We didn't get as earlier start this past Saturday as I would have liked to attend the cooking show in DC. Didn't help that the red line was not stopping at Silver Spring so we had to take a bus bridge to Ft. Totten to take the green line to the convention center. Once we got there and the convention center is huge we had to walk around to the side entrance since America's Got Talent was there and having auditions. Once we made our way to the volunteer office to get our free tickets we found our way to the convention hall for the show. We really did not walk into the show until after 1:00 PM and I wanted to be there at 10:00 AM (there is always next year).
For a foodie like me this is close to Heaven. I had a ball looking at and sampling various foods. The show is heavy on cooking oils, balsamic vinegars and sweets. So much fun talking with these small vendors who are trying to find their way into the market with their products. I was kind of surprised to find that a lot of the foods had high fructose corn syrup in them given the bad press that product gets.
There was a couple of vendors that stood out for me and they were Walt's Homemade Salsa. I tried the extra hot - jalapeno and habanero peppers - yummy and oh so hot! I bought and have not yet tried a kit to grow your own mushrooms. Loved the young man selling it - so polite and so professional. It is a business that he and his two friends have started - wishing them all the luck. The footsaver sold us inserts for our shoes and what a difference that made as we trudged home up and down the metro escalators that never work.
We met a man selling oil from The Amazon (not amazon.com) and it sounds extremely healthy. After listening to him for a while I said to him that this sounded like a product for whole Foods. He replied that they had just entered into a contract with them. I purchased the oil and while waiting for my friend to buy the oil I looked over and spotted some cookies. I thought to myself that the cookies looked rather ugly but I would give them a shot. They were hard and bland and as I spit them out I noticed that sign that said Dog Cookies. Needless to say this gave my friend and I some very hearty laughter.
Now from about 2:30 pm to maybe 4 pm we attended a demonstration of cooking pots - waterless cookware given by Americraft. Have never meet such a dynamic salesman. The pots did look and sound phenomenal. My friend bought a starter set for $1800! Pricey, yes.
The next morning I looked this company up on the web and was dismayed to see that there are other waterless cookware brands for FAR LESS than $1800 and that these vendors made a huge markup on this cookware.
My friend and I read the contract and saw that she has three days to cancel. Off we went to the show on Sunday to volunteer our time that paid for the ticket we had to Saturday's show. . . . . more about Sunday in the next blog
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