Sorry I missed the Hotluck. I'll be in San Fransico in late June. Can you suggest some HOT restaurants, chile shops or chile events? Many thanks. Sunny Conley ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bucky Goldstien" <chile-head@chile-heads.com> To: "Scott Ashkenaz" <sashkenaz@attbi.com> Cc: "Chileheads" <Chile-Heads@globalgarden.com>; "BACH" <bach@armory.com> Sent: Sunday, May 19, 2002 8:05 PM Subject: Re: [CH] SF Bay Area Hotluck > Hey Pods, > Looks like I'm the first to report back from the Bay Area Hot luck. > Scott and Roswitha were the most gracious hosts. The event is probably > still blazing away. I had to leave to relieve the grandparents of their > somewhat cranky grandchildren. > > Some of the highlights include, but were certainly not limited to, > several pounds of wonderfully seasoned and smoked brisket and ribs. An > explosive concoction of habanero soaked rum was seen igniting palettes. > There was an incredible buffet featuring foods from mild to smokin' hot > and a bucket of grapes that were injected with some sort of extract > sauce. Ooooohhaaww! The spread was incredibly diverse and there were > influences from many ethnic regions. The dessert table was full of > incredible sweets from spiced up apple pie and tiramisu, to rum balls > and chocolate chile almonds. Just outside was the Smoothie Bar where one > could obtain the delicious Red Savina Smoothy, a concotion of ice > cream, pineapples, habaneros and for the daring, maybe some of that > crazy rum that has had the habs soaking in it for the last four years. > There was an awsome collection of hot sauces to help spike the heat > of anything you may have found on the mild side. Jim Campbell of Wild to > Mild sent a collection of items for all to share. Joe and myself of > Bucky Goldstien's Fiery Foods brought sauces from Innuendo and D-Oni and > there was already and excellent collection when we arrived. > This was a world class event! The food was great, the hosts were > awsome and the rain.....even the rain could not spoil the magic. Thanks! > > Hottest Regards, > Ron Levi > Innuendo Enterprises, LLC > www.chile-heads.com > > Scott Ashkenaz wrote: > > >Well, it's raining here (courtesy of our visiting Irish Chilehead), but we > >are going ahead with the Hotluck today. Over 120 people have said that > >they'll come, but we'll see what the rain brings. > > > >You can see it live on the webcam at www.ashkeling.com > > > >Pray for no rain. > > > >-s > > > > > > >