Cornbread Supper

Brutally hot for May, but Cornbread Supper had a festive holiday feel anyway. Kids played outside, while all adults enjoyed the indoor (relative) cool. Rosemary Lemon drop - contains wine Zucchini Cakes London Ferrell Beet Greens cooked with bacon fat & red pepper flakes Indi's Mild Chicken Wings Vegetarian Mexican Grilled Brussels Sprouts and Onions Mulberry Muffins | Hyper-local berries | Janice Kay's Muff Recipe | Vegetarian | With Gluten Vegetarian Hyper-Local Garlic Scape/Parmesan Cornbread | Some Elmwood meal Slightly Bacon Hyper-Local Garlic Scape/Parmesan Cornbread | Some Elmwood meal Gluten Free Mulberry Crisps (One has almonds) Homemade Vanilla (soft) Ice Cream | Chaney's Kentucky Milk Brownies Pumpkin Choc Chip Bread

Salad season is fully here - YEA! Salads and stews of all types, we have learned, are so delicious with cornbread. For this meal, we had both generous salads and a lovely stew. And, for all who were interested, a trip to the Old Episcopal Burying Ground afterward to eat mulberries straight from the loaded tree. So delicious, so messy! Black Beans & Sausage over Rice Russian Potato Salad: milk, dairy, meat Garlic Sage Gnocchi Elmwood Turnip and Turnip Greens + Bacon Olive & Rosemary Bread Fried Chicken Local Asparagus | Oliva Bella Oil; Salt & Pepper Johnson Ave. Kale, Olive Oil, Dried Cherries, Honey, Garlic Mixed Spring Greens, Onion & Feta Cheese | Balsamic Vinaigrette Mrs. Cyrus McCormick's Batter Bread from The Blue Grass Cookbook (1904; republished 2005 by University Press of Kentucky) Gluten Free, Vegetarian Cornmeal Muffins w/Reed Valley Orchard Black Raspberries | Vegetarian | Contain Gluten Brownies Chocolate Chip Cookies

So much good food, and not many food description slips for documentation. Cabbage kohlrabi radish salad with Asian dressing  Cream cheese w/hot pepper jelly  Local Asparagus | Oliva Bella Oil, Salt & Pep  Whole Wheat Rolls | Weisenberger Mills Flour   Carrot STIX  Braised Turnips w/thyme  NYT Best Cornbread (bacon fat and vegetarian options)  Cornmeal Muffins with Reed Valley Orchard Black Raspberries  Strawberry Bread Pudding | eggs, dairy, honey, strawberries, ginger, mint  Chocolate Chip and Walnut Cookies  Cinnamon Sorghum-Swirl Ice Cream: Sugar, Milk, Cream, Sorghum, Cinnamon, Vanilla (no eggs)

This recipe is adapted from Cuisinart's Simple Vanilla Ice Cream . In a large bowl or giant measuring cup, mix 1 1/8 cup sugar, 1/2 teaspoon fine sea salt, 2 Tablespoons sweet sorghum syrup, and 1 1/2 cups whole milk until the sugar is (mostly) dissolved. A large whisk works well for this step and the next one. Add 3 cups cream, 2 Tablespoons vanilla extract, and 2 Tablespoons cinnamon. Stir thoroughly. Freeze according to your ice cream maker's directions. When the freezer has done its work, pour the ice cream into a cold freezer container that has a tight-fitting lid. Drizzle 2 Tablespoons sweet sorghum syrup across the top. Pull a fork or chopstick through the ice cream to swirl the sorghum through it (but don't really stir, or the sorghum will start dissolving into the ice cream.) Freeze for at least two hours before serving. Eight hours is even better. Enjoy! Kids can easily help make this ice cream, and they will enjoy it even more if they are the chefs

In the spring of 2012, as the Cornbread Supper hosts noticed how many wonderful local foods from 2011 rested in freezers, still waiting for their time to shine, a multi-week series of Blueberry Corn Muffins came about. For about four weeks in a row, sweet, tender pastries with a little bit of crunch on the edge and big blueberry spots in the middle graced the Cornbread Supper table. It turned out that some Cornbreadians under the age of six developed an affection for the muffins beyond their usual enjoyment of the cornbreads of the week. And people above the age of six asked for the recipe, more than once. It is below. But first, a bit more chatter. The goodness of the muffins comes from two sources. First, Steve Kay's sister-in-law Janice Kay is a fine cook. Janice has professional catering credentials in addition to formal training in nutrition. She teaches people how to cook, with a particular focus on healthy food. The basic batter comes from Janice Kay's Corn Muff

Note: Bridget Kenny's mother, Sheila Kenny, shared this paper that Bridget wrote for a college course, and for which she received an "A." The paper tenderly blends delicious themes of family, cornbread, Cornbread Supper, and cooking. With Bridget's permission, we share here with Cornbread Nation. Bridget Kenny AMS 200 Paper 2 February 28 th 2012 For this paper, I decided to interview one of my favorite cooks, my mama, for one of my favorite recipes, her special cornbread. My mother and I both share a common love for food, especially home cooked meals that carry certain comfort and reliability. Cornbread is absolutely delicious, as well as traditionally prepared in homes all across the southern region of the United States. A big reason I think it is probably traditionally associated with the South is because of how cheap the ingredients are, and how most recipes provide large servings.  When I return to Kentucky from school, I am a

Many kids, small crowd of adults, perfect night for outside play, ending in a needed drenching rain. Cinco de Mayo Salad Caprese Salad Elmwood Asparagus | Oliva Bella Oil | Salt & Pep Cabbage! (Veg.) Gnocchi with Chard, Cheese, Asparagus, Tomatoes, & Cannelini Two Corn Casserole Spiced Almond Couscous Northern Cornbread—Sweet, Vegetarian, Contains Flour Kale-Corn-Cornbread Strata: Vegetarian | Lots of Veggies | Left Side HOT Apple Crumble—Reed Valley Gold Rush Apples | No Gluten

Big crowd, big food to see April out. Lentil Vegetable Soup Elmwood Asparagus | Oliva Bella Oil | Salt & Pepper Hopscotch House Salad | I have nuts, berries, no eggs, and dairy. Couscous w/Dates & Golden Raisins & Cumin Red Lentil & Brown Jasmine Rice Salad Plain Hummus *w/Bluegrass Bakery Multigrain - Bagel Crisps) Roasted Red Pepper Hummus Campsie Siberian Kale w/Bacon Broth, Cranberries, & Some Heat Caper-Onion-Cheese Vegetarian Cornbread Bacon-Caper Berry Cornbread w/Cheese Cold Asparagus Soup (contains Chicken Broth) Vegetarian Blueberry Muffins Home Grown Organic French Fried TURNIPS Great Harvest Mountain Crunch Bread Yoder Apple Butter (No Added Sugar) Tabouleh from Happy Falafel!