Re: [CH] TV Hotluck Request
Mike McCollum (mem@bendnet.com)
Sat, 15 Nov 2003 10:07:05 -0800
What does it take to get unsubribed form this list. Don't tell me to go to
mailto:majordomo@globalgarden.com and unsubscribe. I have done this dozens
of times.
If somebody knows how to get in touch with the people that run this list.
Please let them know that on this coming Monday I will be taking this to my
lawyer.
----- Original Message -----
From: "=Mark" <mstevens@exit109.com>
To: <Chile-Heads@globalgarden.com>
Sent: Saturday, November 15, 2003 8:26 AM
Subject: Re: [CH] TV Hotluck Request
>
> Here is the reply I sent back to Roker's production team:
>
> ===================================================
>
> This may be problematic as these events generally are planned and evolve
> over a period of months, and generally are held at a listmembers home. I
> got a note from Jim McGrath who has hosted a number of these events from
> both the Chileheads and BBQ lists so I'm sure he discussed a lot of this
> with you. I've attended 3 or 4 of Jim's Hotlucks, and he averages 50 to 80
> guests in attendance. I also have attended a Hotluck in Warren NJ that was
> filmed for the TV Food Network special "Eat the Heat," which was also
> planned a couple months in advance.
>
> I hope you don't mind that I forwarded a copy of your note to the
> ChileHeads list, asking if there were any folks in the New Orleans area
> that might be able to help you out. We are a fairly gregarious group and
> can be counted on to mug at a camera when circumstance dictates it. Pics
of
> the last Hotluck I attended can be seen at:
>
> http://www.exit109.com/~mstevens/redlion03/redlion03.html
>
> If you are not able to get the event set up for the New Orleans gig, you
> might want to consider holding on to the concept for when a regular
Hotluck
> is scheduled. An event that has become the largest of it's type in the US
> is the Chile Pepper Festival at Bowers Pa. held the first weekend in
> September. It has become hugely popular in recent years and seems the type
> of event that Mr. Roker's production company seems to favor. It has been
> adopted by the Chileheads as an annual Hotluck and is attended by dozens
of
> us. Photos of this venue can be seen at:
>
> http://www.exit109.com/~mstevens/bowers99/
>
> I hope this helps, I'm not sure what can be scared up in a short time. I
> have no doubts that if you could fund round trip tickets for a couple
dozen
> ChileHeads to New Orleans, that we would be more than happy to arrange a
> Hotluck of epic proportions! :-)
>
> Hope this helps...
>
> =Mark Stevens
>
> PS - I'm curious, how did you ever find out about the Hotlucks?
>
> ====================================================
>
> At 10:55 PM 11/14/2003 -0500, jim@wildpepper.com wrote:
> >They e-mailed me as well. I invited them to the one in April in Madison
> >IN. Sounded interested. They wanted to come and do the Open Fields &
> >were sorry they just missed it.
> >
> >-Jim C
> >Mild to Wild(R)
>
>
>