Meat Fest 2010

This year's 2nd Annual Meat Fest was a complete success! Not only were the original Meat Fest attendees decked out in customized T-shirts, but we added a pig roast to the mix of game and fish this year. It was a true guy-style, eat-with-your-fingers holiday, with everyone sampling the many different kinds of game meats and fish - some of which included wild boar, deer, elk, cornish hen, pig, crappy, steelhead, and walleye. My faves this year were the walleye and the wild boar bacon.







The rules of the event state that all of the food served has to contain meat. It was my Dad's 68th birthday, so Ro-Ro made him one of his favorites, a German Apple Cake, but in order to comply with the rules it was topped with a bacon garnish! It also helped that the apples she used were picked from the apple tree in our yard, so it kind of helped to fit in with the hunting/gathering theme.


Some of the other delicious sides included Danielle's cheesy potatoes - allowed because they were made with bacon bits in the cheese, bacon flavored ranch dressing, and topped with a layer of bacon - and Jessica Butcher's stuffed banana peppers which were filled with a delicious mixture of deer meat and cheese.

Everyone had a great time watching the pig roast, tasting the meats and fish, playing wiffle ball, horseshoes, cornhole, and bobbing for apples in -- wait for it -- a bucket of ice. (Don't ask.) A good time was had by all! Check out more pictures of meat fest here.