[CH] New Jersey Hot Luck
RisaG (radiorlg@yahoo.com)
Sat, 27 Mar 2010 17:21:26 -0700 (PDT)
Well today was the day of the New Jersey Hot Luck or as we called it the 10th Anniversary "Eat the Heat" Hot Luck. In October it will be 10 years since the Hot Luck was filmed for "Eat the Heat".
Karen had said that it was from 2 pm on. I showed up at around 2:15 and was very surprised that I was the first one to arrive. I got right into putting out my stuff - and making my sliders.
About half an hour later Alex Soltow showed up. We were so happy to see her. We were also expecting Doug and Andy, who never showed.
So it was Karen, her dad and sister, Alex and me. A small group of avid chile-lovers but still a good time was had by all.
Karen made an amazing cake - it had a lot of fondant work on it and this cute little chile-head figure that she made with tiny dried chiles (that really packed a wollop!).
I made a homemade chutney (with green thai chiles and a tiny bit of bhut jolokia) and a Citrus BBQ Sauce (with Moritas, Meyer Lemon Juice and Blood Orange Juice along with some molasses), and sliders. I brought some spicy pretzels, spicy almonds and popcorn. All homemade. I also brought some Cabots Habanero Cheddar Cheese. I made some spicy bacon strips for the sliders. I made the sliders at Karen's and I also brought some Battered and Baked Chile Strips. All recipes will be in another email.
Alex brought a wonderful salad that was her take on Buffalo Chicken Salad, except it was vegetarian and the dressing was amazing. I had 2 servings. She also brought a fabulous pumpkin seed dip, Rice Works chips, and Deviled Eggs that were curried and magnificent. Simple and delicious.
We ate, we watched "Eat the Heat" and we ate some more.
It ended around 5:30 with all of us very full and happy. We missed Andy and Doug though. Where they were we do not know. No word from them. Mysterious.
A good time was had by all, even though it was a small group. Maybe there will be another in the summer so we can also swim in Karen's great pool, just like the Hot Luck get togethers from 10 years ago.
RisaG