Thyme Garden Participates in Coastal Cuisine

From left to right, we are Bethany Schiminsky, Rolfe Hagen and Janet Hagen ready to serve you something tasty!

April 20, 2010
The Thyme Garden staff took their food on the road and headed to The Three Rivers Casino for the Coastal Cuisine Expo, a benefit for the Food Share of Florence, Oregon. We had never been to this particular casino, and are not particularly "gamblers" but the whole idea of leaving the land for a short period here in the crazy overload of spring time seemed to totally appeal to us. And, as lady luck would have it, my 83-year-old Mom was here visiting and I knew that she enjoyed a dalliance at the slots ever so irregularly! So, it was easy to sign up for this chance at sampling out our products with proceeds going to such a worthy cause. Since it was more than a two hour drive, we quickly booked ourselves a room to avoid a long late drive home and thought up some tasty morsels to share!

We shopped, we cooked, we loaded vehicles (it took two) and off we went to the festivities! We quickly set up our booth, above, went to the room to get settled in and spiffed up, and then went nervously to primp our space and wait for the flood gates to open. (This was, after all, our first such event and there was judging in four categories to be reckoned with.)

So, since any person coming by initially or throughout the day could be a judge we put on our happiest faces and handed out some of our favorite things. A flood of folks flowed in just after opening and we were busy visiting, informing and feeding for a couple hours without a breather!! By then, though, even the heartiest eater was satisfied and we could leave our post and go taste the delectable wares of others and check our their presentation, etc.

We had received soooo many compliments on our "main dish" item - a Chicken-Broccoli-Potato Curry, and sooo many people coming by saying "I was sent over to taste your curry", that we dared to hope we might be the taste winners, so waited with bated breath. We were third in several categories, first in none, but now we know more and we'll be back!!

It is so good to leave the land and have new experiences, I know this is not the last time we shall head off for parts new and different!

The dishes we brought were....
Chicken-Broccoli-Potato Curry which highlights our Muchi Curry Powder

Baguettes seasoned to perfection with our All-Purpose Seasoning

A savory topping for Baguettes was an Italian Seasoned Cream Cheese

Coriander honey-butter with hint of citrus on crackers for a sweet course

And, for those not imbibing in wine or beer (a judging category we were not even eligible for) a hibiscus tea sweetened with a lemon verbena syrup.


Posted by Janet