Ok, as threatened, here is my my trip. The Fancy Food Show is just what you would expect. Lots of fancy foods. Chocolates, crackers, charcuterie, cheeses, international foods, sauces, spreads, etc. It was held at the new West Pavillion which is really nice! All shiny and new.
the speel: Carlton Farms is located outside of Portland. They have two farms, one in Montana and one in Canada. Their pigs are fed a diet primarily barley, which makes the letting point of the fat higher, so the meat is juicier. We didn’t cook off a chop or tenderloin, so I can’t say for certain, but the product looks great!
setting up
full case
We sampled bacon (21-day dry rubbed applewood smoked). It’s tasty. It is not heavily smoked like Benton’s or Nueske’s. But way better than standard grocery offerings.
the bacon is also used in this sausage that has smoked Gouda and Deschutes Black Butte Porter. Very tasty sausage. The texture of hillshire farms, but tasty, nonetheless.
I got to walk the show and saw these guys.
they won Memphis in May last year and the sales guy let me try on the ring!
they also are doing their own cows and pigs (if I understand correctly). I tasted the ribeye. It was ok, not spectacular.
Kosmos was there, too. This sauce was really good!
pre-opening floor shot
it was a fun show, but I’m glad to be home.
Funny story, there were three conventions going on. Fancy food show, the concrete show (attendees all wearing tool belts, trucker hats and flannels, right?), and AVN AEE. This chatty kid on the plane asked me what I was doing in Vegas and I said I was working at a trade show. He asked me which one. Note that I am wearing my cheffy pants still and a branded hat. I looked him square in the eye and told him to guess. He guessed the concrete show. I asked him if it looked like I poured concrete for a living. Then he said the food show. I told him he was correct and asked him why. He said it was because I didn’t look like an attendee for the AVN AEE show. Winner, winner, chicken dinner, Sparky!! 😝😝😝😝😝😝😝😝
the speel: Carlton Farms is located outside of Portland. They have two farms, one in Montana and one in Canada. Their pigs are fed a diet primarily barley, which makes the letting point of the fat higher, so the meat is juicier. We didn’t cook off a chop or tenderloin, so I can’t say for certain, but the product looks great!
setting up
full case
We sampled bacon (21-day dry rubbed applewood smoked). It’s tasty. It is not heavily smoked like Benton’s or Nueske’s. But way better than standard grocery offerings.
the bacon is also used in this sausage that has smoked Gouda and Deschutes Black Butte Porter. Very tasty sausage. The texture of hillshire farms, but tasty, nonetheless.
I got to walk the show and saw these guys.
they won Memphis in May last year and the sales guy let me try on the ring!
they also are doing their own cows and pigs (if I understand correctly). I tasted the ribeye. It was ok, not spectacular.
Kosmos was there, too. This sauce was really good!
pre-opening floor shot
it was a fun show, but I’m glad to be home.
Funny story, there were three conventions going on. Fancy food show, the concrete show (attendees all wearing tool belts, trucker hats and flannels, right?), and AVN AEE. This chatty kid on the plane asked me what I was doing in Vegas and I said I was working at a trade show. He asked me which one. Note that I am wearing my cheffy pants still and a branded hat. I looked him square in the eye and told him to guess. He guessed the concrete show. I asked him if it looked like I poured concrete for a living. Then he said the food show. I told him he was correct and asked him why. He said it was because I didn’t look like an attendee for the AVN AEE show. Winner, winner, chicken dinner, Sparky!! 😝😝😝😝😝😝😝😝
A ton of drunk dudes who dress like they're broke but are secret millionaires... and a bunch of dudes in suits without beers who are broke...
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