Luncheon for
Johnston County & NC Travel and Tourism Representatives
Spring 2009
Menu:  NC Barbecue ~ Brunswick Stew ~ Fried Chicken
Slaw ~ Potato Salad ~ NC Pickles ~ Hushpups ~ Honey Butter ~ Mint Dirt Cake

North Carolina Electric Cooperatives
Spring Employee Day... "Farmer's Market" theme

Jenny and Nancy let me run with my imagination on this one, and THAT was fun!  The "Farm Fresh Salad Bar" was presented on a vintage red tobacco truck atop bales of wheat straw.  North Carolina pickles were served ice cold in a tub of ice alongside an assortment of salad dressings in water buckets.  Everyone really loved the tailgate "Mater Sammich Bar" featuring Wrenn's tomatoes, bacon, local lettuce and served with Merita breads and a tub of mayos of all sorts, but mostly the DUKE'S got used!
Faces lit up at the "Strawberry Shortcake Bar," where Vollmer Farm berries were served atop brownies, traditional cupcakes and Krispy Kremes.  To wash it all down, guests dropped by the "Lemonade Stand."  Before, during and after lunch, employees strolled "Market Street" lined with local farmers with their produce, beekeepers with honey, jam makers and soap makers offered their wares.  Others offered gardening tool safety and sun skin care tips!  This was one of the most fun events I've ever done...




 

Green Guest Favors for Weddings & Events
Local Honey ~ Mason Jar Gifts ~ Personal Spice Bags
Roasted NC Pecans ~ Herb Pots ~ Riverbed Rock Paperweights
Bath Salts ~ Locally made soaps and candles

Max & Bridget's "Green" Wedding
Fall 2008
...of all the ingredients, only 10 came from outside NC, and only 3 of those from outside the US ~ limes and lemons from Mexico, and smoked oysters from South Korea
Wendy's Pimento Cheese w/Hushpuppy Dippers ~ Hot 'n Sweet Toasted Pecans
Iced Tub of Assorted NC Mountain Ciders
BBQ Sliders & Slaw
Atkinson Biscuits, Smithfield BBQ/Slaw, Texas Pete
Southern Grits Bar
Atkinson Mill Grits, Ashe County Cheese, NC Coast Shrimp, Local produce for Peach Salsa
Nahunta Bacon & Sausage, Johnston Co. Country Ham, Mt. Olive Jalapeno
HONEY BUTTER:  Homeland Creamery Butter and Golding Farm Honey
Wendy's Collard Bruschetta & Deviled Eggs
Johnston Co. Collards, Beth Moore Chow Chow, Local Eggs
Mt. Olive Pickle Relish (and Duke's Mayo!)
Fresh Pea & Peppah Salad
A variety of peas and peppers from Farmer's Market, with roasted corn confetti
Pluto's Paradise Marinade for dressing
"Southern" Prosciutto
NC Coast Shrimp, Johnston Co. Ham Company Country Ham
Wendy's Crab Cakes
NC Crab, Calabash Seafood Co. Sauces (with my tweaking)
BBQ Chicken on Stix
Marinated in George's BBQ Sauce ~ Served in Bone Suckin' Sauce
on Hibachi Grills
Tub 'o Pickles
Pierce Foods
Wendy's Layered "Crab Stuff"
NC Crab, Thomas' Sauce, Pizza Villa Pizza Dough Crackers
Spicy Fried Chicken Bites w/Wendy's Bone Suckin' Sweet Peach Mustard
....made with Beth Moore's Peach Jam
Tanglewood Chicken, House Autry Breader, cooked in Lundy's Lard
Guest Favors... Wendy's Pimento Cheese Mason Jars!

Natalie Hits 50!!!
Spring 2009
Ole' Jack Pimento Cheese
Salsas: Peach & Roasted Peppers, Black Bean & Roasted Corn
Roasted Sweet Tater Salad ~ Caribbean Shrimp
Mango Margarita Grilled Chicken
 Cuban Mojo & Chorizo Stuffed Pork Tenderloin
Salad Bar with tub 'o dressings... Fresh Melon & Fruit tubs

TAILGATE'n 2009
ECU - APP State...Win!
(woops... that pic should be '09, not '05!)

Menu...
Country Ham & Swiss Croissant ~ Pear & Apple Salad w/Granola Crunch
Pimento Cheese Grits ~ Pirate's Breath Purple & Gold Deviled Eggs
Baby Burgers w/Bone Suckin' Mustard and all the Fix'ns
Brad's Baby Backs ~ Watermelon Rind Pickles
Marilyn's Pasta Salad & Chocolate Cherry Yummmm...
MMMMimosas!

wendy perry
919.404.0499   800.567.0407
Wendy@WendyPerry.com