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Well sweet mother of god, that was not good!
The festival itself was great, delicious smells and very friendly.
I warmed myself up beforehand with a few pints and by going to the Tabasco stand and eating some tacos dipped in habanero sauce. Not pleasant but bearable.
Warm up to the competition was great, all the contenders were pumped up and ready for the challenge. Nobody I talked to had ever entered a hot wing competition before. The wings were going to get hotter and hotter with each round - 400k scovilles - 6 million scovilles.
We had to wear rubber gloves and goggles!
Wing no. 1. Possibly the hottest thing I have ever eaten. As advised, we picked the meat off the wings with our fingers as opposed our teeth. After we had eaten all the meat we had to wait a minute for the heat to take effect.
Wing no . 2. Impossible to eat. Started gagging and shaking but managed to get it all down. The minute wait was a nightmare.
Wing no. 3. I kept looking at it but I could not persuade my hand to go near it. My mouth was on fire, I was shaking and gagging. It wasn't going to happen. I stood up and went to the exit to be handed a huge bowl of ice cream. Couldn't get it down fast enough. All around me were my fellow contestants crying and vomiting.
Two bowls of ice cream later I went out to meet the family. The competition had just been won by a lady who got through the six rounds by just stripping the meat off with her teeth. She was totally unaffected by the whole thing. Her prize for winning - eh nothing, just the same t-shirt we'd all got.
Couple of pints later it was all back to normal, glad I got out when I did. Place was packed but really good atmosphere.
Food was good, not the biggest helpings. Tried lamb brain for the first time - it was a bit like crab. Really good Thai spices though.
Great festival. Will definitely be back next year. Highly recommend it. Leave the eating competitions for someone else though!
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Dizzyblonde wrote: »Well done! You gave it your best shot and you've got the t-shirt to prove it
Got the after-shocks now, not good, not good at all!
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Gloomtastic! wrote: »Got the after-shocks now, not good, not good at all!
Well done Gloom, you tried your best and you're a lot braver than me. I love hot and spicy food but even I wouldn't attempt that.
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Gloomtastic! wrote: »Got the after-shocks now, not good, not good at all!
Lava cramps?
There's actually a name for it!
A friend of mine was doing the chilli eating competition. Haven't heard how he got on.0 -
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I was there yesterday too, missed the wing eating contest but managed to catch the chilli eating one in the evening. I dunno WHY people do it
They had to eat 8 full chilli peppers that went up to 1.2m scovilles. The same 1 minute burn off between each pepper and then a 5 minute wait at the end. Some guy managed to get through all 8 but couldn't hack the 5 minute wait at the end and reached for milk straight away 
That doesn't appeal to me in the slightest really. In saying that, I have no tolerance for anything hotter than a korma hahaha.
I tried the below
Duck tacos - smoked duck breast, cooked beautifully (still pink) but quite fatty, the skin could've been rendered better. Also the duck was quite.... chewy... and wasn't cut small enough for comfortable bite size mouthfuls. Came with a chilli corruander lime dressing.
Charcoal grilled prawns from doiteain. Nice but nothing to shout home about really. Came with a load of lettuce leaves and a mary-rose type sauce that had a lime and chilli kick to it.
Asador burger - whopper beef patty in a brioche bun, relish and Swiss cheese and fresh tomato. Probably the best thing we ate all day.
Asador mushrooms - BBQd portobello mushroom slices, smokey and delicious then mixed with fresh parsley, grated Parmesan (and possible breadcrumbs?)
Wings from Foul Play - cherry wood smoked wings with a white Alabama type sauce. I have NO idea what a white Alabama sauce is other than that it's the tastiest way I've ever eaten wings in my life and I'll be making a visit to try them again asap.
Hand rolled ice cream from artic stone. Bit of a novelty thing more than anything else to be honest. Went for mint chocolate. It was nice ice cream I have to say but they were clearly under pressure to get them out to people waiting so it was only just about frozen and melted very quickly.
