Garlic Fest

gwh
gwh Posts: 1,451
Wife will be competing at the Gilroy Garlic Festival next weekend so if any of you West coast Polksters are going stop by and say hi. I'll be in the stands with my daughter and grandbaby and we talk like hillbillies so you can't miss us.
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  • cnh
    cnh Posts: 13,284
    edited July 2015
    Did someone say "Garlic"? Can't get enough of the stuff! Wish I could be there!
    My mother made the BEST walnut skordalia (a pureed walnut, garlic, olive oil, etc. paste/spread)-absolutely INCREDIBLE!

    Good Luck!
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  • gwh
    gwh Posts: 1,451
    Back home from the fest, damn weather wise you West coast guys got it made.
    Anyway Tresa placed third in the cook off!bgvs3p5vspjk.jpg
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  • WagnerRC
    WagnerRC Posts: 2,162
    congratulations
  • gwh
    gwh Posts: 1,451
    They get thousands of entries every year and whittle it down to eight to compete at the cook-off.
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  • rooftop59
    rooftop59 Posts: 8,121
    that's awesome. Congrats!

    Now are you gonna share the winning recipe???
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  • dromunds
    dromunds Posts: 10,023
    Do you grow your own garlic and if so what varieties?
  • oldrocker
    oldrocker Posts: 2,590
    Wishes her "good luck".
    Doing the annual family fun day pool party this Saturday.
    Starting the food prep work.
    About 30-35 people, 7-10 kids under 8 :o .

  • afterburnt
    afterburnt Posts: 7,892
    I got to make it up there to the next one. About the only good reason to go north lol.
  • Moose68Bash
    Moose68Bash Posts: 3,843
    @gwh,

    Congratulations to our wife.

    When we lived in California, I used to love driving by/through the Gilroy area. You could smell the garlic from the highway.

    The annual Garlic Festival is quite the event!

    Well done!
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  • vmaxer
    vmaxer Posts: 5,117
    Well, congratulations to you all.
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  • tonyb
    tonyb Posts: 33,008
    afterburnt wrote: »
    I got to make it up there to the next one. About the only good reason to go north lol.

    Say what ?? lol

    Northern California has it all over the southern by a very long shot. Garlic is just icing on the cake. ;)
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  • Polkie2009
    Polkie2009 Posts: 3,834
    Congratulations to you and yours gwh, ya'll did fantastic! Sounds like a great time was had by all. :) Would enjoy seeing more pics of the event if you have any .
  • afterburnt
    afterburnt Posts: 7,892
    edited July 2015
    tonyb wrote: »
    afterburnt wrote: »
    I got to make it up there to the next one. About the only good reason to go north lol.

    Say what ?? lol

    Northern California has it all over the southern by a very long shot. Garlic is just icing on the cake. ;)
    Yeah it is way more beautiful but I dont like hippies and hippies dont like me
  • afterburnt
    afterburnt Posts: 7,892
    edited July 2015
    I just hate all of CA not the state just the people, they are weird. One day I am gonna get out of here and I will never come back. But I would like to go to the garlic festival while I am still here.
  • cnh
    cnh Posts: 13,284
    edited July 2015
    afterburnt wrote: »
    I just hate all of CA not the state just the people, they are weird. One day I am gonna get out of here and I will never come back. But I would like to go to the garlic festival while I am still here.

    Congrats on your wife's accomplishment, gwh! Tasty!

    And here I thought "Afterburnt" was code for "hippie", wink wink nudge nudge know what I mean?
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  • Nightfall
    Nightfall Posts: 10,086
    rooftop59 wrote: »
    Now are you gonna share the winning recipe???
    Please? :p
    afterburnt wrote: »
    They didn't speak a word of English, they were from South Carolina.

    Village Idiot of Club Polk
  • afterburnt
    afterburnt Posts: 7,892
    cnh wrote: »
    afterburnt wrote: »
    I just hate all of CA not the state just the people, they are weird. One day I am gonna get out of here and I will never come back. But I would like to go to the garlic festival while I am still here.

    Congrats on your wife's accomplishment, gwh! Tasty!

    And here I thought "Afterburnt" was code for "hippie", wink wink nudge nudge know what I mean?
    I was a hippie but I got better lol
  • tonyb
    tonyb Posts: 33,008
    afterburnt wrote: »
    cnh wrote: »
    afterburnt wrote: »
    I just hate all of CA not the state just the people, they are weird. One day I am gonna get out of here and I will never come back. But I would like to go to the garlic festival while I am still here.

    Congrats on your wife's accomplishment, gwh! Tasty!

    And here I thought "Afterburnt" was code for "hippie", wink wink nudge nudge know what I mean?
    I was a hippie but I got better lol

    You might be the first...lol

    Never seen any hippies in Carmel.....or Napa. San Fran is another story.
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  • gwh
    gwh Posts: 1,451
    dromunds wrote: »
    Do you grow your own garlic and if so what varieties?
    We personally do not grow our own they always provide the garlic at the cook-off.
    rooftop59 wrote: »
    that's awesome. Congrats!

    Now are you gonna share the winning recipe???

    The organizers of this event publish a cookbook every year with the recipes of the finalist. If I had an extra I would send it to you, check their website.

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