This is the badge for the local furgroup's foodie camping trip this year, which just happened this weekend! We went up to Wallace Falls near Gold Bar in western Washington state. The art for the badge was done for us by the super fantastic rickgriffin, who really came through awesomely despite the short notice and all the stuff that was going on last week. :)

Depicted on the badge are myself, the "head chef" of the event, and michaelj, the event organizer and assistant cook. We are cooking frenetically, hoping to appease the looming crowd of hungry furs before they turn on us!

Saturday was the main event and saw most of the fooding, with cooking throughout the day broken up occasionally by people hiking off through the camp or playing ball and Kill Doctor Lucky and the like. For snacks, I made and brought maple snickerdoodle cookies, and a peanut butter and raspberry jam linzer torte. We started with my honey mustard curry chicken over rice, followed by Michael putting on some clam chowder we brought for a soup type item.

Me and Michael then had a friendly grilled cheese cookoff with sourdough bread and a variety of deli cheese and meat. Michael favored grilling the cheese and meat together in butter in a pan with some egg, and then scooping into the bread. My method was a little more traditional; I buttered my bread with a homemade garlic butter I prepared at home and brought with me, and then filled with layers of cream cheese, turkey, pepperjack, ham, and italian provolone, grilling as usual. The consensus was that I won handily, but Michael says his first sandwich was better than mine; I wouldn't know since I only got one of his later ones. ;D It was still quite good though! ^.^

After that, things died down a bit; we didn't end up doing quite as much cooking as planned because the meals were a bit filling. We did some toasted marshmallows over the fire, and then I finished off the evening with my pièce de résistance, deep-fried seasoned pesto salmon in pastry. Certainly the best dish of the whole event, and it damn well better have been considering how much time and effort it required on my part. :P Thankfully I had help with some of the accessory activities with getting stuff ready and we had some furs willing to do dishes for us.

In the morning, I made homemade buttermilk waffles in the waffle iron I brought with me, while Michael made eggs to go with, and the smart furs made egg sandwiches with waffles as the bread. There was also real maple syrup available for more traditional waffleage, of course. (I made myself a sandwich with maple inside.) Then we broke camp and head out. A number of us headed back to Michael's place, where I finished with one of the dishes I had intended to make Saturday but didn't get the chance - chicken satay over rice. :D

As far as I can tell, everyone loved pretty much everything I made, which makes me very happy. I would have liked a little more attention and people to talk to while I was cooking, so I wasn't so often by myself, but maybe that can be addressed next year. I still had a lot of fun. :)