Marina Bahia Mono Fiesta de Flatulence

You can tell we are all getting pretty close here at Monkey Bay.  We have a little social get together every day around 4:30.  That may seen a little early, but once it starts getting dark the mosquitoes start attacking.  One evening the conversation turned to pressure cookers.  Almost all cruising boats have pressure cookers aboard, but most like us have them in deep storage.  Jim, off Dreamaway, (you may remember him, he was the Santa Claus carving our turkey at Thanksgiving) uses his pressure cooker frequently.  He offered to give us some tips on cooking with a pressure cooker.  Anyway our plan quickly evolved into cooking beans, and then to a bean cook off, and then we initiated the first annual Marina Bahia Mono, Fiesta de Flatulence.  We allowed a couple days for the teams to decide and register their entries so we decided to meet in the marina kitchen on Sunday at three with our pressure cookers and ingredients. The guys did the pressure cooking and the spouses prepared rice and other sides, got the tables ready and all the other things that go into getting a meal ready.

The Four Cooks

 

Just Waiting On The Beans

All of the dishes tasted great so we made no attempt to pick a winner.  We just had great meals with good company.  We had planned to watch "Blazing Saddles", but started watching "From The Big Apple To The Big Easy - The Concert For New Orleans" a two disk DVD and never got to "Blazing Saddles".  We all had a great time.

We are getting ready to leave Monkey Bay soon, and it will be really hard to do.  We know we will see everyone out at the islands, but we will miss the camaraderie we enjoy here.

Footnote:  Most of us soaked our beans overnight so our little Fiesta did not live up to it's name.