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Country Ham
Tennessee's country salt-cured ham-broiled, boiled or fried-retains a distinctive, delicious salty taste. In pioneer days, meats were salted, peppered and smoked before hanging in the smokehouse to "cure." Today, it's that salt, pepper and smoky flavor that we find irresistible in country ham.
Enjoy a fried piece between a warm, golden-brown biscuit. Pair it with freshly fried apples, and be smitten with the combination. Top it with preserves, jam, honey or jelly. And, do not miss the chance to break apart a biscuit, spread it on your plate and spoon over some red-eye gravy, made from pan drippings, water and coffee. (Although, there are as many debates about fine tuning red-eye gravy as there are Tennesseans!) The ham is also an excellent accent for flavor in a pot of long-simmered green beans.
Tennessee boasts some of the finest purveyors of country ham, among them: Benton's Smoky Mountain Country Hams, Madisonville, available unsmoked or hickory smoked; Tripp Country Hams, Brownsville, available whole or in slices; Clifty Farm, Paris, available whole, half or sliced; Rice's Country Hams, Mt. Juliet, whole or half. If you are looking for something unique to serve--or you would like to send a Tennessee flavor to someone special--order some country ham. Southern supermarkets also stock country ham in sealed packages in the meat department.
Bite down into vividly fruity blackberry preserves piled atop a split biscuit on a backdrop of country ham at Beacon Light Tea Room in Lyles. Homemade apple fritters, apple butter and cider greet you at Carver's Applehouse, Cosby, in preparation for an out-of-this-world center-cut country ham entree. Mouth-watering country ham, biscuits, gravy await you at the Log Cabin Pancake House in Pigeon Forge, or have your ham with pancakes. Any way you order it, Tennessee's country ham is a delectable adventure in taste.
The Original Blue Orleans Creole Restaurant
Blue Orleans Seafood Restaurant is located downtown on the corner of Main and Market, across the street from the Chattanooga Choo Choo Hotel —another great restaurant to the downtown area. Blue Orleans is available for private and corporate parties and would love to cater your next special event. ...more
Region: Chattanooga & Southeast
City: Chattanooga, TN
Phone: (423) 629-6538
The Smoke House Restaurant, Cabins, Lodge, and Old General Store
Since 1960 the Oliver family has been serving locals & travelers passing over Monteagle Mountain, between Nashville and Chattanooga on old US 41 & 64 and Interstate 24. Today the family restaurant has grown into a traditional stop over for the nostalgic family restaurant featuring homemade family recipes, vintage Old General Store, Live music Fri & Sat nights which are family friendly, Best Western Lodge, 21 Log Cabins, meeting retreat facility, Louvin Brothers Country Music Museum, Hamper McBee Moonshine exhibit, and much more. ...more
Region: Chattanooga & Southeast
City: Monteagle, TN
Phone: (931) 924-3442
The Stage on Broadway
Located in The District in downtown Nashville, The Stage on Broadway is one of many country bars on the busy street that offer similar atmosphere. However, The Stage distinguishes itself by having the largest seating capacity and the most spacious dance floor of any honky-tonk on Broadway. ...more
Region: Nashville & Surrounding Areas
City: Nashville, TN
Phone: (615) 726-0504
Tripp Country Hams
Good, old-fashioned country hams and bacon have made Tripp Country Hams one of Brownsville's most successful business since 1962.
The special aging process is a family secret that has been passed from father to son, and guarantees a distinctive country flavor associated with the curing process that has been handed down throughout the southern US for over a century. ...more
Region: Southwest
City: Brownsville, TN
Phone: (800) 471-9814
Wiles-Smith Drugs
Wiles-Smith Drug Store, an original pharmacy soda fountain, keeps this tradition alive and is the only remaining one in Memphis. Today, it still operates as an independent drug store and soda fountain. ...more
Region: Memphis & Surrounding Areas
City: Memphis, TN
Phone: (901) 278-6416
