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Kentucky Derby Food & Drink: How To Eat Like A Horse (RECIPES, TIPS, PHOTOS)

First Posted: 06/30/2010 5:12 am   Updated: 05/25/2011 4:20 pm


Here's HuffPost Food's guide to what you might want to eat and drink on Derby Day 2010. Traditions and variations abound on Derby Day food, so this is just a sampling of your Derby possibilities. To add your favorite Derby Day traditions to the slideshow, just click the "Participate" button to the right.

 
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Meathead shares the classic mint julep recipe. Best for individually made juleps. Read it here.
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Here's HuffPost Food's guide to what you might want to eat and drink on Derby Day 2010. Traditions and variations abound on Derby Day food, so this is just a sampling of your Derby possibilities. To a...
Here's HuffPost Food's guide to what you might want to eat and drink on Derby Day 2010. Traditions and variations abound on Derby Day food, so this is just a sampling of your Derby possibilities. To a...
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naschkatze
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12:19 PM on 05/02/2010
Too late for me this year, but next year I'm doing a meal around the KD: Benedictine sandwiches with the mint juleps, and I found a recipe from Emeril for Kentucky burgoo. Cornbread to go with that.
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07:59 AM on 05/02/2010
how much better is Derby Pie is to Pecan Pie with chocolate chips added?
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10:22 AM on 05/02/2010
Pecan Pie with Creme de Menthe and Chocolate Chips is excellent. I make it all the time and like it much better the Derby Pie . Derby Pie often smells and tastes like something the horse dropped on the road if one isn't careful with the bourbon.
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12:50 AM on 05/02/2010
They missed "road" apples.
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12:48 AM on 05/02/2010
it doesn't say to discard the cheese cloth in the recipe for the Benedictine Sandwiches. Seems like that would be rather stringy. Especially the next day.
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11:02 PM on 05/01/2010
A horse would never eat that crap.
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henrypapillon
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12:48 AM on 05/02/2010
NNNNNNNNNNNNAAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYYYY!
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naschkatze
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12:21 PM on 05/02/2010
Is that the same as the German JAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAEIN?
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05:04 PM on 05/01/2010
Some horse racing history: http://www.tooblacktoofast.com #KentuckyDerby
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12:41 PM on 05/01/2010
I prefer to eat like a cow on Derby Day. I like to graze. And ruminate on troll's comments.
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henrypapillon
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12:49 AM on 05/02/2010
Ah, Kentucky. Land of beautiful horses and fast women.
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owiseone
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10:02 AM on 05/01/2010
PS to Huff Po:

Call it a "recipe for Derby Pie" and you'll be getting a letter from Kern's Kitchen's lawyer. KK's has trademarked the name, and protects the name faithfully.
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MsSumida
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09:40 AM on 05/01/2010
there is no mention of how much tomato paste is needed in list of ingredients....
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owiseone
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09:28 AM on 05/01/2010
The food pictured above is NOT traditional Derby food, which is:

Country Ham
Beaten Biscuits
Asparagus
Bibb Lettuce Salad
Grits (often garlic--cheese w/egg--souffle-like)
Strawberries
"Derby Pie" (registered name for Kerns Kitchen)--a pecan pie with bourbon and chocolate.
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henrypapillon
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12:51 AM on 05/02/2010
And this is determined by whom?
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ConradJ
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09:00 AM on 05/01/2010
If I want to eat like a horse I prefer Addison apples.
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LMPE
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12:04 AM on 05/01/2010
Who says a horse is a horse?
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09:18 AM on 05/01/2010
of course, of course
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