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Summer 2011

It's hard to say what happened to the summer of 2011, or at least to the detailed records of each Cornbread Supper. One thing that happened was that your note taker became preoccupied with a forthcoming book.

Then there was a certain vacation. Cornbread Supper took place without a note taker by the wonderful graces of Cornbread Angels. People ate in a graveyard, romped on a goat farm, returned to the graveyard, injured no pictures. No food lists.

So now we do what we do in these situations. What we do now is make one giant post with one giant list and good pictures. It's all Cornbread Suppers, and it's all good.

We can say for sure that these foods were at the September 19 Supper:

  • Polenta: Tomato, basil, cheese, eggs, etc.
  • Jalapeño Cornbread: Local flour, jalapeños
  • Local roasted beets, potatoes, mushrooms, garlic, rosemary, Oliva Bella Oil
  • Black Bean and Corn Salsa w/Roasted Chiles (mild)
  • Pastry with Pepper Jack Cheese (and apple slices)
  • Beets, fennel, and apple, and pomegranate w/curry ginger dressing
  • Potato Soup
  • Seafood Paella
  • Porky Bits Savory Cornbread, no gluten
  • Hot (Adobo chiles) Porky Bits Savory Cornbread, no gluten
  • Sweet Honey Buttermilk Muffins; vegetarian, contains gluten
  • Chocolate Almond Tapioca Pudding; gluten free, contains eggs, dairy, cocoa

And that these were on the table sometime earlier in the summer:

  • Summer pasta, basil, tomatoes, olive oil, feta
  • Local corn
  • Watermelon and tomato, feta, balsamic, mint, dill and basil
  • Local beans, tomatoes, basil, Oliva Bella oil, salt and pepper
  • Local corn-some spice, some lime, some cilantro
  • " Redneck Caviar": garden tomatoes, tomatilloes, cilantro, Iowa corn, Kroger beans
  • Tomato pie
  • (Northern) corn muffins with bacon, corn, onions; contain blauer and sugar
  • (Northern) vegetarian corn muffins; contain flour and sugar
  • Pulled pork with "medium" sauce and buns
  • Watermelon gazpacho
  • Veggie rice
  • Local okra curry
  • Veggies with Pesto (may have hot peppers)
  • Spaghetti with Pesto
  • Non vegetarian beans
  • Parmesan
  • Cabbage salad with spiced garbanzos
  • Local beans, tomatoes, basil, oil from Oliva Bella, various vinegar, salt, pepper
  • Fresh corn pudding, vegetarian, gluten free
  • Pickled Grapes
  • Unfettered tomatoes
  • Cornbread
  • Sugar cookies
  • Apple crumble, very local (neighborhood apple tree)  

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