Very relaxed atsomphere and early in the day it's very family friendly. Can be expensive with the cover charge, food and drinks over the whole day for a group of people. Portion size for some places is quite small for the price. Nice selection of bars and beers to choose from. Overall a good day out if you like BBQ food, atmosphere is great.0 -
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Couldn't wait to try that recipe! Obviously doesn't taste as great as the professionals yesterday but it's pretty damn close thanks!
I butterflied a whole chicken, roasted it for about 35 minutes, quartered the bird and then basted the portions under the grill with the sauce for about 40 minutes turning it over every 5 minutes or so.
Accompaniments could use some improvement but it's a Sunday, grocery shop day is tomorrow 0 -
Not sure if it was said in this forum. In the event forum they were saying locals had been complaining about the big grill festivalSome people aren't happy about it
and possibly because of this organisers were letting people free in on thurs (& possibly friday) before 4pm
https://twitter.com/biggrillfest/status/898133283204214786
people annoyed since they had bought tickets already planning on going that early. The organisers asking them to direct message them, presumably giving them extra tokens or something. Too late now, but keep an eye out next year.0 -
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Shenshen, would ya tell us how you made the chapati?
I can try
The dough is as simple as they come - flour, water, a bit of oil and some salt. Knead it till it's elastic. I would use a little wholemeal flour mixed with white flour, as I find the with white alone it becomes alltogther too elastic and it's harder to roll out flat.
1) Then take a golfball-sized portion of it, roll it into a ball in your hands and pat it flat a little. Dip in flour, then place it on a smooth surface to roll out.
2) When you've rolled it to about double the thickness you want, pick it up and flour both sides again (when I was in India, the lady who showed me the ropes had a plastic blow with some flours and would just place the bread into it, first one side, then the other).
3) Don't press too hard on the roller, and as you roll now, the dough should start rotating under your pin. Roll it as flat as you can.
4) in the meantime, put a dry pan with a low rim (if you have a crepes pan, that might be best suited) on the hob and get it good and hot.
Pick up the chapatti and place it on the pan, with the side you had on top while rolling facing down. It'll cook fairly quickly, and you will notice the colour changing even on top.
5) Flick it over, and only leave the other side to cook very shortly.
6) Then take your pan off the fire, take your chapatti with some metal tongs and place it directly into the fire, just for 5 seconds or so. It'll puff up like a balloon.
This won't work on electric or induction, sorry!
You can see it here at 5.42 : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3yzxwqjIZFI
If you want to fill them, place a bit of filling on them after step 2), then fold the edges up to make a pouch. Close the dough firmly, then shape into flat ball again and roll out. In this case, don't put them into the fire as last step.0 -
Way back in the mists of time - probably more than 10 years ago - Aldi used to sell an olive pesto. It came in a Marmite-shaped jar (clear jar, not brown). It was wonderful
A mixed tray, with just a couple of jars of Olive Pesto in each one. Had to get to the shop at the right time to collect the bounty.
Obviously :rolleyes: , it got withdrawn from sale.
Course I've Googled
So, any recommended olive pesto recipes? Or, any commercial substutes for that Aldi pesto?0 -
Way back in the mists of time - probably more than 10 years ago - Aldi used to sell an olive pesto. It came in a Marmite-shaped jar (clear jar, not brown). It was wonderful
A mixed tray, with just a couple of jars of Olive Pesto in each one. Had to get to the shop at the right time to collect the bounty.
Obviously :rolleyes: , it got withdrawn from sale.
Course I've Googled
So, any recommended olive pesto recipes? Or, any commercial substutes for that Aldi pesto?
Tends to be on sale around Christmas only. I'll be stocking up this year.0 -
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Melted butter is usually added to it according to the huge wings thread of a few years ago. I'm not sure how much, you could do it to your own taste.
Edit: I found the thread, but be warned - it's 50 pages long :eek: 0 -
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