09.28.08
Posted in Fexpo Food at 7:46 pm by Administrator
As many people know, the food at the Fair and Expo Center goes under the “Mean Al’s” umbrella. I like to take a moment and share a couple of our tag lines with you beginning with: “Mean Al’s You Can Run But You Can’t Hide!” Our special thanks to Susan Grantham for this piece of genius. People often ask “you can run but you can’t hide? what does that mean?” It actually means something different to each person who tastes it. I like to think that I am actually not that Mean, but as my wife says I make some pretty “mean” chili, sandwiches, etc. You can’t hide from th taste of our food. We don’t believe in put a little of this or a little piece of that in a recipe. Understated background flavors and a hint of this or that can add layers of taste and flavor, but most of our food is upfront, bold, and in your face. You don’t have to guess if there are onions, peppers, and tomatoes, in the chili. You see them and taste them right from the start. So you can try to run from the flavor, but you can’t hide from the experience.
Another saying we have is our coffee is “as strong as an ox on a moon lit night.” We don’t mess around, you’ll know you are drinking coffee and not just water with a hint of brown color to it! If you have ever seen an ox on a moon-lit night, muscles bulging, breath billowing up into the cool night air, you just know you have seen something special. One taste of our coffee and you’ll know you have a cup of joe and not wonder if we use the same grounds all day long. Plus with our special brew by the cup system the coffee is always fresh and not bitter from sitting around for too long.
Finally, for now, we like to say the taste of our chili is “knee deep to an armadillo” I must confess I think I had one or two or even three too many glasses of small batch bourbon before coming up with that one. After all armadillos don’t have really long legs, so its not like we are saying that the the taste of the chili is deep or goes on and on. I may have to have a few more sips of Kentucky Whiskey to see if the original meaning comes back to me. For now, though, I like the way “knee deep to an armadillo” sounds so it will stay. If you tell me what it might mean let me know before I head back out to the liquor store!
Even I can run, but I can’t hide!!
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09.25.08
Posted in Events at 6:40 pm by Administrator
this weekend is WeePeats and Wrestling and I was thinking it would be hard to have two more diverse groups at one time at the Fexpo Center. Then I remembered last winter when we had the gun show and the rabbit show both going on at the same time. you should have seen some of the eyes of the gun show people light up when they heard there was a rabbit show in the other building. For a while I thought it was going to be Haussenpfeffer (spelling?) for everyone! So I was wrong, WeePeats and Wrestling are not the
diverse groups we have had here.
The WeePeats show amazes me because of the amount of goods and people that come through here in a short period of time, and almost all done with volunteers. Last spring they had a line down the side of Minett Hall and over to the horse arena with people waiting to get in to the show. And wait they did, some people more than an hour! I don’t think I could wait that long to get into any event unless I was camping out and using “liquid stimulation” to keep warm and awake. I guess the deals on the children’s clothing, games, toys, and furniture must make it worth the wait.
The wrestling (NWA Upstate NY) amazes me for a different reason. The fans get into the show more than any other group at the Fexpo save for maybe the WBEE concerts, and the wrestling fans do not consume nearly the amount of alcohol that the country music fans do. To see the bodies flying around the ring and the fans yelling, screaming, and cheering it is easy to understand how people can get worked up and carried away with their favorite wrestlers.
All of this talk of kids and wrestlers is making me hungry. (Big surprise as basically anything like being awake or sleeping makes me hungry!) It is time for a great big bowl of Mean Al’s Homemade Chili, it is after all, tasty, spicy, and “knee deep to an armadillo!”
Until next time be safe and remember you can run, but you can’t hide!
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09.03.08
Posted in Events at 6:52 pm by Administrator
It’s that time of year again. Children are back to school, the night air has a wee bit of chill to it, the leaves are just starting to show some color, and the Fair and Expo Center is starting to get busy again. We start off slow this weekend with the Rochester Pigeon Fanciers Show. this is one of those shows that doesn’t generate a ton of outside interest, but is very noticable in the “pigeon community.” Before my first time with this show. I never knew there were so many different kinds of pigeons. I just thought there were the pigeons you see on the street that some people feed and others might try to eat. Was I wrong! there are more varieties than you can shake a stick at (and who hasn’t wanted to do that after a pigeon has dropped a little “gift” on your shoulder!).
There are pigeons that fly, pigeons that walk, and even pigeons that roll. There are many different colors of pigeons that fly in variety of different ways. I don’t know or understand the judging process, and that doesn’t hold my attention for long, but it is fun to speak with some of the pigeoneers to learn and see some new stuff.
Next weekend gets busier with the used and antique book fair and the ever famous WORLD’S GREATEST GARAGE SALE. check back soon for more information on these events and if you want to clear out some of the stuff around your house, we still have about 5 or 10 booths left at the garage sale!
Until next time remember the Fexpo Center is “Your place for events and banquets.’
Go Packers!!!
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