More Chili

“I got 3rd place today in the chili contest at work.

$75 smackers for 3rd place!!


Yahoo!!


Chili36 gave me some excellent advice...thanks Chili.

PS I'm not sharing the $$$.”

“Congrats MDS!”

“We are having NM style chile Christmas Eve, Gumbo Christmas day. ah, cha, cha!

Congrats MDS!”

“Man, your office must REEK!!!

Are they following the chili contest with a flatulence contest? You might be able to take first in that!

Grand prize: a clean set of drawers.”

“Yep!

I'm getting the heck out of here!!”

“Since MDS's office is only about a mile or less from mine, I am keeping a nervous eye on the southeastern horizon.

I wonder if my computer will post a funny message to TrailTalk when the fireball engulfs my cubicle?”

“Well, if chili36 gave the advice, it prolly can be traced to chilism.”

“My recipe ONLY got third place?? WTF did you do to it????


j/k, congratulations.”

“Uh oh, I hear firetrucks...MDS's office has probably burst into flames...”

“I had MDS sign a disclaimer in case the judges brought an action for intentional infliction of emotional and physical distress. I didn't want to be his co-defendant.”

“That law degree must come in handy sometimes...”

“roseymonster!!! you are too much. :-D

$75 smackers ain't bad! how much was the prize for 1st?”

“1st - $125
2nd - $100
3rd - $75


Ok, I'll be honest. I used MOST of Chili's receipe. I didn't make it as spicy as the receipe called for and I added beans.

Yum yum!!

The CASI website has lots of great tips too!!”

“BEANS!!! You don't put beans in chili! Sounds like something my wife would do but since she is from New York I forgave her.”

“Tofu chili. Yum yum.....
Congratulations. All I ever got from Chili was 3 hours of bushwhacking contributing to a two pint blood loss.”

“It's all for you, Lyra!”

“Green please...”

“yeah, but dunadan,,,how many times have you been to Mirkwood?”

“oh and beans in the chili???? It must have been a hell of a recipe to manage third place...”

“Lentil chili w/bulgar and TVP.Only dried chilies(no powders) make the best.'Brother Bru-Bru's' hot sauce ,in small amounts' give it the 'BANG'.”

“It's that time of the year again here at the hospital. In this year's contest...

I got 2nd place !!!

$100 Bucks!!

WOOHOO!!

Neener Neener Neener”

“mmmmmmmm, chili.....can you bring some to Savage in Jan:) you are going, arent you?”

“WHAT THE HE11 DID YOU DO TO CHILI!”

“hehehe

YES, hopefully I'll be at SG in January. :p

All the web programmers here said my chili was a "man's chili". LOL They said it had a sloowww burn. I made the same recipe as last year but made it a little bit hotter.”

“So who won first place, and how many people had to go to the emergency room?”

“Let's just say that it's a good thing the ER is right across the street from my office.”

“I just hate it when MDS Hiker makes me wear speedos and parade around in front of his co-workers.

I feel so,,,,,,,degraded.”

“I'm going for 1st place next year!!

Bring your speedos and a hiking sock!!”

“We might get more mileage if I bring the hiking pole.”

“We need the 'Chili Contest' link, where a tourist is given the job of judge. Does anyone have it?”

“OMG !!

The chili competition this year is on December 16th and I'm scheduled to be in Ohio on business !!

PPppfffttttt !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Dang it...I just know I was gonna get first prize this year!!”

“I'M BACK IN THE CONTEST!!!

My travel was cancelled and I'm fired up for the chili contest this coming Thursday. I made a test batch this past weekend and it was excellent!

Woot!!”

“Good luck.”

“Damn, and I was hoping this thread was started by cottonsocks.”

“Life's a #&%!$ like that sometimes, chili...”

“Halloween is the traditional time in my family for making a pot of chili. This weekend something truly remarkable occurred....the Perfect Pot Of Chili Was Made. Now this may seem like self-aggrandizement, but I was merely the conduit. Standing there during the final seasoning adjustments, knowingly on the cusp of greatness, sunlight broke through the clouds, while somewhere in the background Richard Strauss' 'Also sprach Zarathustra' began playing. Oh if only you could have been there too...basking in the warm glow of a perfect, bubbling, pot o' red.

I realize this post may spawn jealously and hatred, as do all things of greatness. Honestly though, you should be happy and rejoice in the acknowledgement that you were born into an era during which the perfect pot of chili was achieved. I have warned those who have tasted it that they should take note of the time and date, as henceforth all their lives' events will be marked as before or after tasting the perfect chili. It is so savory, that like a great novel you can't put down, you are loathe to stop eating. It is hot enough to break a sweat on your forehead and give you a slight chill, yet won't send you screaming for a glass of water with the first bite. It is rumored to cure rheumatism, insomnia, the bends, frigophobia, and restore the South American rainforest.

I post this with some trepidation. Is the world ready for a pot of chili of this magnitude? I do not know. Things of true perfection are so exceedingly rare, I worry that the general public may not be able to handle the news.
The handwritten recipe has been locked in a safe in an undisclosed location. Should I divulge the different types of chiles used? The type of beer used? The other spices and herbs? Selfishly I am compelled to safeguard the secret and yet I fear that others will enter into a quixotic quest chasing down the Holy Grail of chili. It is a path rife with bland stews or worse, chili turned to hot sauce. Only those with a strong will and an even stronger stomach should proceed. I am sure that many of you make a decent pot of chili and you believe it to be quite good. But truly, all chili recipes have now found their master and must bow down in obeisance.
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“Uh huh...”

“I need a dictionary to read half that.

Congrats on the chili.”

“"jealousy"....check.


Honestly though, I would tread carefully. This pot of chili was only recently created and the full reach of its powers have not been documented.
last edited: 10/29/07 12:09:55 PM”

“Will those full powers rear their ugly head in 4-6 hrs?”

“Is the perfect pot of chili also a $hitless pot of chili? Are these phenomena mutually exclusive?”

“I need a dictionary to read half that.

Congrats on the chili.”
dayhiker
12:07:07 PM
10/29/07

You're a Bama grad, right?


“Will those full powers rear their ugly head in 4-6 hrs?”
dayhiker
12:09:49 PM
10/29/07


Well, nearly a full day later and I'm fine. The Perfect Chili bestows mercy on those who pay it the respect it is due.”

“I just have a different vocabulary. Instead of words like obeisance I wind up with differential equations. Po-tay-toe, Po-tah-toe sort of thing.”

“Well, I was just kidding. When you set one up on a tee for me it's hard to resist.

But I have strayed from the true purpose of today's post...celebration of Chili Perfection.

Rejoice!! For your tired, your yearning mass of tastebuds have been delivered upon the shore of hot, spicy Chili transcendence!
last edited: 10/29/07 12:27:17 PM”

“I don't think I can make it to Obeisance anytime soon. Can I just bow down here?



PS: In Obeisance, "chili" translates into "hot manly love."”

“Noncon, in that case it's perfect for a UT fan!”

“I've been looking for a good cure for the bends. Recipe please.”

“As predicted, the Perfect Chili recipe has spawned jealousy and hatred. Please, try to rise above your penchant for pettiness and think of all the generations of those before you who lived in a world without the Perfect Chili. Think of how lucky you are.”

“chili's gonna kick your butt.


The only thing this thread has spawned is me wanting to make chili this Sat. Chili for lunch and then ribs for supper should make for the perfect football Sat. The only thing that would truly make it perfect is if Bama were to upset LSU.”