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Neighbors: Fundraiser to feature food from historic menus

Bowman

This event is for you whether you're a foodie, a history lover or a supporter of community nonprofits.

The Animas Museum is hosting a Culinary Heritage Dinner on Saturday at the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad's new Grange Hall with a menu designed from local meals of yore. Among the dishes served in the four-course plated dinner are entries discovered on historic train menus pulled from the museum's archives, museum Executive Director Sherry Bowman said.

Among the taste-tantalizing treats in store? Potted smoked trout, La Plata County miner beans, salami of chicken with sauce à la Russe and molasses cake. (Although using ingredients such as Mangalica bacon lardon ratchets the beans up about 20 levels from what La Plata County miners actually ate.)

Chef Neal Drysdale, owner of 5th Street Eatery, and his friend and fellow gastronome Jeremy Foote will prepare the food, all locally grown and donated. Guests will get a short history of each course before diving in.

I can't wait to talk to Drysdale and Foote about their research and adventures in the kitchen learning about these historically accurate dishes.

Live music will enhance the gentility of the occasion – and if there was ever a time we needed more gentility, it's now – and a featured historic cocktail, wine and beer will be served.

Tickets are $85 for Animas Museum members and $100 for nonmembers and must be purchased no later than Thursday online at www.animasmuseum.org, by calling 259-2402 or by stopping by the museum, West Second Avenue and W. 31st Street.

All proceeds benefit the museum, which does a Herculean job of preserving artifacts and photos about our rich past.

As an added bonus, railroad owner Al Harper will give guests the opportunity to browse the train museum or watch the last train of the day being put to bed in the Roundhouse before dinner is served.

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