The Article Simplicity’s Pantry by The Mast Farm Inn •

Simplicity’s Pantry Homemade Collection • Almost all foods at The Mast Farm Inn are handcrafted and homemade in our gourmet kitchen “Simplicity at The Mast Farm Inn”. What follows are foods, snacks, goodies and treats we developed to serve our guests at The Inn. Increasingly guests want to purchase these to keep in their room during their stay, to take home for themselves, or to bring or mail to family and friends as gifts. As such we have developed this page so you can review our ever evolving and expanding collection of homemade foods, that you can request on arrival, or request for your arrival, using the online order form accessible by clicking here. And you too can say “As God is my witness, I’ll never go hungry again”

All of these items below can be waiting in your room, cottage or cabin on arrival, ordered for delivery to your lodging at an appointed day and time, or prepped for the road, for day trips, or to bring home. All can be presented with a hand written parchment gift card with your personal message if requested, at no extra charge. Some of the items below can also be mailed to a person of your choice. Enquire at 828.963.5857 as to which items are can be mailed. To order any of these items pre-arrival click here, and while here you can place your order at The Front Desk.

HOMEMADE, HOME-BAKED CAKES • Order Here

The Incredible Edible Fruit Cake
This incredibly edible fruitcake is not for mailing to friend or foe. It is appetizer, main and dessert in one nice package guaranteed to win hearts and minds. If you take it into battle, don’t throw it, offer to the enemy and you become fast friends and allies against the forces of evil. The most requested dessert in our gourmet kitchen Simplicity at The Mast Farm Inn, downright addicting. For four • 24

The Southern Hummingbird
It’s the most requested cake recipe in Southern Living magazine history and frequents covered dish dinners all across the South, always receiving rave reviews. The recipe was submitted by a Mrs. L. H. Wiggins of Greensboro North Carolina and consists of two layers of cake full of chopped pecans, crushed pineapple, and mashed bananas that are filled and frosted with a delicious cream cheese icing. For four • 40

Chocolate De Cadence
Chocolate layer cake with chocolate frosting and chocolate shavings. In 1828, Conrad Van Houten of the Netherlands developed a mechanical extraction method for extracting the fat from cacao liquor resulting in cacao butter, a compacted mass of solids that could be sold as it was “rock cacao” or ground into powder. The processes transformed chocolate from an exclusive luxury to an inexpensive daily snack. A process for making silkier and smoother chocolate called conching was developed in 1879 by the Swiss Rodolphe Lindt and made it easier to bake with chocolate as it amalgamates smoothly and completely with cake batters… and the world has never been the same. For four • 40

Not So Plain Jane Subtilis Vanilla
Lacking adornment or pretension; basic and simple, so it’s all about subtlety and finesse… Yep, like a bridal garter is about finesse. For four • 40

Elvis Beard’s Red Velvet
James Beard’s 1972 reference American Cookery describes three red velvet cakes. The reaction of acidic vinegar and buttermilk tends to better reveal the red anthocyanin in the cocoa. Before more alkaline “Dutch Processed” cocoa was widely available, the red color would have been more pronounced. This natural tinting may have been the source for the name “red velvet”. Endorsed by Elvis, whose image was last sighted in the mist at Linville Falls. For four • 40

COOKIES • Order Here

The Cookie Monster Master Collection
A truly monstrous variety & quantity of homemade cookies made by Mast Farm Inn elves & the cookie jar to keep. Presented with hand written parchment gift card with your personal message if requested • 40

Mama Mia Marie’s Biscotti 
18 homemade organic pistachio biscotti. Twice-baked biscuits originating in the Italian city of Prato. “Biscotti” is the plural form of biscotto. The word originates from the medieval Latin word biscoctus, meaning “twice-cooked/baked.” It defined oven baked goods that were baked twice, so they were very dry and could be stored for long periods of time. Pliny the Elder boasted that such goods would be edible for centuries. Such nonperishable food was particularly useful during journeys and wars, and twice baked breads were a staple food of the Roman Legions • 36

Hand It Over Financier
18 homemade financiers. A financier is a small French cake, often mistaken for a pastry. The financier is a light, moist teacake, similar to sponge cake, and usually contains almond flour, crushed or ground almonds, or almond flavoring. Financiers are often baked in shaped molds. The name “financier” is said to derive from the traditional rectangular mold, which resembles a bar of gold. Another theory says that the cake became popular in the financial district of Paris surrounding La Bourse du Commerce. • 18

Chip’s Chocolate A-La-Ruth-Grave
24 homemade chocolate chip cookies. The chocolate chip cookie was accidentally developed by Ruth Graves Wakefield in 1930. She owned the Toll House Inn, in Whitman, Massachusetts, a very popular restaurant that featured home cooking in the 1930s. Her cookbook, Toll House Tried and True Recipes, was published in 1936 by M. Barrows & Company, New York. It included the recipe “Toll House Chocolate Crunch Cookie”, which rapidly became a favorite to be baked in American homes. • 12

Blackstrap Molasses
18 homemade Blackstrap molasses cookies. The term Blackstrap molasses is an Americanism dating from around 1920.The third boiling of sugar syrup yields blackstrap molasses. The majority of sucrose from the original crystallizes through this process, though the calorie content of blackstrap molasses is still mostly due to the small remaining sugar content. However, unlike refined sugars, it contains significant amounts of vitamin B6 and minerals, including calcium, magnesium, iron, and manganese; one tablespoon provides up to 20% of the recommended daily value of each of those nutrients. Blackstrap is also a good source of potassium. • 12

