Throughout most of the state's history before the discovery of coal deposits, Kentucky relied upon the subsistence farming of corn, beans and pigs. After the discovery of coal in Kentucky, this changed radically to the more modern form of factory farming with steam power turning much of the native forest into arable land quickly. Over a period of about 100 years, people from Germany, Greece, Wales and Ireland settled most of what was once a county of Virginia, bringing many methods of cooking and recipes from their homelands. Cincinnati, Ohio, across from Kenton County, Kentucky, was once the pig-slaughtering capital of the United States and depended heavily upon Kentucky pig and hog farms to supply them. The Flying Pig Festival was a holiday given originally to the workers in this industry. Coal is a fossil fuel extracted from the ground by underground mining or open-pit mining (strip mining). ... State nickname: Bluegrass State Official languages English Capital Frankfort Largest city Louisville Governor Ernie Fletcher (R) Senators Mitch McConnell (R) Jim Bunning (R) Area  - Total  - % water Ranked 37th 104,749 km² 1. ... Corn fields in southern Nebraska Corn can mean: In most Commonwealth countries, corn usually refers to any cereal, including, but not limited to maize In the U.S., Canada, and Australia, corn refers only to the cereal known in Commonwealth English as maize (also known as sweetcorn when removed from... Green beans Bean is a common name for large plant seeds of several genera of Fabaceae (formerly Leguminosae) used for food or feed. ... PIG has several meanings; see pig (disambiguation). ... Female pigs used for breeding are confined most of their lives in gestation crates, which are too small to enable them to turn around. ... National motto: Cymru am byth (Welsh: Wales for ever) Waless location within the UK Official languages English, Welsh Capital Cardiff Largest city Cardiff First Minister Rhodri Morgan Area  - Total Ranked 3rd UK 20,779 km² Population  - Total (2001)  - Density Ranked 3rd UK 2,903,085 140/km² NUTS 1... State nickname: Old Dominion Official languages English Capital Richmond Largest city Virginia Beach Governor Mark R. Warner (D) Tim Kaine (D-Governor Elect) Senators John Warner (R) George Allen (R) Area  - Total  - % water Ranked 35th 110,862 km² 7. ... Cincinnati is a city in southwestern Ohio, United States that lies on the Ohio River and is the county seat of Hamilton CountyGR6. ... Kenton County is a county located in the state of Kentucky. ...

The fusion of southern, midwestern and other cuisine

The cuisine of Kentucky today is a blend of midwestern and southern cuisines that is increasingly incorporating more cosmopolitan ingredients and methods. The Jackson Purchase region of Kentucky is the most southern of Kentucky in culture and cuisine. A typical summer lunch of 50 years ago would be fried catfish, slaw and hush puppies served with a glass of sweet tea. Fusion cuisine that is practiced at some of the leading restaurants in Kentucky like The Waterfront serve such things as wasabi cole slaw, chili and cumin hushpuppies and stout-beer battered fish served with green tea. Frog legs unlike most of the midwest are served without batter and grilled or sauteed. In the southern and eastern parts of Kentucky, burgoo and regular chili are preferred. In the northern and western parts, Cincinnati chili is more predominant with Dixie Chili from Erlanger, Kentucky being the only one actually incorporated in Kentucky. The Jackson Purchase is a region in the state of Kentucky bounded by the Mississippi, Ohio, and Tennessee Rivers. ... Families Catfish (order Siluriformes) are a diverse group of fish. ... Coleslaw (or Cole Slaw) is a salad of finely-shredded raw cabbage and sometimes shredded carrots, dressed with a mayonnaise, milk, or vinegar_based dressing. ... Hushpuppies or Hush Puppies are a small cornmeal pastry that is deep fried in a round or oblong shape. ... A glass of sweet tea Sweet tea is a form of iced tea in which sugar or some other form of sweetener is added to the hot water before brewing, while brewing the tea, or post-brewing, but before the beverage is chilled and served. ... Fusion cuisine combines elements of various culinary traditions whilst not fitting specifically into any. ... ... Frogs legs are one of the better-known delicacies of French and Chinese cuisine. ... A propane gas grill with a custom-built aluminium stand partly submerged in snow in Akureyri, Iceland. ... Sauté [V. saw-tay] is a method of cooking food a small amount of fat in a shallow pan over relatively high heat. ... Burgoo is a term used for many types of stew made from a mixture of ingredients. ... Chili (also spelled Chilli) may be: Chile pepper, the fruit and plant of any one of several species of the genus Capsicum Chili con carne, a spicy stew-like dish traditionally made with chile peppers and beef Chili powder, a spice mix containing cumin, dried ground peppers and other spices... Cincinnati chili (or Cincinnati-style chili) is a regional style of chili characteristically served over spaghetti or as a coney sauce. ... Erlanger is a city located in Kenton County, Kentucky. ... A corporation is a legal entity (distinct from a natural person) that often has similar rights in law to those of a Civil law systems may refer to corporations as moral persons; they may also go by the name AS (anonymous society) or something similar, depending on language (see below). ...

