Last night our friends Jennie and James made a true southern feast for Dave, Brandi and me, as well as Krista and Jill, friends from college. They made: fried green tomatoes, salad, hot brown sandwiches, collard greens, and derby pie. It's a miracle we survived the night- the food was delicious, but certainly the kind that clogs the arteries.
I would like to focus on the hot brown and the derby pie, two things I'd never had before last night. The hot brown is Louisville's food contribution to society. It's the thing that you can only find here, and it was created at the Brown Hotel here many years ago. It's an open faced sandwich that it made of texas toast, deli turkey, melted cheddar cheese, a white sauce (like bechamel, but with cheese mixed in), tomatoes, and of course, bacon on top. As I told Jennie last night, if loving the hot brown is wrong, I don't want to be right.
The derby pie is fantastic, ooey gooey deliciousness. And Jennie gave me the recipe, and now I'll share with you:
1 stick butter, melted
1/2 cup flour
2 eggs, beaten
1 cup chopped pecans
1 cup chocolate chips
1 cup sugar
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 pie shell from the store
Mix all the ingredients, dump in pie shell, and bake at 350 degrees for about 45 minutes.
It was the greatest.... Tonight, I'm going to play volleyball to work some of this meal off. Dave's in St. Louis, so if anyone wants to visit me, now's the time!
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