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Louisville, Kentucky's famous Hot Brown

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Is there a less appetizingly named food than the 'Hot Brown?' Louisville, Kentucky's culinary claim to fame doesn't look like much either - an open-faced turkey sandwich topped with bacon and smothered in Sauce Mornay (Béchamel with cheese), it resembles nothing so much as a junkyard covered in a layer of dirty snow, bits of this and that sticking out from the off-colored drifts.

The inelegant Hot Brown was born at downtown Louisville's thoroughly opulent Brown Hotel, supposedly whipped up from kitchen leftovers after a 1920s dinner dance, when hungry flappers fell upon the chef like a pack of wolves. If you're looking for an easy treat for your pre-Derby lunch, check out the original recipe on the Brown Hotel website. Feel free to substitute ham for the bacon, or add tomatoes, onions, etc.


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Filed Under: Chefs & Restaurants, Restaurants
Tags: america, Hot Brown, Kentucky Derby, KentuckyDerby, Sandwich, southern states

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kaszeta

5-04-2008 @9:14PM kaszeta said... Interesting, I've had "Hot Brown" several times, and never knew about the history of the name.
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MJ

5-06-2008 @11:27AM MJ said... Lord that looks good..........
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