Celebrating the Pig and Bluegrass Music

S11:E34 -8/17/2024

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We celebrate the “Pig” and Bluegrass Music with guests who share pork recipes. And a visit with singer and songwriter Evie Andrus and the East Tennessee Bluegrass Association Evie formed and their concert series. Our guests are: Aliceson and Barry Bales, Bales Farms, Mosheim, TN with a recipe for smoked pork shoulder and BBQ sauce; Fred Sauceman with a pork roast recipe; and Evie Andrus discussing the the East Tennessee Bluegrass Association that she formed. they have a concert series at Ijam’s Nature Center called “Pick’in on Nature with the concert taking place August 29th, October 10th, and December 14th.

ETBA: https://etnba.org/

Bales Farms: https://balesfarmstn.com/

Ijam’s Nature Center: https://www.ijams.org/pickin-on-nature

Fred Sauceman: https://www.facebook.com/fred.sauceman

Three Rivers Co-Op: https://www.threeriversmarket.coop/

Emi Sunshine (Sang our theme song when she was 9 years old!): https://theemisunshine.com/

Tennessee Chicken Recipes and Roy Milner, Blackberry Farm Brewery

S10:E25. 06/24/2023

Setting the table on this episode with chicken. Guests on this topic include:

• Lois Shuler Caughron and her daughter Ruth Caughron Davis. Lois is known as the last woman out of the cove. Lois and her late husband, Kermit Caughron, were the last settlers to move from Cades Cove after establishing the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
• Aliceson Bales of Bales Farm, Mosheim, TN, with her recipe for Buttermilk chicken and how to make chicken broth.
• James Beard Award-winning food writer Ronni Lundy reads from the chapter Honest Fried Chicken from her 1991 book Shuck Beans, Stack Cakes and Honest Fried Chicken: The Heart and Soul of the Southern Country Kitchen.
• Roy Milner (Chief Fermentation Officer at Black Berry Farm Brewery) with a mini visit on the nature of his work. Roy will be a presenter during the Saturday educational portion of the Appalachian Homecoming. A three-day celebration of Modern Appalachian Cuisine with guest chefs including Sean Brock, demonstrations, and authentic Appalachian prepared dishes, with music including that 14-year-old super talent Wyatt Ellis from Maryville, TN, also community and educational presentations. Allan Benton will also be there. And this all happens along with the annual event Bacon at the Bear benefitting New Hope Children’s advocacy - that event takes place at Dancing Bear Lodge and Appalachian Bistro on Saturday evening.

LINKS:

• Appalachian Homecoming, August 4-6, 2023): https://dancingbearlodge.com/event/appalachian-homecoming-2023/
• Bacon at the Bear: https://dancingbearlodge.com/event/8th-bacon-at-the-bear-2023/
• Cades Cove Preservation Association (Lois Caughron and Mrs. Davis are very involved with this organization): http://www.cadescovepreservation.com/
• Aliceson Bales, Bales Farm: https://balesfarmstn.com/
• Ronni Lundy: http://www.ronnilundy.com/
• Emi Sunshine (She musically arranged and sang the Tennessee Farm Table theme song when she was 9 years old!) https://theemisunshine.com/

Roy Milner (Chief Fermentation Officer at Black Berry Farm Brewery) with a visit on the nature of his work at the brewery. Roy will be a presenter during the Saturday educational portion of the Appalachian Homecoming, August 4-6, 2023 at Dancing Bear Lodge and Appalachian Bistro, Townsend, TN.