I'm Back and I Won!

Juniper · 09-01-2008, 02:30 PM

We're back from our big Labor Day weekend camping trip. We do this every year; we get together with three other families, reserve several spots at the end of a campground loop at a local state park, cook lots of yummy food, let the kids run wild and get filthy, and we drink a lot of beer.

Our campground has a chili cook-off every year. I entered last year but didn't win anything. This year we had 5 entries just within our own group - lots of trash-talking between us. My hubby made white chicken chili, and I made my usual spicy red chili recipe.

So they announced 1st place - some old guy who had been doing it for years; his chili wasn't that great and I suspect they just wanted him to finally win. Which is fine, he's a nice guy.

Then they said there was a tie for 2nd place and they worried how to break up the prizes, then realized it was a husband and wife. So here we are, looking around, wondering what other husband and wife entered the contest...oh, it's us.

Yep, hubby and I won 2nd place. Whoohoo!!!

We'll be doing it again at a different campground at the end of October. One of our friends won 1st place there last year, I won 3rd. I think this year we'll switch.

sweetwater · 09-01-2008, 03:20 PM

Next stop, Terlingua! I'll be there again this fall, and I'll be looking for you both. And congratulations!

Clodfobble · 09-01-2008, 03:21 PM

So, now will you post the two prize-winning recipes?

Trilby · 09-01-2008, 03:27 PM

I love me some chili! Congratulations to the both of you!

Nirvana · 09-01-2008, 03:35 PM

I would have loved to have been a judge, yum! :P

SamIam · 09-01-2008, 06:00 PM

I'm with Clodfobble. I wanna try out the recipes. Yum! And congrats!

Juniper · 09-01-2008, 08:00 PM

OK. Really, it was a handful of this, dash of that, you know...but I will try to come up with an accurate recipe later when I get a little time.

classicman · 09-01-2008, 10:38 PM

Send me a recipe for my crock pot - please and write it for an idiot - at least that way I have 1/2 a chance of not screwing it up.

Radar · 09-02-2008, 12:23 AM

Congrats!!! I'm a huge chili fan. I was trying to put together a good crock pot chili. All of the competition chili contests I've seen don't allow beans. Does yours have beans in it?

HungLikeJesus · 09-02-2008, 12:37 AM

I misread the thread title.

I thought it was "I'm Black and I Won!"

I thought, "Is it November already?"

classicman · 09-02-2008, 07:56 AM

Very funny

09-01-2008, 02:30 PM	#1
Juniper I know, right? Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 1,539	I'm Back and I Won! We're back from our big Labor Day weekend camping trip. We do this every year; we get together with three other families, reserve several spots at the end of a campground loop at a local state park, cook lots of yummy food, let the kids run wild and get filthy, and we drink a lot of beer. Our campground has a chili cook-off every year. I entered last year but didn't win anything. This year we had 5 entries just within our own group - lots of trash-talking between us. My hubby made white chicken chili, and I made my usual spicy red chili recipe. So they announced 1st place - some old guy who had been doing it for years; his chili wasn't that great and I suspect they just wanted him to finally win. Which is fine, he's a nice guy. Then they said there was a tie for 2nd place and they worried how to break up the prizes, then realized it was a husband and wife. So here we are, looking around, wondering what other husband and wife entered the contest...oh, it's us. Yep, hubby and I won 2nd place. Whoohoo!!! We'll be doing it again at a different campground at the end of October. One of our friends won 1st place there last year, I won 3rd. I think this year we'll switch.

09-01-2008, 03:20 PM	#2
sweetwater lives inside a Mobius strip Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 1,120	Next stop, Terlingua! I'll be there again this fall, and I'll be looking for you both. And congratulations! __________________ I knew I shoulda taken that left turn at Albuquerque! - Bugs Bunny

09-01-2008, 03:21 PM	#3
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	So, now will you post the two prize-winning recipes? __________________ My book My other book My spirit animal

09-01-2008, 03:27 PM	#4
Trilby Slattern of the Swail Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,654	I love me some chili! Congratulations to the both of you! __________________ In Barrie's play and novel, the roles of fairies are brief: they are allies to the Lost Boys, the source of fairy dust and ...They are portrayed as dangerous, whimsical and extremely clever but quite hedonistic. "Shall I give you a kiss?" Peter asked and, jerking an acorn button off his coat, solemnly presented it to her. —James Barrie Wimminfolk they be tricksy. - ZenGum

09-01-2008, 10:38 PM	#8
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	Send me a recipe for my crock pot - please and write it for an idiot - at least that way I have 1/2 a chance of not screwing it up. __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

09-01-2008, 03:35 PM	#5
Nirvana Back in 10 Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 3,684	I would have loved to have been a judge, yum! :P

09-01-2008, 06:00 PM	#6
SamIam Registered User Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Not here Posts: 2,655	I'm with Clodfobble. I wanna try out the recipes. Yum! And congrats!

09-01-2008, 08:00 PM	#7
Juniper I know, right? Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 1,539	OK. Really, it was a handful of this, dash of that, you know...but I will try to come up with an accurate recipe later when I get a little time.

09-02-2008, 12:23 AM	#9
Radar Constitutional Scholar Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Ocala, FL Posts: 4,006	Congrats!!! I'm a huge chili fan. I was trying to put together a good crock pot chili. All of the competition chili contests I've seen don't allow beans. Does yours have beans in it? __________________ "I'm completely in favor of the separation of Church and State. My idea is that these two institutions screw us up enough on their own, so both of them together is certain death." - George Carlin

09-02-2008, 12:37 AM	#10
HungLikeJesus Only looks like a disaster tourist Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: above 7,000 feet Posts: 7,208	I misread the thread title. I thought it was "I'm Black and I Won!" I thought, "Is it November already?" __________________ Keep Your Bodies Off My Lawn SteveDallas's Random Thread Picker.

09-02-2008, 07:56 AM	#11
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	Very funny __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

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