Re: [CH] International chile festival in Brisbane QLD -Oz
Chilli King (lmason@peg.apc.org)
Tue, 15 Dec 1998 19:52:53 +1100
>Its been and gone, We must have lost our Queensland chile-heads. I
> >would have gone if I had known it was on. just caught a glimpse on the
> >TV. had lots of Habs and other fresh chiles, claimed to have over 200
> >sauces, Organisers also supposedly took out a "Public Liability
> >Insurance" cover against getting sued by those who tasted Daves Insanity
> >Sauce (AUD $12.00) and found it to hot for their palates. i.e. caused
> >them to (lose their hair) etc or (suffer from Premature Eja..Oops wrong
> >list). Say if its on next year this may be the perfect opportunity for
> >some on the list to visit Oz and get that new set of Kidneys and or
> >Liver for a fraction of what it would cost in the USA.
> > Luke in Oz
> >
> >
Hi CHs
I managed to get to the QLD chile festival and it was OK. It was only the
first one (apparently) so Im hoping that next years will be better. It
seemed to be organised by a place called 'ChileMania' who are a mail order
sauce outfit here in QLD.
There were some good stalls like ChileMania's with heaps of suaces and books
etc, there were some chilli suppliers and a few other chilli companies
displaying their stuff.
Got myself an interesting product called 'Chile-Juice' which is sort of like
pineapple juice but with a bite!.
The only bad part of the festival were the plants that were on sale, ugg!
they were shocking!, sure they had hundreds of varieties, but $2.95 for a
plant looked like it would be dead in 5 mins was not the bargin I hoped. Some
pots had more weeds then chilli plant and some looked like they were
transplanted that day. Made me realise how nice looking my collection is.
Anyway apart from the plants the rest of the festival was fun, If it really
was the first one then they did a good job, but next year I hope will be
bigger and better.
OK Ive had my say.
See Ya
Brisbane Chile-head.
Lee