We just finished the Platte City BBQ contest put on by the Basswoods Resort folks. This was a good event, and the cookers are nestled in amongst weekend campers, along with a series of small lakes and fishing ponds.
In addition, these small wooden cabins are availalbe for rent. This made for an interesting set up, as we were able to take many of our normal prep activities and move them into the cabin. A dessert entry being prepared in the cabin is shown in the photo.
The cabin set up also allowed for some extra free time between the last turn in and the awards ceremony since there wasn't as much set up and tear down. So we grabbed the fishing poles and headed for the fishing lake. Although it sounds like a fish story, I had a catfish about the size of the one in photo on the line, managed to get it all the way to the bank, and it found a way to get loose. No really - ask Peyton, she saw it!
We also ended up camping next to some folks who had caught 4 or 5 pretty good size catfish. They decided to eat them for dinner, but didn't really have a place to clean them. So they tossed them into the dirt next to a tree and bludgeoned them and started to fillet them right there in the dirt. After a few minutes of watching these guys hack away at these fish with a dull knife, I had seen enough and loaned these guys a sharp knife and a disposabe cutting board. I think it was too little too late though, as these mangled catfish fillets were covered in dirt and grass already.
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