William has needed the camera, and I just have not been able to document this day. I thought I'd do that today. I apologize for saving the pics in a larger size than I intended, but I'm not redoing now...LOL!
We have a local organization which is part of a national group who's 5 Point laws are Protection, Conservation, Education, Sportsmanship, and Fellowship. Every year for about the last 10, our local group has held a cookoff/fundraiser. I have not been in a few years, so I thought I'd check them out. Here is a shot of their logo and some taxidermy (mostly roadkill...no, noone killed that baby deer!) to educate the public on animals indigenous to our state.
They do lots of things for the kids, including this cute station where you could build your own bluebird house.
This year's winner has won for 3 years running. He's got quite a set up and the only one to really pay attention to detail. Plus, the stuff was GOOD! He did a really good marinated venison, but the pheasant fajitas, were my favorite...that and his bouillabaisse(didn't get a picture of that).
Then there was a young man in the under 12 group that made this interesting dish (didn't get to taste this one), but I thought it was quite creative. It's pork chops with a cantalope cream sauce, that he created all by himself. He was from a local 4H chapter. He even had a little chef hat and all.(picture too blurry to share)
After the cookoff, William asked me to come out to a friend's farm. (These are pics of thier place...a lot like what we'd like to do at our place.) His wife has taken over creating quite a village. She's responsible for the improvements on the cabin (used to be an old tobacco barn) and setting up the outhouse and authentic teepee. The last structure is also an old tobacco barn that is used for storage and is where we do our outdoor cooking.
After visiting a bit, William had YS take me to the site of this day's "work". I've labeled these pics...in order: Dumb, Dumber, What were you thinking? The blue tractor in these pics are OUR tractor! Our friend has yet to give a satisfactory excuse for getting into this prediciment. William has yet to explain what he was thinking trying to help out when it was so wet!
All in all, it was a good day, and I tasted some really good stuff. If you get a chance, you may want to check out the Wildlife Action website. They have several cookbooks available if you're interested in wild game. My day was a lot better than the gang at the farm...LOL!
We have a local organization which is part of a national group who's 5 Point laws are Protection, Conservation, Education, Sportsmanship, and Fellowship. Every year for about the last 10, our local group has held a cookoff/fundraiser. I have not been in a few years, so I thought I'd check them out. Here is a shot of their logo and some taxidermy (mostly roadkill...no, noone killed that baby deer!) to educate the public on animals indigenous to our state.
They do lots of things for the kids, including this cute station where you could build your own bluebird house.
This year's winner has won for 3 years running. He's got quite a set up and the only one to really pay attention to detail. Plus, the stuff was GOOD! He did a really good marinated venison, but the pheasant fajitas, were my favorite...that and his bouillabaisse(didn't get a picture of that).
Then there was a young man in the under 12 group that made this interesting dish (didn't get to taste this one), but I thought it was quite creative. It's pork chops with a cantalope cream sauce, that he created all by himself. He was from a local 4H chapter. He even had a little chef hat and all.(picture too blurry to share)
After the cookoff, William asked me to come out to a friend's farm. (These are pics of thier place...a lot like what we'd like to do at our place.) His wife has taken over creating quite a village. She's responsible for the improvements on the cabin (used to be an old tobacco barn) and setting up the outhouse and authentic teepee. The last structure is also an old tobacco barn that is used for storage and is where we do our outdoor cooking.
After visiting a bit, William had YS take me to the site of this day's "work". I've labeled these pics...in order: Dumb, Dumber, What were you thinking? The blue tractor in these pics are OUR tractor! Our friend has yet to give a satisfactory excuse for getting into this prediciment. William has yet to explain what he was thinking trying to help out when it was so wet!
All in all, it was a good day, and I tasted some really good stuff. If you get a chance, you may want to check out the Wildlife Action website. They have several cookbooks available if you're interested in wild game. My day was a lot better than the gang at the farm...LOL!
Daphne
Keep your mind wide open.
Keep your mind wide open.