to Abigail Keam , noted beekeeper, who brought copies of her new book, Death By a Honeybee , and read from it. It was a honey-sweet evening.

This meal included lovely fresh fruits and vegetables, along with exotic flavors of India and Mexico. Chicken Biryani Eggplant Curry (vegetarian) SLAW! Cabbage, garlic, cilantro, carrots Scott County Asparagus; olive oil, salt, pepper Campsie Green Garlic/Feta Cornbread, vegetarian, no gluten Traditional Kentucky Black Skillet Cornbread, veggie, no gluten Poblano Corn Pudding , vegetarian, contains gluten

Eeeek - no photos of this meal have been located! Orzo with Goat Cheese, Spinach, Olives, Roasted Peppers, vegetarian Cornbread Casserole with Kentucky Corn and Porky Bits, no gluten Cornbread with green garlic, no gluten or meat Cornbread with green onions, no gluten or meat Garden salad

In honor of a friend visiting from New Mexico, we had green chili concoctions, though not using authentic New Mexico chilis. We had a lot of food, and not a large crowd. Green Chili/Cheese/Onion Cornbread, vegetarian, no gluten Green Chili/Cheese/Onion Cornbread with porky bits, no gluten Yeasted Corn Loaf (Jim Lahey) vegan, contains flour Fresh Natural Kentucky Butter, not pasteurized Brownies, contain flour/gluten, no nuts Fresh strawberry ice cream - Elmwood Berries (organic), organic sugar, fresh UNpasteurized Kentucky cream and milk Homemade Cottage Cheese with Celtic Gray Sea Salt Fayette County asparagus; olive oil, salt, pepper Tilapia with mango salsa Puff pastry, mushrooms, onion, garlic, Parmesan, butter, olive oil Spicy Pimiento Cheese Key Lime Pie Forgotten cookies, sort of: chocolate, pecans, egg whites; spoon on some strawberries and blueberries

On this most unusual day, about 40 people came to Cornbread Supper. And then, at about 7:30, about 20 more people came, all part of national Americorps groups who had come to Kentucky to lead the Build-a-Bed project. The volunteers brought nearly all of their own food, but the rest of us had plenty, too. Strange Ice Cream: Conventional milk, yerba maté instead of green tea, avocado instead of cream, good vanilla, lemon balm from my garden, honey-raw unfilted local, agave - ran out of honey, stevia - wanted sweeter Green Garlic Cornbread - vegetarian Goat Cheese with Chocolate Benedictine Backyard Spinach and Lettuce and the first Radish! Cole Slaw: No meat of cheese (featuring London Ferrell Community Garden Garlic) Spicy Beans (garden - last year froz) Green Garlic Cornbread with (KY) Canadian Bacon, homemade cottage cheese, Kentucky corn, and Argentine Parmesan