Skip to main content

Cornbread Suppers, November 8 and 15, 2010


Again. Two separate weeks' precious little Food Description Slips, dropped and commingled. Bad bad documentarian! So - one post for two weeks.

Lots of people come to Cornbread Supper these days. On November 8, despite the date, perhaps 20 people sat on the front porch during Supper. Not so on chillier November 15, when people stayed indoors, filled all the chairs, some of the stairs, and sometimes sat in the floor, seeming to have a lively fine time no matter what. Certainly their hosts and documentarian are enjoying these fine groups.

Foods have been hearty and beautiful. The cornbreads have been not quite bountiful enough, and that's about to change with a renewed commitment to Plenty of the Main Thing Going Forward.

Looking backward one more time, here are the contents of the Food Description Slips, two weeks mixed together:
  • Black Pepper-Parmesan Cornbread - vegetarian, no gluten
  • Roasted local turnips, carrots, sweet potatoes, onion, garlic, and sage; olive oil from Oliva Bella
  • Collards & Turnips (just barely)
  • Homemade Mozz
  • Vegan ------ has almonds
  • Guacamole
  • London-Ferrell Greens w/Reed Valley Apples
  • Chelb (peasant) Bread
  • Homemade Mozz w/herbs
  • Cream of Tomato Soup (KY milk, tomato juice, flour) Contains dairy & wheat; vegetarian
  • Campsie Tomatoes & Herbs; homemade fresh milk mozzarella (not pasteurized)
  • Curried Rolling Fork Farm Butternut Squash Bisque w/Apples & Almonds
  • Split Pea Soup with pork. Not vegetarian!
  • Braised Cabbage & Apples
  • Roast Whole Balsamic Carrots
  • Roasted Turnips, Kale, Broccoli tossed w/olive oil/salt/pepper
  • Mesclun, raspberrie, pomegranate, walnuts, feta, poppy seed dressings
  • Mac & Cheese; onions, garlic, bacon
  • Fried apples & onions from Laura Ingalls Wilder's Farmer Boy
  • Artichoke & Spinach; has flour, cheese

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Boone Tavern Spoon Bread, the 1950s recipe

We have tried spoonbreads (soft, luscious, buttery—described by James Beard as a "heavy, dense soufflé") as Cornbread Supper mainstays before, and used great recipes, but the spoonbreads always did what spoonbreads (and soufflés) do: deflate. Through serendipity, and thanks to a Cornbread Supperian, I lucked into the old Boone Tavern (Berea College) recipe for spoonbread, and it is far less droopy. Perhaps Boone Tavern developed an approach to spoonbread that preserves all its goodness while still working for a busy restaurant. In any case, with thanks to Kentucky food and foodways author and guru John van Willigen, here's an excellent recipe for that can be doubled, tripled, and quadrupled to feed spoonbread to a crowd. It did just that on Monday, February 25, 2013. From Richard T. Hougen. Look No Further: A cookbook of favorite recipes from Boone Tavern Hotel, Berea College, Kentucky. New York: Abingdon Press. 1955. Southern Spoon Bread 1955 Ingredients 3 c...
Post a Comment
Read more

We remember Vicky Schankula, 1947–2016

Vicky Schankula, at right, in purple One of life's most gracious and delightful people, Victoria Fairbanks Schankula, found Cornbread Suppers early on, and took joy in the weekly gatherings. She came to Cornbread Supper faithfully, bringing beautiful food, laughter, a camera for her "picture of the day," a lovely British accent, a commitment to helping clean up, and a constant interest in each other person in the room. When Vicky entered the house on Monday nights carrying a particular large round plate, children (and a few adults) trailed her to the dessert table to see what she had brought. The favorites: lemon bars, brownies and her mother's most unusual, delicious carrot cake. Vicky graciously shared and allowed us to publish recipes for Lemon Bars and Isabel Fairbairns's (Gangy's) Carrot Cake on this site. Gangy's Carrot Cake on Vicky Schankula's special dessert plate When illness prevented Vicky from returning to Cornbread Supper...
Post a Comment
Read more

Cornbread Supper now is resting

 For all the Cornbreadians and would-be Cornbreadians -- it was a good run. A bit more than nine years.  You came on Mondays. Conviviality ensued. You made community. Gratitude to all. It was a gift to us.
Post a Comment
Read more