Historical ingredients

Native Americans such as the Cherokee, Chickasaw, Mosopelea, Shawnee, and Yuchi along with the early European settlers relied upon the local plant and animal population to provide for all their needs. Native Americans especially revered beans, maize and squash which were known as the three sisters. To see more go to Native American cuisine. For other uses, see Cherokee (disambiguation). ... Young Chickasaw warrior The Chickasaws are a Native American people of the United States, originally from present-day Mississippi, now mostly living in Oklahoma. ... The Mosopelea are a native american tribe that once inhabitated regions that stretched from the lower Mississippi to Ohio. ... The Shawnee, or Shawano, are a people native to North America. ... Original territory of the Yuchi Tribe The Yuchi, also spelled Euchee and Uchee, are a Native American Indian tribe previously living in the eastern Tennessee River valley in Tennessee, northern Georgia and northern Alabama who now primarily live in the norteastern Oklahoma area. ... This article is on the plant. ... Binomial name Zea mays L. Maize (Zea mays ssp. ... Look up squash on Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... The Three Sisters are the three main agricultural crops of Native Americans in North America: squash, maize (or corn), and climbing beans. ... Native American cuisine extends back at least 20,000 years. ...

• Elk, elk are not as predominant as when the Shawnee used Kentucky for their spring hunting grounds
• Maize, maize was also used to make shoes and other woven products
• Squash
• Opossum, is the only extant native marsupial in North America
• Squirrel, some squirrels can have up to a pound of meat on them.
• Beans, in the form of beans and bean sprouts
• Crawfish

The early Europeans who settled in these areas adopted for the gamey taste of local fauna with strong flavors that would eventually lead to things like Henry Bain sauce. Binomial name Cervus elaphus Linnaeus,, 1758 Subspecies Numerous - see text. ... Binomial name Zea mays L. Maize (Zea mays ssp. ... Look up squash on Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... This article or section should be merged with Virginia_opossum The word opossum (usually pronounced without the leading O, or with only a very slight schwa) refers either to the Virginia Opossum in particular, or more generally to any of the other marsupials of magnorder Ameridelphia. ... Orders Superorder Ameridelphia Didelphimorphia Paucituberculata Superorder Australidelphia Microbiotheria Dasyuromorphia Peramelemorphia Notoryctemorphia Diprotodontia Marsupials are mammals in which the female typically has a pouch (called the marsupium, from which the name Marsupial derives) in which it rears its young through early infancy. ... Genera Many, see the article Sciuridae. ... Green beans Bean is a common name for large plant seeds of several genera of Fabaceae (formerly Leguminosae) used for food or feed. ... This article needs cleanup. ... Henry Bain was the head waiter at the Pendennis Club in Louisville, Kentucky when in 1881 he created his famous sauce for cooking local game animals in. ...

Ingredients of Today

• Bourbon and Whiskey, traditions brought by the Irish
• Catfish, since the Ohio River became polluted some catfish aquaculture has sprung up but most is now imported from other states.
• Deer enjoyed as Venison, Kentucky has very generous hunting allowances as well as deer farms
• Pigs enjoyed as Ham, not as much pork except in The Purchase, where barbecued pork shoulder is extremely popular. Ham was popular before refrigeration because it was cured.
• Sheep enjoyed as mutton, Dutch farmers brought the first flocks to Daviess County in the late 1800's.

Bourbon may refer to: Bourbon whiskey House of Bourbon Bourbon biscuits Île Bourbon was the name of Réunion from 1642 until the French Revolution A class of old garden roses first raised on Île Bourbon and called Bourbon roses. ... Whisky (or whiskey) is an alcoholic beverage distilled from grain, often including malt, which has then been aged in wooden barrels. ... Families Catfish (order Siluriformes) are a diverse group of fish. ... The Ohio River is a principal tributary of the Mississippi River, 1,579 km (981 mi) long in the eastern United States. ... Aquaculture is the cultivation of the natural produce of water (such as fish or shellfish, algae and other aquatic plants). ... Subfamilies Capreolinae Cervinae Hydropotinae Muntiacinae A deer is a ruminant mammal belonging to the family Cervidae. ... Venison is most often associated with the meat of deer, but it also includes the meat of moose, elk, caribou, and antelope. ... A deer farm is a fenced piece of land suitable for grazing that is populated with deer raised for the purpose of hunting tourism or as livestock. ... Binomial name Sus scrofa Linnaeus, 1758 The domestic pig is usually given the scientific name Sus scrofa, though some authors call it , reserving for the wild boar. ... Ham with cloves Technically, ham is the thigh and buttock of any animal that is slaughtered for meat, but the term is usually restricted to a cut of pork, the haunch of a pig or boar. ... The Jackson Purchase is a region in the state of Kentucky bounded by the Mississippi, Ohio, and Tennessee Rivers. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Refrigeration (from the Latin frigus, frost) is generally the cooling of a body by the transfer of a portion of its heat away from it. ... In polymer chemistry and process engineering, curing refers to the toughening or hardening of a polymer material by cross-linking of polymer chains, brought about by chemical additives, ultraviolet radiation or heat. ... Species See text A Sheep is a mammal known as Keating, one of several woolly ruminant quadrupeds in the genus Ovis. ... This article is about the animal, sheep; for other meanings of Sheep, see Sheep (disambiguation). ... Daviess County is a county located in the state of Kentucky. ...

