As far as music festivals go, Pitchfork is reasonably priced and the food vendors don't gouge excessively. There are tons of healthy options, like the veggie options from the Chicago Diner to go along with the heart attack inducing Connie's pizza or the spicy chicken andouille sausage from Wishbone. Fresh stuff was available from a Whole Foods tent, but I opted to sneak some from the farmers market instead. It was less expensive, avoided all the wasteful packaging, and was local. We had friends in from out of town, so I was trying to provide snacks for eight people for two days. Angie accompanied me to the market in a heavy rainstorm and we bought the following for $23:
2 boxes sweet cherries
2 boxes green beans
1 box gooseberries
We separated the goods into several baggies to disperse the contraband. All of us made it through security - snacks intact - save a bag of Angie's raspberries that was smashed by an overzealous volunteer bag checker person. I supplemented the produce with a few bags of walnuts and wasabi peas.
Here Christie & Kyle react to the gooseberries:
They were described by the group as:
-mealy
-earthy
-terrible
-weird
-sour
We also ate a lot of food from the festival. Kris and I had one meatalicious meal. He had Cevapcici - a sausageish combination of lamb, pork, and beef with a red pepper sauce.
I had an Italian Sausage with the best condiment ever conceived: Italian beef with sweet peppers.
The festival had recycling and city trash bins all around, but my favorite was this one housing Les Savy Fav's frontman Tim Harrington:
1 comment:
There's a picture of Kyle and Christie, and you mention Angie by name twice. I can only interpret this as your blog is hating on me. Maybe I'll just start reading someone else's food blog...
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