Taste Fest 2003

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Adam and Gary

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CHOPTAG group photo

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Check out the cool banner Ray's wife made

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CHOPTAG's regular posters

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Dave's table
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Duane had CHOPTAG t-shirts made for us		 earl_prize_winners.jpg (45193 bytes)
Earl holding up his two awards: prettiest tomato (Earl of Edgecomb) and the largest.		 gary_heaviest.jpg (41258 bytes)
Gary displays his award for the heaviest; a japanese oxheart (1 lb 9 oz.)		 Duane's Table.jpg (15437 bytes)
Duane's spread, and he said he didn't have any maters yet :)		 earl_biggest.jpg (47435 bytes)
Earl braggin' to Kathy about another one of his awards
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Earl's nice plate of mixed cherries; green grape, galina, and gardener's delight		 Earl's Table.jpg (25381 bytes)
Earl's table...the empty plate is the Faux Red Brandwine		 duane_by_earl.jpg (34102 bytes)
Duane drove down to Cinci from Detroit so we took lots of pictures of him  :)		 Ken's Table.jpg (16781 bytes)
Ken's table; note the basil to cleanse the palette		 from_distance.jpg (40852 bytes)
Our shelter at Community Park in Milford, Ohio
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Gary setting up his maters and his tomato books and catalogs		 duane_table.jpg (48093 bytes)
Jerry officiating at Duane's table		 Gary's Table.jpg (25433 bytes)
Gary gets some help setting up		 jerry_earl_ray.jpg (33382 bytes)
Earl tells Jerry he can't taste the difference between the three Mortgage Lifter strains while Ray clearly favors the Radiator Charlie		 jerry_table.jpg (27814 bytes)
The judges loved Jerry's spread because he cleverly used walnut loaded brownies as a palette cleanser or was that a bribe!
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Jerry brought 29 different varieties for us to devour!		 kathy_by_earl.jpg (20749 bytes)
Kathy poses under our sign		 ken_ray.jpg (52077 bytes)
Ken is giving Ray a hard time for running out of that killer Kelloggs Breakfast salsa		 ken_table.jpg (40433 bytes)
Adam savors Ken's Andrew Rahart		 ken_table2.jpg (24925 bytes)
Jerry contemplates revoking Ken's CHOPTAG membership since he brought Big Beef to the fest
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Duane's award winning ugliest tomato		 mark_extra_family.jpg (49571 bytes)
Mark's family		 mark_son.jpg (39645 bytes)
Mark and son		 mark_son_admires_heaviest.jpg (22908 bytes)
Mark's son studies Gary heaviest tomato		 mark_son2.jpg (33915 bytes)
Mark posing with his spread
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People are just starting to show up		 Marty's Table.jpg (23450 bytes)
Marty's spread		 ray_dave.jpg (37445 bytes)
Ray and Dave debating the merits of Faux Brandywine and Marianna's Peace		 ray_table.jpg (35842 bytes)
Jerry officiating at Ray's table		 Taste Fest1.jpg (19324 bytes)
Ken risked life and limb to get that sign up

Can you tell we love that sign!
Deborah brought the world's best brownies!		 Taste Fest3.jpg (14977 bytes)
Another CHOPTAG group shot
Gary explains the finer points of hot peppers to Adam's son
Gary's table

Jerry explaining the festivities to Gary and Dave
Ken (Tom) got a boost to get that sign up for us.
Ken and family
Mark slicing up that Marianna's Peace
Duane's friend Pat

Ray trying figure out the best way to hang that sign....
I already told you, but we love that sign!

 

 

 

 

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