We are pleased to welcome Heaven Hill Distillery on Wednesday, July 31 for our next whiskey dinner with the Big Jones Bourbon Society. For this installment of our whiskey dinner series, we once again turn to Appalachia, on this occasion drawing inspiration and a few recipes from The Foxfire Book of Appalachian Cookery, a wonderful book of stories and recipes gathered in the 1970′s from old-timers throughout Appalachia who remembered the old way of doing things, many of them continuing to cook on wood stoves and save their own calf’s stomach cuttings (for the rennet, to make cheese) even into the modern era, and the old Time Life book on Southern Cooking from the Craig Claiborne era that was penned by our beloved Eugene Walter. Reservations can be made by calling 773-275-5725

Titled A Midsummer Sunday Dinner, ca. 1920, the menu is as follows:

Wednesday July 31, 2013

6:00 reception, 7:00 dinner

Corn Fritters with Fried Okra and Zucchini, Homemade Mayonnaise and Pepper Sauce

Turnip Greens Cooked with Potato Snowballs and Ham Hocks

Crackling Cornbread with Sweet Cream Butter and Juneberry Jelly

Pan-Fried Smoked Ham with Crowder Peas, Blue Corn Hominy Cooked with Streak of Lean and Onions, and Pickled Peaches

Sliced Tomatoes with Malt Vinegar, Herbs, and Buttermilk on the Side

Blackberry and Marrow Pudding Pie with Cherokee Sweetmint Ice Cream

Heaven Hill Whiskies to be poured:

Rittenhouse Rye

Elijah Craig 12 Year

Larceny

Bernheim

Evan Williams Single Barrel

Fifty dollars per person including tax and gratuity

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Posted 06/19/13 - Share this entry