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Cornbread Suppers, Summer 2010

After the summer break, your Cornbread Supper documentarian lost her discipline, and the dreaded mushing together of the dish-description papers happened.

We had awesome, huge Suppers through the late summer, on August 16, 23, and 30, and a fine smaller crowd on Labor Day evening, September 6. We have children and new people at every Supper these days, and both are so welcome, along with the regulars and the some-timers - we love all the different Supperians and their different modes.

We have lots of pics and quite a few dish descriptions from all those meals. Here are some of them.


  • Rice-Chickpea-Veggie Salad: No gluten, eggs, or dairy
  • Homemade Pesto Whole Wheat Pasta: Rolling Fork Farm Basil & Squash
  • Seriously spicy eggplant, basil, jalapeño "Caviar"; veg/vegan [sesame/soy]
  • Vanilla Ice Cream (unpasteurized Kentucky milk & cream)
  • Tabouleh with chickpeas

  • Watermelon (Berea Farmers Market)
  • Curry Lentil Apple
  • Pasta Salad with Peppers
  • Beet Salad
  • Pinto Beans, Bacon
  • Vegetarian Tofu-Bean-Chili-Thingy
  • Parmesan-Corn-Black Pepper Cornbread, vegetarian, not spicy
  • Parmesan-Corn-Black Pepper Cornbread, vegetarian, SPICY (Campsie Purple Jalapeños)
  • Tomato Tarte Tatin, Savory, Vegetarian
  • Tomato Tarte Tatin, Sweet-ish, Vegetarian


  • Green Beans, Tomatoes, Basil, Scott and Fayette, Oliva Bella Olive Oil and Balsamic
  • Blue Corn Chips and Tomatillo Salsa
  • Blue Cheese & Cranberry Salad
  • Spicy Quinoa Salad: Onions, Jalapeños, Tomatos, Cucumber, Squash - Vegan
  • Asian Pears - Bourbon County
  • Plain Salad with oil and vinegar
  • Beans, tomatoes, basil, from Fayette and Scott Counties; Olive Oil and Balsamic from Oliva Bella



    • Bean Salad
    • Mashed Potatoes w/Cheese
    • Pistachio Ice Cream (unpasteurized Kentucky milk & cream)
    • Edamame Succotash
    • Lemon-zested Pork Tenderloin
    • Coleslaw: Eden's Gate CSA Cabbage + Lexington Cemetery apples
    • Wax Beans & Broccoli -- Fisher's Mill CSA
    • Bruschetta made with Homemade and Homegrown Pesto

      • Briary Creek Farms "Ambrosia Corn, Eubank, KY (Pulaski County)
      • Tomato Tart: Eggs, Cheese, Bacon, Milk, Basil, Asparagus, etc.
      • Mixed Fruit, from Le Matin
      • Brownies made with smooshed bananas instead of eggs
      • Rice Pilaf (oniony)
      • Backyard Tomatillo Salsa
      • Farm cucumbers and backyard tomatoes
      • Edamame (salt)
      • Curried Rice Salad with cashews
      • Plain vegetarian cornbread, with cottage cheese
      • Cheddar jalapeño cornbread, vegetarian, no gluten
      • Watermelon, Cantaloupe, Feta, Honey, Balsamic, Olive Oil, Mint, Basil, Tarragon, Strawberries, Tomato

      • Kentucky fresh milk/cream Double Vanilla ice cream [not pasteurized]
      • Peach Berry Topping for ice cream (or whatever); Evans and Reed Valley Orchard fruits
      • Nancy's Fancy Cheddar Snaps (slightly hot)
      • Artichokes w/cheese and tomatoes
      • Rice pilaf w/onions and Toasted Almonds
      • Edamame
      • Rice Pudding

      • Brownies with or without PECANS
      • 5 Pepper Cornbread (contains cheeses and corn, too) Vegetarian
      • Moroccan Carrots: Honey, OO, spices
      • Kentucky traditional hot water black skillet corn bread, vegetarian
      • Vanilla Ice Cream, fresh, unpasteurized Kentucky cream and milk
      • Blackberry-Rosemary syrup for ice cream or otherwise
      • Frozen Kentucky strawberries
      • East End Community Market cantaloupe with lime, strawberry jam, fresh mint, and Celtic gray sea salt

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