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Our Thursday night bocce league hosts a yearly chili cookoff.
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Just curious, as my fiance and I have hosted 2 annual chili cookoffs in May, and will be hosting the 3rd this coming May, what do you use for awards? We have a smaller crowd with about 8-12 chilis. And we only voted on the best chili. Do you also provide condiments for the chili? Always trying to search for ways to make it better!
This year, I made a construction paper “1st” and “2nd” place sign with a string punched through it for the winners to hang around their neck.
Usually, we string peppers as necklaces — inexpensive and easy.
I’ve also spray painted wooden spoons gold and mounted in a disposable foil pan — looks like a plaque that doesn’t require too much work.
And yes, we provide condiments for the chili — it’s what I refer to as “fixins” On a side area, we’ll put out cilantro, green onions, sour cream, hot sauce and shredded cheese for those that can’t leave their chili well enough alone.
Fun!
This is brilliant! As I was reading it, I was already trying to figure out where and when I can hold this party. Thank you!
That sounds like a lot of fun! I think I want to give it a try – but I’ll wait til March when I’m ‘full-up’ with fetus too! hee hee. I love the bean-voting idea. That is awesome.
I won 2nd place in a chili contest 2 years ago and it was written up in the daily newspaper. My recipe was way more complex than I ordinarily bother with, but fun and tasty. I put some Portuguese sausage in with the other meat — chourico being a staple in southeastern New England — and called my chili “New England Ch-ch-ch-chili”. Don’t know if you can open the recipe without signing up at the newspaper:
http://www.projo.com/food/content/fd-annechili_03-07-07_EO4KJH0.f12353.html
Now I make ground-turkey chili in the crockpot, and it is FIIIIINE.
You have the best ideas, Helen Jane.
And I love seeing all the fun you guys have!
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