Toronto Fest

Little Steven

What a blast! Great folks cooking with a gorgeous view of a world class city. Hope somebody took a camera.

Steve

chocdoc

I took a camera - I'll get some more pictures up after the rug rat is in bed. I've got a couple that my sous Anna took.


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Little Steven

Kerry, Great pics. Who is that medium height, extremely handsome gentleman in pic two?

EggNorth

What a wonderful day. I would like to thank everyone involved, and especially the cooks for another great Eggfest.

This was only our (myself and wife) second one and look forward to many more.

A few shots:

A Fantastic view. We sat there just taking it in for a while. Lived in TO many years ago and still love it there.




Not too many guest at 10 AM:




But it sure picked up after:




The first table had some beans and mentioned that they also have the recipe. I forgot to ask for it so I hope they post it here.

Austin Egghead

What did y'all cook? Looks like it was a cool day. Thanks for the pictures

Little Steven

Dave.

What a great location eh? I hope they can turn it into a weekend thing. Eggs in the Royal York parking lot? Great seeing you again!

Steve

EggNorth

Maybe we can use Air Canada Centre ... always available this time of year.

(a Bruins fan)

Little Steven

Now that was funny right there Great idea though :(

EggNorth

...but yes, great location. I liked the layout with the tables in front and lots of garbage cans so the place was very clean. Lots a sitting area to allow us to 'get away' from the crowd for a few minutes.

And a great magician doing his card tricks - nice touch, he was fantastic.

The store was well stocked, with a friendly helpful staff. Among other things, bought the BGE salt and pepper shaker, wife took possession and said they will make great X-Mas tree ornaments.

The only down side is that when leaving there were several young people boarding the ferry to the island in a party mode and they did not invite me! :(

Mainegg

Standing by that really nice sweet blond? I think her name is Norma? really nice lady... her hubby...

RGBHV

The weather forecasters called for a VERY VERY RAINY DAY.

It started as an overcast day in the City of Toronto and it stayed that way.



Most of my pics are from very early in the day (from 1000-1200 hrs) so there weren't many crowd shots. (or for that matter food shots)

I believe all of the cooks experienced what we did. What ever we cooked up was scooped up just as fast as we put it out.




Judy, Little Steven

The Eggaggerators -
Now class - today's menu will be:

Jamie - naan ? followed up with a Tandori Chicken

RGBHV's wife (Anke)

RGBHV's Paella being prepared - chicken thighs and chorizo sausage

Some smoked salmom

GOV, Virgina Brown, Cannughead (Gary)
Talking about mini bagels with cream cheese and smoked salmon.

Cannughead's Tandori Chicken tied to cook evenly.




It was a great day, great food, and great people.

Michael and Anke.

chocdoc

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Our umbrella mates - Michael and Jiku (think that's the spelling).


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My egg for a day - I brought my own thermometer which I knew was in calibration - last eggfest I realize after I got the egg home that I was off by a bunch of degrees.


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'Not Your Father's Cinnamon Rolls' - cream cheese, bourbon bacon jam and cheddar cheese.


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A little technical difficulty with the rye bread dough - just made the bannetons, they weren't seasoned yet so dough stuck with a vengeance.


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Applying the cornstarch slurry post baking - Mary (canugghead)'s wife looking on.


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Grilled asparagus.


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Second batch of asparagus shooters underway in the Thermomix. Looks like I failed to get a picture of the completed shooters.


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Anna - preparing her stuffed mushrooms. A definite hit!


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Red thai curry with lychee and pineapple.


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Another very popular item - Marc (primeggister), Cluck and Squeal king - mixed his Cluck and Squeal rub with some Beemster cheese (similar to a gouda) and applied it to some dried figs that had a bit of honey drizzled in. After a brief time on the egg to get the cheese all melty - another drizzle of honey. Sweet, salty, cheesy - what's not to love.

Failed to get picture of the dark chocolate and walnut stuffed figs and the honey, danish bleu stuffed figs.

Little Steven

Michael,

Great pics. It was neat when the lake freighter went by.

