Highwood Hosts Spicy Food Festival Next Week

The information below comes from the City of Highwood.

The City of Highwood is getting fired  up for its second annual Inferno Fest 
and honorary American Flag Retirement Ceremony on Wednesday, July 17th, 
from 4-9pm in Everts Park (130 Highwood Avenue). 

The festival will test the taste buds of the most daring food enthusiasts with the hottest and spiciest foods and beverages. 

Inferno Fest will feature an all-you-can-eat Tamale Infernales Competition, where contestants can see how many spicy tamales they can eat in five minutes, without crying for Oberweis milk.

Entry fee is $10, and $300 in La Casa de Isaac gift certificates will be awarded to the winner. Competitors can sign up here.

The honorary American flag retirement ceremony will take place at 7pm. American flags worn beyond repair will be respectfully burned, and the ashes ceremoniously buried by Commanders from the American Legion and Boy Scout Pack #35 of Oak Terrace Elementary School.  Guests are encouraged to come with flags for retire, and leave with a memory of participation.

Inferno Fest will highlight creations such as spicy pasta dishes, peppery nuts and popcorn, piquant tacos and salsa, hot wings, and much more! Live music and an array of unique fiery foods will create a fun atmosphere to sample the hottest foods on the North Shore.

For those that may be worried they can’t handle the heat after expanding their culinary horizons, have no  fear. Oberweis Milk Angels will be on hand to rescue sweltering mouths with a glass of cold, cool down milk.  For those not in the know, milk interacts with spices to cool taste buds in a way that water or soda cannot.