We started off the year with a charitable event - a cooking class to raise money for the Dove House, a safe house for abused children located in Statesville.
Over dinner with our familes one night between Christmas and New Year's, John Browning, a neighbor and long time customer and I were discussing our favorite dip recipes. Since there were beers involved, it didn't take too long before a challenge was issued. While we still can't agree on just who challenged who, that night we did agree to fashion the class after Iron Chef. We would have one hour to prepare our favorite dip and chili recipes. Even though we did not have a "secret ingredient" as the real Iron Chef's do, totally by coincidence we both used Hormel Chil (no beans) in our dip recipes.
We held the battle at the store on January 26th, a week before Super Bowl and had about 20 old and new friends participate. John wowed the crowd with his Dog Food Dip which he served in mini tortilla shells and went all gourmet by making his own chili powder and using a pressure cooker to soften his stew beef. I underestimated my challenger and made my favorite queso dip which I served with Fritos Scoops and did a spicy chili with ground beef.
Once the results were in, our chilis tied but the crowd preferred John's dip over mine. So with Battle Super Bowl Man Food, John has the advantage ... at least until the next battle!
Here are some of the pictures from the event which we raised $360!
http://www.gourmetontherun.com/images/Super_Bowl_Man_Food.pdf
Over dinner with our familes one night between Christmas and New Year's, John Browning, a neighbor and long time customer and I were discussing our favorite dip recipes. Since there were beers involved, it didn't take too long before a challenge was issued. While we still can't agree on just who challenged who, that night we did agree to fashion the class after Iron Chef. We would have one hour to prepare our favorite dip and chili recipes. Even though we did not have a "secret ingredient" as the real Iron Chef's do, totally by coincidence we both used Hormel Chil (no beans) in our dip recipes.
We held the battle at the store on January 26th, a week before Super Bowl and had about 20 old and new friends participate. John wowed the crowd with his Dog Food Dip which he served in mini tortilla shells and went all gourmet by making his own chili powder and using a pressure cooker to soften his stew beef. I underestimated my challenger and made my favorite queso dip which I served with Fritos Scoops and did a spicy chili with ground beef.
Once the results were in, our chilis tied but the crowd preferred John's dip over mine. So with Battle Super Bowl Man Food, John has the advantage ... at least until the next battle!
Here are some of the pictures from the event which we raised $360!
http://www.gourmetontherun.com/images/Super_Bowl_Man_Food.pdf
Thanks to all for supporting the Dove House and for helping us have a great time!