Next time I will get some paella

Steve

Desert Oasis Woman

Thanks! Almost like being there :laugh:
That weather looks WONDERFUL! Please send rain and cooler temps SW!!!

RGBHV

A few more pics from a friend.

Toronto Eggfest, June 11, 2011


and the crowds came


seafood paella in progress.

samosa


Michael

Primeggister1

The guys at Dickson's (Mike and Rob) did a great job. Very well organized and they had a great helpful staff. It was great meeting the new Egg owners and meeting all the cooks. Hope all of you will enjoy the rub samples I was handing out.

Looking forward to next years fest, hopefully I will get a chance to cook. Although me and the chocdoc (Kerry) did Egg some stuffed figs with cheese, the All Purpose rub and honey. I think we are onto something Kerry! :woohoo:

chocdoc

Those figs with the Cluck and Squeal were a real hit.

Remind me where we should post recipes on the forum?

Grand Oeuf Vert

Glad to see some old freinds and make anew. The folks at Dickson's really do a fantastic job. It was suppose to rain most of the day but egghead prayers limited the rain to just a few drops. A touch cool but we'll take it! They had about 200 attend last year and 300 for their second go at it. Personally, I see 500+ next year.
Glad ya'll had a good time eh?
NiEGGara III is tentative for Sunday August 21st. Watch the event banner listing. Hopefully, it will be firmed up soon.

cookn biker

What, no pictures Tim? :laugh:
Glad it was a great venue!

RGBHV

I agree, the folks at Dickson's do a super job. As a sponsor, they were really hands on - involved.

I always felt like there was someone close by to provide hot water, cold water, more lump, etc.

An amazing touch was when a few rain drops appeared - they started distributing "emergency poncho's for everyone. " Good thing we didn't need them.


Michael

MCR

Thanks everyone for the pictures...

The food look good!!! the view seem interesting and the weatherman was wrong again... Good for you!

Canugghead

Like everyone said, another great fest and really got lucky with the weather again, it poured just 10 miles north of the city but we got just a few drops at the fest.

bite-size mini bagels for smoked salmon...


served with cream cheese, egg-smoked salmon, onion and capers...


PPP (pull pork parfait)...


JudyFoodie and hubby Nikolas...




Kerry(chocdoc) and Anna...


Kerry's dark chocolate and walnut filled figs, to die for...


taller than the CN Tower...






view from our tent, Anke (RGBHV's first wife) cooking up a storm...




Michael(RGBHV) cooking filling for healthy baked samosa...


sweet taters with curry mayo...


Little Steven, Norma and Ben...




magician entertaining with his card tricks...






a long day for Ben...




Virginia with Big Green Egg Canada's official photographers Debbie and ?




view of Toronto skyline, Picassa edited


Gary

RGBHV

Great pics Gary -

Where did you find the time to capture all of those great shots?

If you don't mind, I'm going to steal the samosa filling pics for FB.

Great shot of Steven with the CN Tower - technically, I think the CN wins by a hair but I could b wrong.

Michael

Canugghead

Kerry, great seeing you and Anna again and really appreciate the wiggle rod. Got to use it and what a huge difference compared to the skinny wire rod... it actually pushed the lumps instead of squeezing through the gaps between them. Love your cinnamon rolls and the chocolate walnut filled figs, missed out on the other goodies you made :( See you soon!
Gary

Canugghead

Great photos Michael, good to see you and Anke again.
Gary

Canugghead

Michael, wish I had more time to socialise. Feel free to use that pix. Oh, thanks for that much needed cuppa java!
Gary

Canugghead

Dave, we probably met but I failed to associate your name with your face, next time please remind me to say Hi since I have short memory span
Gary

dugdbug

Looks like it was a great event. I had other commitments or I would have signed up to attend. Perhaps next year. Are you still willing to part with some of that Maple Leaf?
Regards,
Doug

Little Steven

Yes, I just haven't gotten around to it

Mr Holloway

Looks like a great time Steve
I haven't partied(been removed)at the Docks for a few years
I think I am allowed back :laugh:
Sorry I had to miss it.

Shane

dugdbug

Good news, At your convenience, just give me a day or so notice so that I can swap vehicles with my wife!