Food Rally......

Sunday there were 6 cars that showed up to run the Food Rally. Getting the food prepared and on the car is the first step before the rally begins.
Most food is wrapped in foil and placed on the engine somewhere warm, but a few of the guys were also taping and wiring food packages to their catalytic converters under the cars.


Here we have a package of Venison being taped to the catalytic converter with aluminum tape. Hmmm.....more on that later.

A fancy prep station for this couple.

These are Egg Cakes being put in these cans.....butter, bread crumbs, cheese, eggs. That's all Mike remembers. These did not completely cook during the rally, but the cooks finished them off at home and said they tasted great!

This couple had barbecue and au gratin potatoes strapped in packets to the engine.

Removing the food later at the end.

This couple was declared to be "Prepared Class" because of the generator strapped to the rear of the car. Inside they had a George Foreman cooker, a crock pot, and a rice cooker hooked up, plus a small refrigerator hooked up to keep the Guinness Stout cold (a bribe for the judge).

Here we have the cook getting her rice ready.
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The rally itself required answering questions about the Beverly Hillbillies TV show in order to choose the correct direction to turn at each intersection.

Sample question: What was Mr. Drysdales first name?

Left: Wilburn

Straight: Millwood

Right: Milburn

(Which way would you have gone??)

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Seventy miles later (90 for some cars) the cars ended up at a member's garage where the food is unloaded and hopefully cooked by now!

This couple needed a ladder to get to the food??

"What happened to our venison????"

Somewhere in the course of the rally, the venison packet disappeared leaving this couple without a main course......

.....they had a very elegant table setting......

....and no main course except peanut butter and jelly sandwiches that they brought for their young son....served with steamed broccoli and dressing and wine.

It was also Chris's birthday. The cake had a plastic cover on it and their son sat on it along the way :-) Oh, well.

Here is the Barbecue and au gratin potatoes served with root beer floats.

This was a nice table setting....the cloth has little pylons all over it (you have to be a car person)

Ham and turkey and spinach wraps cooked in the George Foreman, Savannah Rice, fruit and cheese, and delicious cookie crumbles from the crock pot. The cookies burned in the crock pot, but what was salvageable was very good! Oh, yes and that Guinness Stout for the judges.

Salmon....not a good photo. They had to microwave it a little bit to finish it off, but it was tasty. With it they served potatoes and sauteed mushrooms.

And here we have Chicken and Salsa with Au gratin potatoes. Their dessert...those egg cakes back at the beginning...didn't get cooked.

The final couple had excellent chicken and beef kabobs....very good....and biscuits that didn't get done. It is really hard to judge cooking time and heat on an engine!

Here we have everyone trying and enjoying the food.

A good time had by all.....especially the judges.

(Oh, yes....the answer was Milburn....turn right)

This is a link for a cookbook called: "Manifold Destiny: The One and Only Guide to Cooking On Your Car Engine."