Five years ago this weekend I attended my first horse show on the arm of my tattooed Marine friend who later became my husband. It was this event that I first witnessed a five year old ride his pony over an obstacle course and still have the phone photos of my now ten year old brother in law. I have grown into and with this family and they have broadened and deepened my knowledge of not only the horse world but farming, Norwegian life and how to be a Marine wife.
This weekend my "one of those horse people" mother in law gave my Nutrisha dream a big boost by bringing me into the horse world officially. I set up a supplementary concessions tent at the Eagleville Country Horse Show to offer my food concept to a group that is used to burgers, dogs and candy. This was not the first catering gig technically. I catered my brother's birthday party this summer but that was for free, to actually work hard and put your heart and art out there for the public to judge with their hard earned money is a whole new world!
I am not too proud to admit that I stewed and stewed the outline for this menu for fear that I might miss the mark. Nutrisha strives to "help" others to eat closer to the ground, eat locally, and just eat real food! I won't call it healthy because that is an overused and widely subjective word that I am very careful to touch. Instead, as I told the fun crowd last night, "I prefer to call it nutrient dense or nutrient efficient food".
Yes, I did get some crazy looks and response from the standard concession workers when I pulled up and asked if they knew where I was to set up my tables. No worries, we were in no way competing :) My nerves held onto my heart all the way until the sweet young lady across the dirt drive from us bought a Chopped BLT Salad. Yes!!! People want what I have to offer! As an honest artist will tell you, to put your art out there for the public to judge is to become vulnerable. Vulnerability is not easy but, as I am learning in my baby steps of developing the big picture concept and long term plan, the best I can do is walk toward the fear.
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