Tennessee - The Volunteer State, State flower: Iris

1. Spoon Bread
2. Tennessee Fish House Soup
3. Mountain Ham with Red-Eye Gravy
4. Hog's Jowl and Turnip Greens with Pot Likker
5. Sponge Cake with Peach Glaze
6. Peach Glaze

Hog's Jowl and Turnip Greens with Pot Likker - Serves 4 to 6

To make this at its best, the hog's jowl must have a smoked and cured flavor.

1 jowl, cleaned
1 large batch of young turnip greens, washed and drained
6 eggs for poaching
Wine vinegar in a cruet with a hot pepper pod

Place jowl in boiling water to cover. Cook 45 minutes or until jowl is almost done.. Add a pan full of turnip greens. Cook gently for another hour or more.

Serve the jowl in the center of a platter with the greens around it. Garnish with poached eggs. Serve the pot likker in a separate dish to be used as gravy with cornbread. Serve everyone a slice of the tongue and a bit of the cheek. Pass the cruet of wine vinegar.

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