Local Weekend Events - Food Related

[Calicolady]

Do you have anything going on in your area for the weekend?
Fairs, Carnivals, Cooking Contests, Bake Offs, BBQs, Grilling/Smoking contests?

Hopefully we can keep this running thru the year. Especially when the weather starts warming up for you Yanks.

[PanchoHambre]

Hopefully we can keep this running thru the year. Especially when the weather starts warming up for you Yanks.

Rub it in rub it in.

Good idea though. In the summer there are tons of events in Philly and surroundings I will try to carry a camera

[FooD]

FooD will again fire up the grill at Park Drive Bar & Grill this weekend, even though the forecast calls for continued wet weather. That's the only known event happening in Mi Barrio this weekend.

[Calicolady]

Here's what's going on here.
Quite alot all at once, and the cold/cool weather is going to lower attendance of the locals, but maybe not the "snowbirds". I hope not.

SATURDAY AND SUNDAY, FEB. 7-8
• Everglades Seafood Festival, Saturday and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. at Everglades Seafood Festival‎, 208 S Copeland Ave, Everglades City. Cost: Free. All ages. Everglades Seafood Festival has country music, arts and crafts and seafood. For more information call: 695-4100.

• Naples Backyard History hosts Mullet Fryer Weekend, Saturday and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Naples Preserve, 1690 9th Street North, Naples. Cost: Free. All ages. Harry Bickford’s 18 working waterfront fishing boat models will be on display in the lobby at the Cove Inn on Naples Bay at Crayton Cove. Harry Bickford along with Capt John Morgan, author of “My Life on the Water” and Bem Storter, nephew of legendary Rob Storter, author of “Crackers in the Glades,” will be on hand to answer questions about life on the working waterfront from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday. On Saturday, from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. at the Dock Restaurant at Crayton Cove, there will be a demonstration by the old-timers of how fishing nets were made and repaired in “the olden days”. Harry Bickford’s Working Waterfront Fishing Boat Models will be placed on display at the Naples Backyard History Mini Museum located on 1300 Third Street South for the month of February after Sunday.


• Greek Festival, Saturday from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m and Sunday from noon to 7 p.m. at St. Katherine’s Greek Orthodox Church, 7100 Airport-Pulling Road N., Naples. Cost: admission is $3 (children under 12 free). Food is a purchase.. All ages. The Greek Festival features Greek food, wine, pastries and live music. For more information call: 591-3430.


• Collier County Fair, Saturday from 1 p.m. to midnight and Sunday from 1 p.m. to 11 p.m. at Collier County Fairgrounds, 751 39th Ave. NE, Naples. Cost: $1 - $20. All ages. Collier County Fair has the following: music, petting zoo, rides, lumberjack show, bull riding rodeo and demolition derby. Parking $5. $1, ride tickets, $20, mega pass. For more information call: 455-1444 or www.colliercountyfair.com (http://www.colliercountyfair.com). Admission: 12 years and older $8, 6-11 years $4, 5 years and under FREE.

[S.Shepherd]

yanks???

thats strong words comin from a floriduh cracker:tongue:

we have the odd chili cookoff during the winter..this weekend for the "tip-up"

nothin worth a poo though.

[Calicolady]

Then there's this - LOL! Look at the prices and celebs. (yeah, I've been saving pennies all year for this one! NOT!)



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[simplicity]

I was a judge in a rodeo cook-off last weekend. The judges are all volunteers. The judging is subjective. How could it be otherwise? If you get a chance to do this, then volunteer. It's great fun.

[Calicolady]

Cool simplicity.And free samples to boot if you're a judge!
What kind of cook off was it? What won?

[PanchoHambre]

I was a judge in a rodeo cook-off last weekend. The judges are all volunteers. The judging is subjective. How could it be otherwise? If you get a chance to do this, then volunteer. It's great fun.

oh nothing better than Rodeo food... I love the carnival at H-Town Rodeo so much tasty fried stuff

[simplicity]

Cool simplicity.And free samples to boot if you're a judge!
What kind of cook off was it? What won?

It was a rodeo cook-off. There are different categories - ribs, chili, chicken, etc. I like to judge in the "open". That's for things that don't fit anywhere else, mostly fish and seafood. I don't know what won but I liked the sea scallops best. They don't give out their recipes.

The perks are that the judges are given special wristbands. After we've finished our work (sampling good food) we are allowed to wander over the grounds and visit other cooking teams who often allow us to sample their cooking. Many have been been up all night preparing their dishes on some very elaborate equipment. Free beer is abundant, but I'm not a beer drinker and couldn't find a cup of coffee anywhere.

It was a beautiful day to be outside with old friends and a few new ones, sampling some really great food.

If you have a chance, do something like this. It's fun,