Secret Foods of the South Fundraiser Dinner

Wow, what a dinner. The Roadhouse threw down some awesome food – the theme was foods from the South that were special because of their local nature. Maybe you’ve tried them, probably you haven’t. The dinner was accompanied by stories from John T. Edge from Southern Foodways Alliance and some short films by Joe York. It was a full house of 75 excited people.
The menu included so many yummies – big ole Apalachicola oysters from northern Florida, Nashville fried HOT chicken, nassau grits, fried sweet potato pie (nice job from the Bakehouse on the desserts). The surprise favorite for me was the Georgia barbecue quail – it’s a wee bird but Alex did it up with some nice subtle sparks of cayenne so that it had a lasting impression without being too hot. It was a lyrical foreshadowing for the HOT chicken entree to come. That was spicy, and from the very funny short documentary film we watched on the subject, it was probably the mild version of what is served at Prince’s Hot Chicken in Nashville.

I’m looking forward to what the Roadhouse comes up with for these special dinners in 2007.