Dishes or recipes of note in Kentuckian cuisine

• Burgoo, a thick stew made from vegetables and lamb
• Mint julep, a potable that is made with fresh mint
• Henry Bain sauce, a potent sauce for dealing with game
• Brains and eggs, known mostly as an English dish; this was served in Frankfort restaurants until BSE scares
• Mock turtle soup, Welsh and English settlers brought this recipe with them when they settled in Clay County
• Fried squirrel, skewered or fried with its liver squirrels taste best when they eat acorns almost exclusively
• Frog legs, as many other midwesterners
• Derby pie, a chocolate and pecan tart named for the Kentucky Derby
• Benedictine, a cheese spread made popular from Louisville's Benedict's restaurant.
• Hot brown, an open faced sandwich topped with a Mornay sauce
• Stack cake, an Appalachian layered cake with apple preserves spread between each layer
• Johnny cake, a corruption of "Shawnee" cake this is a flat corn bread cooked by direct heat
• Bourbon balls, crushed cookies mixed with bourbon baked and than coated in powdered sugar

Burgoo is a term used for many types of stew made from a mixture of ingredients. ... The Mint Julep is a mixed alcoholic drink, or cocktail, distinctive to the southern U.S., and well-known as the official drink of the Kentucky Derby. ... Species See text The true mints are perennial herbs in the Family Lamiaceae. ... Henry Bain was the head waiter at the Pendennis Club in Louisville, Kentucky when in 1881 he created his famous sauce for cooking local game animals in. ... Offal is the entrails and internal organs of a butchered animal. ... Frankfort is the capital of Kentucky, a state of the United States of America. ... Bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), commonly known as mad cow disease, is a fatal, neurodegenerative disease of cattle, which infects by a mechanism that shocked biologists on its discovery in late 20th century and appears transmissible to humans. ... Mock turtle soup is an English soup, which was created in the mid 18th century as a cheaper version of the more expensive Green turtle soup. ... Clay County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. ... Genera Many, see the article Sciuridae. ... Frogs legs are one of the better-known delicacies of French and Chinese cuisine. ... Derby pie was created in the Melrose Inn of Prospect, KY by George Kern with the help of his parents. ... Churchill Downs ractrack, 2004 The Kentucky Derby is a stakes race for three-year-old thoroughbred horses, staged yearly in Louisville, Kentucky on the first Saturday in May, capping the two-week-long Kentucky Derby Festival. ... Benedictine is a condiment made with cucumbers and cream cheese. ... A Hot Brown is a hot sandwich originally created at the Brown Hotel (now Camberley-Brown Hotel) in Louisville, Kentucky by Fred K. Schmidt in 1926. ... A Mornay sauce is a Béchamel sauce with shredded or grated cheese added. ... A Stack Cake is a unique regional variation that replaces a wedding cake which can be prohibitively expensive in the ecnomically deprived area of Appalachia. ... The Appalachian Mountains are a system of North American mountains running from Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada to Alabama in the United States, although the northernmost mainland portion ends at the Gaspe Peninsula of Quebec. ... Cornbread is a variety of quick bread (a bread leavened chemically, rather than by yeast) containing cornmeal. ... The Shawnee, or Shawano, are a people native to North America. ... A Bourbon ball is a confection or baked good depending on the recipe that incorporates crushed cookies, corn syrup and bourbon that is coated in powdered sugar to prevent the evaporation of the alchohol. ...

Fast Food

KFC was started in Corbin, Kentucky by Col. Harland Sanders and Pete Harman. KFC now has over 11,000 restaurants in 80 countries. Per capita consumption of White Castle hamburgers in Kentucky is one of the highest in the nation with over 40 restaurants across a state with only 4 million people; for example, the New York city area has 8 million people and only 46 restaurants. This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Corbin is a city located in Kentucky. ... White Castle can refer to different things: White Castle, a chain of US hamburger restaurants White Castle, an 11th-century castle in Wales White Castle, a town in Louisiana This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...

Trivia

Kentucky is one of the few places in the country that Pace picante sauce sells ultra-mild salsa, as many people there can tolerate almost no heat from capsaicin. It comes with a blue lid. Look up salsa on Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... The chemical compound capsaicin (8-methyl-N-vanillyl-6-nonenamide) is the active component of chilli peppers (Capsicum). ...

Sources

• Kentucky Recipes for the Henry Bain Sauce Recipe
• For listings of White Castle Restaurants
• Burgoo being served at festivals
• Native Tribes of Kentucky
• Native American History of Corn
• KFC press release about their 50th year
• State Information about Kentucky's Farms
• Frog's legs
• Johnny cake