[CH] Chilli Festival 2000
fragrantgarden (fragrantgarden@fastlink.com.au)
Sun, 20 Feb 2000 18:11:25 +1100
Chilli Festival 2000.
The Fragrant Garden Chilli Festival March 10, 11 &12
Once again The Fragrant Garden Chilli Festival is about to titillate your
senses and warm up your March. Annette Benson, a highly qualified Medical
Herbalist, will be available to talk with you about the many medicinal,
healing and health properties of chilli. Jeff the Chilli Chef has a zany
sense of humour and has experimented with every rare chilli the world has
to offer. He has developed lots of innovative cooking techniques using
chilli. His amazing knowledge of chilli cooking, preserving and
sauce-making is unequalled. Michael Bailes is the author of the recently
published book "The Fragrant Chilli". He has an encyclopedic knowledge of
chilli, has a wacky sense of humour and is a most entertaining speaker. He
frequently appears on radio and TV. programs.
Entry will be $2 per person. (This is not a festival for children. All
food will be hot and alcohol will be served.)The Fragrant Garden Chilli
Festival will focus again on plants and education with many lectures and
demonstrations on the medicinal, culinary, preserving, using and growing
aspects of Chilli. Unusual herb plants such as Kaffir Lime, saffron, Rau
Ram) often used with chillies will also be featured.
We will also have fun with the Red Hot Chilli Mummas singing about Chilli,
stalls selling chilli produce and lots of interesting chilli food available
from our café.
Program
Friday Program
Short talks on growing and using Chillies throughout the day
Chillies for Massage The Fragrant Garden Chilli Massage Oil
Great Taste Sensations - Fire and Ice
The Fragrant Chilli
Saturday and Sunday Program
9.30 Hot Hot Hot! Chillies to make your temperature soar.
10.15 The Red Hot Chilli Mummas
10.30 Jeff the Chilli Chef
11.30 Grow the best Chillies ever!
12.30 Entertainment: The Red Hot Chilli Mummas.
1.30 Grow old with Chillies (health and healing with Chilli)
2.30 Jeff the Chilli Chef will be demonstrating how to 'Preserve the
Harvest'. Smoking, drying, sauces, and developing and using the many
flavours of chilli
3.30 The Red Hot Chilli Mummas
4.00 Silly Chilli -wild wacky wonderful Chillies. Questions and answers.
Michael Bailes, The Fragrant Garden, Portsmouth Road, Erina. N.S.W. 2250
Australia. (OZ); International fax 61 243 651979 Phone 4367 7322
Web page at: http://www.fragrantgarden.com.au/
Email: <fragrantgarden@fastlink.com.au>
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