Honey B. Mast & Cookie B. Goode
18 homemade honey cookies. Made with our own Mast Farm Inn honey from the bees and hives you see near the barn. Endorsed by Country Boy Berry Chuck. • 18

Jerry’s Certifiable Better Nuts & Fruit
18 homemade nut and fruit cookies. Made with dried fruits, figs, dates, raisins, almonds, walnuts, marmalade, honey and brandy. • 24

MARMALADES • Order Here

What’s Up Doc? • The Which Way Did He Go Size?
Top secret ingredient 1, Top secret ingredient 2, Top secret ingredient 3, Top secret process, Almonds & Brandy. Organic Whole Wheat Crackers. Trust us, if you order nothing here but this, this is it. For two • 11

What’s Up Doc? • The Oh Yeah Size!
Top secret ingredient 1, Top secret ingredient 2, Top secret ingredient 3, Top secret process, Almonds & Brandy. Organic Whole Wheat Crackers. Trust us, if you order nothing here but this, this is it. Get this size. For eight • 24

Holy Figs Mama Ave Maria
No need to travel to the Holy Land for salvation. This and a prayer and you’re all set. Figs, Lemon, Ginger, Star Anise, Cinnamon, Organic Whole Wheat Crackers. Add leftover syrup to your moonshine. For eight • 24

Greg’s Blue Sky Peaches
Light, Refreshing, made with fresh whole peaches, cooked with the pit for nutty aftertaste, Lemon, Ginger, Star Anise, Cinnamon, Organic Whole Wheat Crackers. Add leftover syrup to your moonshine. For eight • 24

HONEY • Order Here

Mast Bee’s Very Own, Herb Butter, Toasted Owl Creek Breadworks
Our own Mast Farm Inn honey from the hives you see near the barn. Owl Creek Breadworks • Bruce Paul Ezzell, in little old Boone NC, is without a doubt one of the finest artisan bakers in America; We’re talking James Beard Award here folks. Owl Creek Breadworks is a family-owned and operated micro-bakery located in the heart of downtown Meat Camp. Bruce specializes in European style hearth breads, using fresh ground organic and certified chemical free grains. For two. • 25

Mast Bee’s Very Own
A jar of our own Mast Farm Inn honey from the bees and hives you see near the barn. • 10

Mast Bee’s Very Own Working Overtime
A Jar of our own Mast Farm Inn honey from the bees and hives you see near the barn, but twice as much. • 20

CANDY • Order Here

Dulce di Caramel Butterscotch
Jar of our special home-made caramel butterscotch • 20 

Chocolate Covered Strawberries
12 Sumptuous Chocolate Covered Strawberries made by our gourmet kitchen Simplicity at The Mast Farm Inn. Presented with hand written parchment gift card with your personal message if requested • 25

Chocolate Covered Cherries
24 Sumptuous Chocolate Covered Cherries made by our gourmet kitchen Simplicity at The Mast Farm Inn. Presented with hand written parchment gift card with your personal message if requested • 25

SANDWICHES • Order Here

Little’s Chicken Salad
Homemade chicken salad, down home but a little sophisticated, fruity and crunchy. Our attorney says we have to tell you how many ounces and how many dill pickles and/or olives come with each thing, but we’re not going to do that. Comes with organic chips. • 12

Chuck’s Tuna Salad
Homemade tuna salad, also down home but a little sophisticated, fruity and crunchy. Comes with organic chips. • 12

Asparagus Alsace-Lorraine
Worth invading a border. Light yet filling and zesty. Comes with organic chips. • 12

No need to shake a spear Rosalind, a sandwich “As you like It”
Your own very robust custom designed sandwich any sandwich way but loose, organic chips, North Carolina craft beer • 15

No need to shake a spear Rosalind Vegan, a vegan sandwich “As you like It”
Your own very robust custom designed vegan sandwich any sandwich way but loose, organic chips, North Carolina craft beer • 15

ARTISAN CHEESE & MEATS • Order Here

Artisan Charcuterie A La Chef Andrew
Sampler of home cured and smoked meats by Chef Andrew Long, with toasted Owl Creek Breadworks, herb butter, local organic artisan goat cheese, olives, pickles, a bottle of house red or white, or two craft beers. Friendship Cake Dessert. • 75

The Mast Farm Inn Cheese & Fruit Platter
For two. A sampler of five cheeses, some local and organic, grapes, Mast Farm Inn home-made fruit compote, 3 varieties of crackers, presented on a wooden cutting board. Presented with hand written parchment gift card with your personal message if requested. • 65

Gourmet Blue Ridge Parkway Picnic Basket
Simplicity at The Mast Farm Inn can prepare you a gourmet picnic basket that is both healthy and robust on the day or days of your choice. We use wholesome products, mostly organic, free from harmful ingredients, and we can accommodate special requests. Vegetarian & Vegan Versions available.• 25 per person

Late Night With Simplicity Latermam
With this package no need to stop for a fast-food “meal” on the road, or on your way back from day-trip while here. Two healthy and robust sandwiches made to order, olives and dill pickles, organic chips and snacks, a bottle of house red or white wine, or three North Carolina craft beers, home-made cookies, bottles of water, and for desert two peanut butter and jelly sandwiches & chocolates. Vegetarian & Vegan Versions available. • 65

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