http://www.lentilfest.com August 17-18 Fri, 30 Mar 2012 16:00:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.lentilfest.com/fun-stuff/recipes/comment-page-1/#comment-9 A Tasty Lentil Salad « Much Ado About Pie Sat, 20 Aug 2011 00:56:07 +0000 http://lentilfest.com.s80459.gridserver.com/?page_id=18#comment-9 [...] In the last several years the Lentil Festival has increased in size and popularity. The Friday night street fair now offers the world’s Largest Bowl of Lentil Chili (which holds something like 350 gallons, I believe), a hearty, delicious, and spicy chili that I love. On Saturday morning there’s a parade that travels through all four blocks of downtown and features the festival’s mascot Tase T. Lentil riding the Lentil Express train car. Afterwards, the park downtown has all kinds of activities to keep a person occupied and full of lentils. My personal favorites are the lentil ice cream made by the local ice cream parlor (it’s creamy, crunchy, and nutty) and the sampling portion of the Legendary Lentil Cook-Off. People all across the country (I’m not kidding) send in recipes for this contest. The top six recipes are then tasted by lucky people at the festival like me, who then vote on their favorites. In recent years, as fewer of my friends are in town for the festival, the cook-off has been one of my main motivations to go to the festival. There is always such an interesting assortment of dishes to sample–from tarts and cakes to soups, dips, and salads. You can check out last year’s recipes here. [...] [...] In the last several years the Lentil Festival has increased in size and popularity. The Friday night street fair now offers the world’s Largest Bowl of Lentil Chili (which holds something like 350 gallons, I believe), a hearty, delicious, and spicy chili that I love. On Saturday morning there’s a parade that travels through all four blocks of downtown and features the festival’s mascot Tase T. Lentil riding the Lentil Express train car. Afterwards, the park downtown has all kinds of activities to keep a person occupied and full of lentils. My personal favorites are the lentil ice cream made by the local ice cream parlor (it’s creamy, crunchy, and nutty) and the sampling portion of the Legendary Lentil Cook-Off. People all across the country (I’m not kidding) send in recipes for this contest. The top six recipes are then tasted by lucky people at the festival like me, who then vote on their favorites. In recent years, as fewer of my friends are in town for the festival, the cook-off has been one of my main motivations to go to the festival. There is always such an interesting assortment of dishes to sample–from tarts and cakes to soups, dips, and salads. You can check out last year’s recipes here. [...]

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