Beautiful Hebgen Lake was once again the destination of our weekend outing. This time it served as a very suitable decor for the yearly Hebgen Lake Trout Cook-Off at the Kirkwood Resort and Marina.
This yearly cook-off takes place in the late afternoon but there's stuff going on all day. The events typically start out with various classes for health and education, Yoga, Zumba and Nutrition, sailboat racing in the late morning followed by (Fly) Casting Lessons and Kayak Rides in the afternoon.
At 5:00 p.m. the Live Music began with Beer-Tasting, which was when we arrived.
The resort has a yacht club with a boat launch and fuel station. The marina also has rental boat slips,
fishing boats and pleasure boats and sell fishing licenses.
At 6:00 p.m. the cooking entries were presented and judged. First by some local hot shots for the 'official vote' and than it was up to the public to start tasting for the People's Choice Votes. Extra points were awarded if the trout was caught in Hebgen Lake anytime during the summer (and hopefully kept fresh somewhere ;).
There were about 12 entries and fortunately they all cooked for an army because lots of hungry (and thirsty) people showed up!
One of the cooks we recognized as being Hollywood actor William Devane. He seemed to be just on vacation here since no special mention was made of him.
It wasn't easy to make a choice, everything was just delicious. In the end James voted for the Smoked Trout Salad and I went for the Trout Won tons. Yumm!
Can you believe it, there was even Hickory Trout infused Ice-cream! It tasted a little salty but not very 'trouty', I thought.
The overall winner were the Hebgen Trout (pasta) Shells that we had both tagged for 2nd place. Very good also!
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It was a very warm evening (again). This cute little Pitt-bull (sometimes they are) tried to find some relief on the cool concrete!
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Hot dog! 
It was a very beautiful and very delightful summer evening!
As was the sunset: |
The trout won tons sure sound interesting.
ReplyDeleteLoved them! They had cooked them before and just threw them for a few minutes in hot oil to heat and slightly brown them and voila! Served with a little sweet and spicy sauce for dipping, yumm!
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