“It isn’t one thing you eat daily. It is one thing you may come to yearly.”
![Calgary Stampede Princess Sarah Lambros, left, and Calgary Stampede CEO Joel Cowley try some of the food at the 2023 Calgary Stampede midway food launch at ENMAX Park on May 10.](https://smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital/calgaryherald/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/0510-stampede-food-9.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=288&h=216&sig=CN5pMm7sA_Z9VocA5p5fkg)
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The Calgary Stampede has launched its listing of recent treats that may be discovered on the Halfway this summer season, which incorporates probably the most costly snacks attendees have ever seen.
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These trying to go huge at this yr’s 10-day Calgary Stampede can go all in on a $100 scorching canine on the Superbooth truck.
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The monstrous 12-inch smoked jalepeño cheddar canine is made with aged wagyu beef and elk meat, marinated in a 2010 Lokoya Mount Veeder Cabernet Sauvignon for 5 days, sits on a mattress of Bundnerfleisch, baked pink pepper and sun-dried tomato ciabatta bun, and topped with cheese, imported German sauerkraut, onions and banana peppers.
The Jalepeño Cheddar Intestine Buster was invented by Rick Paolini, proprietor of Paolini’s Concessions Ltd., who has been excited about this big-ticket merchandise since final yr’s Stampede.
“I assumed, let’s attempt to do a $100 canine. It appears loopy, however let’s go for it,” Paolini mentioned. “I hung out with the grasp winemaker at Willow Park Vineyard to provide you with the correct wine come. ‘It is a $100 canine, however I feel the worth is there.
![Pictured are some of the foods at the 2023 Calgary Stampede midway food launch at ENMAX Park on May 10.](https://smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital/calgaryherald/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/0510-stampede-food-11.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=288&sig=Gtq2VlhrYBppnU3Go-f02g)
Paolini has been a vendor on the Calgary Stampede for greater than 30 years, and he mentioned it is at all times a enjoyable problem to provide you with one thing contemporary.
“I’ve seen the Stampede undergo loads of completely different modifications and it has been throughout the final 10 to fifteen years that issues have actually gone loopy with meals. I feel it is nice that folks can experiment with issues,” Paolini mentioned.
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“Folks provide you with some loopy concepts, however they’re all inexperienced lights on the Stampede.”
He has some distinctive scorching canines on the menu, together with the Gouda Gator Canine which boasts a 10-inch canine with alligator imported from Florida and Gouda cheese imported from Germany and served on a panini bun served with Louisiana tartar sauce, sauerkraut and onions.
‘It has been within the works for a few yr’
A number of native exhibitors had been arrange in Enmax Park on Wednesday to indicate off their extremely anticipated meals creations forward of Stampede. Lots of the distributors create a minimum of one menu merchandise distinctive to their Stampede choice.
For Andrea Harling of V Burger, that new merchandise is the Habanero Cherry Ice Cream Taco.
A plant-based waffle cone taco is crammed with vanilla ice cream, topped with a habanero-happy sauce and dipped in chocolate, then embellished with candy pop-rock sprinkles.
![VBurger manager Logan Hamilton poses for a photo with a Habanero Cherry Ice cream Taco at the 2023 Calgary Stampede midway food launch at ENMAX Park on May 10.](https://smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital/calgaryherald/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/0510-stampede-food-10.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=288&sig=2HnDo8IdlFfpihNqWwXh8w)
Harling mentioned the toughest a part of the deal with was making a recipe for the right plant-based, gluten-free waffle taco shell.
“It has been within the works for a few yr,” Harling mentioned. “The sweetness of the ice cream actually countered the spiciness of the habanero and the sweetness of the cherry offers you extra taste. There may be additionally salt from the shell, so that you just hit all of the senses.”
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This can be V Burger’s second yr with a meals truck at Stampede Park for the 10-day occasion.
Each pepperoni pizza, Kool-Assist hen burger and others will present up at Stampede
This yr, there are almost 300 exhibitors providing greater than 50 new snacks to Stampede attendees, mentioned Kyle Russell, director of Stampede programming.
“In case you’re a scorching canine lover like me, we now have eight new scorching canines this yr,” Russell mentioned. “After we take into consideration issues like our deep-fried truthful and the extra distinctive choices, we all know it is an expertise. It isn’t one thing you eat daily. It is one thing you may come throughout yearly.”
Russell mentioned the exhibitors are inspired to carry one thing new and distinctive every year, and so they by no means disappoint with the creations they provide you with. This yr there’s additionally extra worldwide delicacies on the menu and a few enjoyable meals fusions.
“We all know that the Stampede viewers is all in Calgary and we would like individuals who come to Stampede and really feel like Stampede is for them,” Russell mentioned.
![Happy Fish food truck owner Ying Yansita poses for a photo with a Seafood Michelada at the 2023 Calgary Stampede midway food launch on May 10.](https://smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital/calgaryherald/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/0510-stampede-food-12.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=288&sig=TvBJ5qsRyvFWI8CxJAvBnQ)
Different notable treats embrace the Elkeroni Pizza on the Avatara Pizza truck topped with elk pepperoni, the Kool-Assist Rooster Burger supplied at Chicky’s Rooster that has a candy, cherry pink Kool-Assist glaze, and the Fruit Loop Funnel Cake at Subsequent Gen Concessions.
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So Cute Ice Cream will characteristic Ketchup and Mustard Ice Cream, a frozen dessert they have been perfecting since final yr’s Stampede, Russell mentioned.
Those that attend Stampede and is probably not within the temper for the daring treats can discover all of the classics, akin to mini donuts, mac n’ cheese, ice cream and lemonade, Russell defined. In accordance with Stampede, greater than two million mini donuts are consumed yearly on the occasion.
The Calgary Stampede runs from July seventh to sixteenth.
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