You Know the Old Adage…

NEVER shop when you’re hungry. Never surf cooking websites when you’re hungry, either. I am now STARVING! And what’s worse– I’ve been surfing for recipes- found some incredible seafood recipes– and there’s not a sliver of seafood in the house. AGONY, I tell you!

I just love domestic seafood. Skip that stuff from China and Italy (never liked octopus anyway *shudder*). I love good ol’ Atlantic salmon and Texas “jumbo” shrimp. Mmmmm. I prefer domestic seafood for it’s cleanliness, sustainability, and that it’s the patriotic thing to do. Best yet, there’s a huge cook off contest coming up, in Louisiana. The winners will be announced in November, but the folks at the Great American Seafood Cook-Off are giving us lowly eaters the chance to choose a winner, and someone could win a trip to New Orleans; details are at www.GreatAmericanSeafoodCookOff.com. The prize package includes two Southwest Airline round-trip tickets, hotel accommodations, and a culinary seafood experience that would make even the ocean-dwellers drool! I decided to enter– I chose Texan Chef Mark Holley’s Texas Gulf Shrimp. I LOOOOOVE shrimp, especially jumbo shrimp, where you get more shrimpy goodness per bite than the other, well, shrimped shrimp. Check out his recipe yourself; doesn’t it look scrumptiously shrimpy? Vote for your favorite recipe, you might just win the trip! There are five contenders for the Seafood Cook-Off’s chef’s throne; all recipes look really good. It was actually tough to choose from them. And it’s kind of odd that all the contestants are men! That doesn’t bother me as much, just as long as we women get to eat it.

Entering the contest can’t hurt! (You have to enter your name, email, and zip code). And the recipes are GREAT! So what have you got to lose? Nothing. But you have everything to gain. Enjoi!