The cooking classes have been a huge success and we always eat and drink well! I personally host each of our Alligator Soul cooking classes. This time we will be covering some cooking basics and a few recipes that impress with little stress or heartache. The class will be held at Alligator Soul in our kitchen. It is not an auditorium, so space is limited and guests will be asked to provide their $60 grubbin' and learning fee when reservation is made.
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Class Notes and Recipes

Class includes food, beverage, wine, and learning
Thank you everyone for joining us for this rigorous evening of tasting, sipping, and a few food facts and tips

Theme
I interviewed 40 people and asked them what their traditional x-mas favorite family dish was and compiled a list of all the favorites.
There is nothing finer than a copious amount of diverse dishes to celebrate your holiday. Don’t worry the sweet potatoes w/ red hots didn’t make the cut.

Menu
-Beet cured Salmon with Potato Latke
-Rosemary and pine nut crusted Prime Rib With lemon horseradish whipped cream
-Yorkshire Pudding
-Fresh egg nog w/ booze
-Home made apple sauce with paned Pork loin and bacon
-Chocolate Truffles
-Things to wrap in bacon-Always a winner, right?

Agenda
1. Cures, rubes, and brines
2.Takes on the traditional
3. Custards and soufflés
4. Egg nog can be good
5. Easy desserts that wow!
6. Purpose of tenderizing meats
7. Bacon and its limitless uses
8. The latke- The chosen food
9. Chef’s favorite suggestions
11. Eat, Drink, Try it out!

Terms and definitions
Prime rib roast: is a cut of beef from the rib section, which is one of the eight primal cuts of beef. The entire rib section comprises ribs six through twelve of the animal; a standing rib roast can comprise anywhere from two to seven ribs. A standing rib roast, if sliced when uncooked, would yield a number of rib steaks.
Yorkshire pudding: is a dish that originated in Yorkshire but attained wider popularity. It is made from batter and most often served with roast beef, chicken, or any meal in which there is gravy served with it, or on its own. Gravy is often served alongside. Yorkshire pudding is cooked by pouring batter into a preheated greased baking tin containing very hot oil and baking at very high heat until it has risen.
Eggnog: egg nog is a sweetened dairy-based beverage made with milk, cream, sugar, beaten eggs (which gives it a frothy texture) and flavored with ground cinnamon and nutmeg; alcoholic versions also exist with the addition of various liquors, such as brandy, rum, and whiskey.
Cured Meats: In food preparation, curing refers to various preservation and flavoring processes, especially of meat or fish, by the addition of a combination of salt, sugar and nitrate and/or nitrite. Many curing processes also involve smoking. The etymology of the term is unclear, but it is thought to derive from the same Latin cura, -ae, from which the other English meanings are also derived