Cornbread Supper

Each Cornbread Supper has its own firsts and distinctions. Tonight before Supper began, we found in the front door a gift of homemade flan -- that face-in-the-moon, above, is luscious caramel yummy goodness -- with a container of homemade whipped cream alongside. As if the universe or a kind anonymous friend had listened in to Rona talking over the weekend about flan being her favorite dessert -- and then delivered one in a pretty blue Pyrex pie plate that twins Rona's own. So - we had a mystery donor contributing to a bountiful dessert table, rich with tiny chocolate-frosted, cream-filled eclairs, and Pumpkin-Chocolate-Cranberry-Pecan-Pumpkin Seed COOKIES with Cinnamon frosting, below. On the coldest night for Cornbread Suppers so far this year -- temps around 20 degrees F., ice and snow crunching on Campsie and beyond -- people brought beautiful hearty stews, soups, and chili. Curried Carrot Soup w/Potatoes, dill, etc. Chicken broth Potato Soup Chicken Cacciatore

A good crowd came on a cold December night, and we ate heartily. Pinto beans cooked with a Kentucky ham hock, and multiple cornbreads with multiple add-ins - those were the basics. And then: Spring mix, strawberries, grapefruit, feta, walnuts, pomegranate, poppy seed dressing Whole Wheat Peanut Butter Banana Bread w/Pecans Collards & butter nut: tiny bit spicy Beet fries Homemade cheese curds sautéed in a little homemade butter (all KY!), salt, parsley, vegetarian A loaded dessert table, beginning with the peanut butter fudge, above, and including homemade chocolate ice cream with peppermint crush,