I love cooking. Besides my line of work, it's the one other thing I'm good at. I'm always reading my mother's cookbooks and staying in the kitchen listening to the sizzle of saut?, and even the little kitchen accidents that are inevitable. Cooking is relaxing for me and nothing beats the feeling I get when food I've prepared is appreciated and consumed.
One day, I was approached by an old officemate of mine who have since gone on to becoming an entrepreneur. Remembering how I once cooked for an office party, he asked me a favor. He basically pitched this idea where I should add some food to complement this booth that he wanted to set up in a fair. He had an idea about selling cold fruitshakes, which was fun and all. I was on break, so I decided to give it a shot.
But what do you pair with fruitshakes? Most foods will work with them, but what would go well with them in particular? I cracked open the cookbooks in my kitchen, and after a while got to thinking that maybe I bit off a bit more than I could manage. Most of the food ideas dancing around in my head were a bit too unwieldy to be prepared in a fair booth properly. Burgers are easy to work with, but aren't nothing special, really.
Then it came to me: The perfect pairing to my friend's fruitshake idea. Something spicy! Instead of preparing an old burger recipe as was my default plan, I decided to hunt around for my mom's old chili recipe and began preparing that. Then I did one better: I made up the chiliburger!
But it would've been weird to have chiliburgers and fruitshakes within the same one stall, so I met up with my friend again and proposed an idea of my own. Set me up with my own booth in close proximity to his. He took to the idea and pretty soon, we were in contact with the event organizers to get my very own stall.
One day, I was approached by an old officemate of mine who have since gone on to becoming an entrepreneur. Remembering how I once cooked for an office party, he asked me a favor. He basically pitched this idea where I should add some food to complement this booth that he wanted to set up in a fair. He had an idea about selling cold fruitshakes, which was fun and all. I was on break, so I decided to give it a shot.
But what do you pair with fruitshakes? Most foods will work with them, but what would go well with them in particular? I cracked open the cookbooks in my kitchen, and after a while got to thinking that maybe I bit off a bit more than I could manage. Most of the food ideas dancing around in my head were a bit too unwieldy to be prepared in a fair booth properly. Burgers are easy to work with, but aren't nothing special, really.
Then it came to me: The perfect pairing to my friend's fruitshake idea. Something spicy! Instead of preparing an old burger recipe as was my default plan, I decided to hunt around for my mom's old chili recipe and began preparing that. Then I did one better: I made up the chiliburger!
But it would've been weird to have chiliburgers and fruitshakes within the same one stall, so I met up with my friend again and proposed an idea of my own. Set me up with my own booth in close proximity to his. He took to the idea and pretty soon, we were in contact with the event organizers to get my very own stall.
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Sam Weyland is a big fan of Florida Craft Shows. She heartily suggests Florida Craft Fairs to find the closest Florida Fair near you!
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