All this and a bag o' chips, too! :)

Well, here it is....Thursday, the first day of the Upstate Women's show. Kelly, our owner and leader, is already there holding down the fort. I've been making pimiento cheese, chicken salad, triple chocolate brownies and more to take to the show. I bet Kelly wishes I would hurry the heck up! For those of you who don't know this about Kelly Colacioppo, our President, she is a serious Chocoholic! The girl has chocolate chip pupils, I'm tellin' ya. I'm taking some delicous Triple Chocolate Brownies out there so she can make it through the day. She deserves this chocolate fix 'cuz she's the best (will that statement get me a raise, or perhaps a company car, Kelly?? Hmm?) It's raining now, and EVERYONE KNOWS I don't go out in the rain. It messes up my hair, and we DON'T want that! Anyway, I have my "Exhibitor" badge on, so I'm now getting serious about heading out to the fabulous "Lady Throwdown" (women's show....I talk funny, don't I?). I've had a few obstacles today: I have one tire on my sled (that's a CAR for those who are new to this "hipster lingo") that has a slow leak and if that's not enough, the other rear tire has a doggone N-A-I-L in it! Not to mention that, Horror of Horrors, my air conditioner ain't makin' it, Dad!! AAAAAAAAAAAAHHH!!!! I'm telling you, it's a whirling vortex of horror. I'd rather eat dog biscuits with a glass full of prune juice than to go without air conditioning. I would have made a very bad pioneer. No satellite tv? Then I'm not moving out west. No air conditioning? I'm not sailing to the New World! Forget it, Columbus old pal! Now, back to cooking: Are ya signed up for the Tailgating 101 Class? I hope so 'cuz it's bustin' at the seams. Lots of groovy people are going to commune with us next week for funzy wunzy. My daughter, Lindsay, HATES it when I talk like that. Sorry, Lulu! Yep, we'll have lots of wonderful food and recipes for you, and we'll even play the USC game on tv as well. That's hard for me, being the ultimate Clemson Love Slave that I am. Oh well, you have to be fair. If you haven't signed up yet, you'd better do so now or forever be miserable that you didn't do it. It's gonna be a blast. Well, I'm headed to the show now so that Kelly doesn't have to be alone anymore. My thanks to all of you that support The Cook's Station and we hope to see you here real soon. By the way, I wanted you to know that The Honorable Nick Theodore was here in our store yesterday, and that is always a treat. What a fine, gracious man he is. Thank you for coming Mr. Theodore! Until next time, friends....Cheers! Mark "Chunkman" Pollard: Chef, Father, Friend, and Husband of a Princess!