Carolina EggFest 2010

I appreciate your coming back and posting again. I'm sure the cooks and Josh do too.

It sounded like from your first post you might have been expecting a fine restaurant meal for the money that the organizer charged. But Eggfests aren't about that. They are about having fun. Yeah, the organizer sells some Eggs. Bottom line is the organizer is doing it to help his business. The rest of us are there for the fun, friendship and the food. The food usually spans the gamut from beginners to experts. At Carolina, I suppose we could criticize the cook who whipped out the Pillsbury refrigerator chocolate chip cookies, but then when you saw the look on the kids faces and how happy they were to carry the tray around and serve everyone, well, they were a great choice too. I was at one Eggfest where a fellow made Pillsbury refrigerator biscuits. Ok, not the best, but heck this is Eggfest! Everyone does their best.

Now I have to agree that some Eggfests charge $40 or more for a Friday night meet 'n greet where they have cooks preparing food that is advertised to be of high quality. If they were to serve up lousy food, that would be bummer worthy of some criticism since they are specifically telling you to expect a great meal. But the Eggfest is about letting everyone cook who wants to and having a good time.

Anyway, off the soapbox. Again, thanks for coming back to post an apology. I hope to see you at another 'Fest somewhere.

Doug

Thanks for the apology - as others have said I don't think everything was perfect (I wish Josh would have turned off the wind ) but overall I think it was fine for a 1st time fest. My guys from the Grill and Brew club tried to make sure we had enough food coming off the grill throughout the day that everyone had plenty and I was happy with what we prepared. I personally think of the cooking as more of an excuse to get together with other folks who love to grill as much as I do and I think this fest definitely provided that. Anyway don’t beat yourself up over the comments we have all posted something that looking back on later we wish we would have hit cancel instead of submit, and sometimes it is just best to say sorry sincerely and drop it. Thanks again.

I wish I had met you. I grew up in Morganton. Maybe next time. I was the one doing the Paella. Sounds like you folks had a great time as we did.

Grillin Bill

Precisely. Everybody cooks to their level of expertise and they all do it to be a part of the fun. Like I told one of the cooks, it isn't a competition, it's just to have fun and meet people, etc.

Ya know I helped put the big tent up, helped take the big tent down. I spent about $500 on stuff (including beer) Drove from Gainesville Ga (wife drove) after a colonosocpy Friday. Cooked some really good stuff, gave out some good advise, had a blast with my friends, met new friends. Went back to my friends and cooked for them Saturday night. Josh even had to drive to pick up the rest of the tent Friday night (2 hrs) we forgot. I found a way to have a great time. But that's how I live my life.

I meet up with my son and several friends. We had a wonderful time. I really enjoyed the food and fellowship. Thanks again to everyone who participated.

A special thanks to the girls cooking the cookies