World Food Festival? I'm IN!

After picking up our race materials, Linda and I headed over to the East Village area of Des Moines to check out the World Food Festival. The windy, chilly weather is probably NOT what the promoter, vendors, or even we visitors would have chosen. The "crowd" was kinda sparce when we arrived but did build as the evening went on. A bagpiper parade did add a certain festive air to the proceedings. (The photo is from a prior event.)

As we made our way down the street, we visited various tents inquiring about this item or that and tried those that caught our eye. By the time we finished, we'd tried an oriental won-ton type dumpling, El Salvadorian pupusa, a Greek honey-nut thing that looked like a giant shredded wheat, butter chicken and potato roll from India, and some Mesquaki Indian fry bread. It was all pretty tasty and certainly some new concoctions.

As we were leaving, I realized that I'd just violated one of my own recommendations to Linda. As we get closer to the race, we need to be careful about what we eat. New foods may not be the thing to be trying. Oh well... hopefully, it won't be a problem.