Chicken 3 Ways! A Benefit Dinner for the MPPU Project

Pete & Jen are at it again. They're sponsoring a chicken dinner to benefit the NESFP's Mobile Poultry Processing Unit project. Here's what Jen said in her email announcing the dinner:

Join Pete and Jen &
SLOW FOOD BOSTON at Allandale Farm for Chicken Grilling Extravaganza!

August 30, 2009
5:30 pm until the moonlight guides us home....

The summer heat is in full swing! We hope you are all busy enjoying the bounty of seasonal, local food. In the spirit of summer, we would like to extend an invitation to load up your picnic basket with a comfy blanket and a bottle of your favorite beverage - but don't worry about the food. Slow Food Boston has got that covered! SFB is hosting an outdoor gastronomic fundraiser (a Chicken Extravaganza one might say) on Sunday, August 30th in the fields of Allandale Farm. Join us and relax on your blanket watching the sunset, relishing the smell of grilling chicken, and contributing to a good cause! Chef Andy Husbands (of Hell's Kitchen fame) and the amazing Tremont 647 will be preparing three different chicken dishes, plus bbq appropriate sides (greens? yup. corn bread? check!) plus a fruit dessert luciously ripe from local orchards... OH, and we're not talking your mother's chicken here - instead think banana guava ketchup, sweet & spicy bbq glaze, and a red pepper aioli! Though it's not Pete and Jen's tasty, tasty chicken (we sold out long ago), it is sure to be divine!

So why this 'fowl' celebration you ask? Well, beyond the phenomenal food, we're also continuing to raise funds for the Mobile Poultry Processing Unit, eliminating the need for MA farmers to share the ONE unit that's available throughout the entire state. These mobile units are one of the few ways that small producers have to guarantee that the quality & care of their work is maintained all the way from the farm to your table. We will be at the picnic to share first-hand how the MPPU project is making it easier for us to produce and process our birds and for you to buy local, healthy, sustainably-raised food.

This event is a double BYOB - bring your own blanket, as well as the beverage of your choice. Cost is $40 for adults and $20 for children under 12. Reservations & payments must be made in advance on the Slow Food Boston website.

Plan to arrive early! Starting at 5:30pm, John Lee, Allandale's farm manager, will be giving hayrides of Boston's last working farm - concluding in time for dinner to be served at 6:30PM. Oh, and if it happens to rain, we'll convene the next night Monday, August 31st same time, same place.