re: Tennessee Pride

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True Tennessee based sausage companies:

Wampler's Sausage - Lenoir City, TN
Goolsby Sausage - Cookeville, TN
Swaggerty Sausage - Kodak, TN

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Honorable mention to Benton's, who churns out other forms of pork magic in Madisonville, TN

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Not Honorable Mention to Bentons...because this was a Sausage post. If we were just focusing on pork products, Benton's would be #1...hands down.

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It's here that Benton, one of the most celebrated pork purveyors in the country, cures, smokes and dry ages the country hams, prosciutto and hickory bacon sought after by Michelin Star chefs and white-tablecloth restaurants from New York to Charleston.

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Asking Michelin chef TJ Steele of Claro what was What was the last thing you ate? "A BLT tlayuda that I made during service at my restaurant. The BLT version has Benton's bacon, Eckerton Hill Farms tomatoes and wild watercress. It shows up on the menu at Claro whenever tomatoes are in peak season. I'm always for mezcal as a drink pairing."