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2009 Fiery Foods Show Buddah Diary – Day 1
By DK | February 28, 2009 |
Day 1 update from the 2009 Fiery Foods Show courtesy of TTF’s own Buddah. – DK
With the tickets to the show waiting for us though Zane and Zack’s, we called Sam to come scoop my two friends I told that were coming to the show for said tickets. Yes, I even lied to the benefactor of our free entry to the Fiery Food Show. Before he turned the corner and greeted us, Xero spotted me because of the “Buddah” stitching on my Bisummo shirt I was wearing. Greetings were exchanged and Sam got us in. Thanks bud, sorry for being so sneaky.
Following Sam to his booth we ran into some familiar faces- Danny Cash, Jim Campbell, Tony Legner, Big Dawg and Candi, Chuck Evans, and then finally we arrived at the Zane & Zack’s World Famous Honey Company booth. The only one without a mohawk was Sam’s wife Tina. Zack’s green, spiked mohawk made Danny Cash look like a choir boy. Pics will follow the show, unfortunately I can’t find a laptop (Someone loan that boy a laptop, please? – DK).
We turned the corner and headed towards a very surpised ChileheadEd and CaJohn & Co. CaJohn said I lost all my credibility. Sorry John. 
More surprised looks followed from all the people we lied to- Brian of www.HotSauceDaily.com, Defcon Creator, Tom of Intensity Academy, Bwana Bret, and a few others here and there.
In between all the meet and greets we started sampling products and there was a lot to try. Parker and I decided to check out the new grilling show that FFS organizer, Dave Dewitt had put together. The format was like the Food Network’s new show “Chopped”, where the chefs got secret ingredients to grill with and then were judged on presentation and taste.. They needed a 3rd judge, I raised my hand and I was selected. They filmed it, so they will eventually have it on the Supersite.
The secret ingredients were salmon, mango, and avocado. I hate salmon, but the chefs won me over with their two dishes- pecan encrusted salmon with grilled mango and a cedar planked, lemon salmon with delicious mango salsa. The first two judges split their vote and I was left with the final decision. Uh oh, they handed me the mic! I could have easily have gone either way, but the pecan salmon was great. I got some hearty hand shakes afterwards telling me it was a good job. Free food, so I was happy. Parker came over and I let him eat my scraps. 
After that, more sampling and handing out business cards Parker, Ed and Brian went to the rooftop bar where I soon followed for my first foo-foo drink of the show, a frozen peach bellini. Parker and Ed got some escargots and ahi tuna appetizers which were not too savory.
We went back to the show before it closed and hung a little with the Cash boys and Lee told me that the Pepperman was no more because he wanted to pursue life as a short order cook. Parker was offered the job, so we will see if he dons the pepperman costume today. Man, I hope so. If pictures are worth a thousand words what would that one be worth?
Once the Sandia guards swept everyone out we went up to the Hot Shots room and talked hot stuff with CaJohn, Jim Campbell and I met the guys from Pepperheads hot sauce in Long Island. We did a review for their Caribbean sauce about a year and a half ago. It was the first time he had heard about it despite the email I sent at the time.
The 4 muskateers of Parker, Ed, Brian and I decided to do dinner and we left the chatty room to checkout the Sandia food selection. The buffet was $25.95 so we decided to eat at the 24 hour joint. An hour wait, so we put our names in at around 8pm, and because of the lack of options we eventually got in joined by Alan Kuzminsky of Fusion Hot Sauce who was ahungry camper too. After being seated, we had to wait another hour to receive our food outside of an appetizer Brian had ordered. When ordering Brian had asked for the patty melt which was on the late night menu, but we were an hour away so he wasn’t allowed to get it. When the food eventually arrived it was ttime for that menu. I jokingly offered him my rye toast which I got with my country fried steak and eggs, so he could make his own melt.
It started to get funny as we laughed at the service. Parkers toast slid off the dish onto the table and the waitress apologized that her hands were wet and then she picked up the toast and placed back on Parker’s plate. Brian’s bleu cheeseburger was missing some of the things that the menu promised with the burger. At least until the waitress proved him wrong by bringing him the menu to show him. Brian was pissed, but laughed it off with some timely sarcasm. I asked for cheese with my scrambled eggs and she claimed the last of the bleu cheese was used on the burger. Wha…wha…what!? Bleu cheese on eggs? Blech!
One last thing was that Ed had brought his golden bbq sauce with him for us to enjoy with our meals. On the way, Ed being the rodeo clown he was, tried flipping the bottle in th air a few times and catching it. One flip too many and the bottle hit the carpet, cracked the lid and out poured some sauce. No glass damage so all was well. Right before we left, Ed asked the waitress if she could add put plastic wrap on the bottle for him. The same waitress we drove crazy for this ultra late dinner service. Afraid that she or the cooks in the back would spit or snotrocket the bottle, we started laughing and called Ed’s sauce “Golden Boogerque”. That bottle was done in our eyes at that thought. The service was bad, but it made for some funny comments by everyone at our table.
After the good laughs, Alan hooked Brian & I with his artisticly designed, Scovie award winning hot sauces for a future TTF review. 
Parker headed back to our hotel and thus wrapped Day 1. Day 2 should involve a sushi lunch in downtown Albuddahquerque, a tram ride up the mountain by the Sandia, and the FFS dinner at El Pinto restaurant.
Buddah out!
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Great write up :nerd:. I’m amazed at where you manage to find the time or sobriety to do so. Tell Brian and the rest of the gang I said hello.
sounds fun guys.
Bisummo’s not in the Sandia house?
Looks like everyone else made it though. Except me, Turk, Hudd and Cap’n.
Hope everyone’s having a great time. Like they’re not, right?
Looking forward to your day 2 report :nerd:. Could use some pics though for those of us that don’t buy the magazines for the articles.
Great so far and Barker90210 will makea great Pepperman.
Make sure you go to the ElPinto dinner very hungry, the spread is fantastic, you want to have alot of room for all the food.
Don’t forget me :cry:
I did ask Bermudaboy.
Parker just left. I am alone.
Just received this pic from
of his nigthtime adventures..
CLICK HERE
:cry:
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Copy the link and post it into the browser. It’s webshots. The link works, just not as a hot link.
Buck up there cowboy…..you really aren’t alone!
It was a real privilege to finally meet ya in person :nerd:. I don’t care what people say about you~
That was one Hell of a trip. It was great so see everyone, well….almost everyone. I’m busy downloading pics right now, I’ll have them over to you guys very soon.
Our hotel was just as nice or nicer than the Scamdia. Sam and fam were staying there too.
Welcome home Parker! Can’t wait to see the pics!
Hey Parker, get a plunger! My email is clogged!:grinnn:
Man that’s a lot of pics!
Thanks :bro:!
Sorry, no plunger.
looks like buddah is thinking “ooh, they serve cotton candy martinis here”
I thought it looked more like he
his pants. 
Nice Fro :nerd:!
Only 13 days til he shaves it off!
forgot about buddah shaving his head for World’sGreatest Shave. That will be a good look on :nerd:.
I looked up while the girl was trying to find my tickets and thought, “damn, that guy looks like :nerd:.
said he wasnt going to be here.” I did a double take and saw the name tag.
I bet the thought of two :nerd:’s was pretty scary huh?
Well, since I had never met
irl, I was glad. If it happens next year I will be frightened.
How can you hate salmon? That’s the money fish!