Greetings Chili Comrades!
I have been slacking a bit (a lot) on my weekly updates, so as promised the Weekly Updates are back in business! Find your best easy chair, slide into a pair of sweats, and pour your finest glass of chili merlot. Welcome!
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It's been an exciting day with Kraft Chili Singles hitting the market Monday. Be sure to get yours soon. Many large grocer chains have predicted most places to be sold out as early as Wednesday afternoon. There were three arrests at a Wal-Mart in Denvorado yesterday morning when a woman allegedly took the last 12 pack of Chili Singles from an unsuspecting man's shopping cart. When the man retaliated violently, the woman's husband got involved. Some 8 or 9 boxes of Hormel chili broke open on the tile floor, and caused a slippery chili mess for everyone that tried to break up the fight. The melee was broken up by veteran police chief Trendle Williams.
"Damn people need to quit eatin' chili!" Stated a frustrated Williams. "Man!"
More on that story as it develops.
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Be sure to check out Nevin Blender's summer sausage expo this Saturday afternoon. It will be held, as usual, in the Morton Building behind his house. Blender has been putting on sausage expo's since the late 80's. I've had the opportunity to sit in on at least a dozen of these, and I highly recommend them. Blender placed fourth in this years "Salted and Cured Meat Extravaganza."
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We all make mistakes.
Last Saturday I was whipping up an Asian white chili, when disaster struck. The recipe I was working with called for one Bermuda onion, but I got a little bit adventurous and reached for something stronger. I got about half way through dicing my Templetanian onion, when my eyes started itching. Then they started burning. Then I started crying.
"I told you not to," said Chip Crinkle, holding back a chuckle.
Templetanian onions are a rarity in the United States. I purchased mine from a shaman while backpacking through Somalia. He warned me to use them sparingly. Lesson learned. My eyes began to shed tears profusely, until I had to remove myself from the kitchen. When I hadn't stopped crying after 3 hours, I had Chip drive me to the emergency room. I was released later that evening with an eye patch and a bottle of sour cream eye drops.
The chili was completed ------
It's been an exciting day with Kraft Chili Singles hitting the market Monday. Be sure to get yours soon. Many large grocer chains have predicted most places to be sold out as early as Wednesday afternoon. There were three arrests at a Wal-Mart in Denvorado yesterday morning when a woman allegedly took the last 12 pack of Chili Singles from an unsuspecting man's shopping cart. When the man retaliated violently, the woman's husband got involved. Some 8 or 9 boxes of Hormel chili broke open on the tile floor, and caused a slippery chili mess for everyone that tried to break up the fight. The melee was broken up by veteran police chief Trendle Williams.
"Damn people need to quit eatin' chili!" Stated a frustrated Williams. "Man!"
More on that story as it develops.
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Be sure to check out Nevin Blender's summer sausage expo this Saturday afternoon. It will be held, as usual, in the Morton Building behind his house. Blender has been putting on sausage expo's since the late 80's. I've had the opportunity to sit in on at least a dozen of these, and I highly recommend them. Blender placed fourth in this years "Salted and Cured Meat Extravaganza."
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We all make mistakes.
Last Saturday I was whipping up an Asian white chili, when disaster struck. The recipe I was working with called for one Bermuda onion, but I got a little bit adventurous and reached for something stronger. I got about half way through dicing my Templetanian onion, when my eyes started itching. Then they started burning. Then I started crying.
"I told you not to," said Chip Crinkle, holding back a chuckle.
Templetanian onions are a rarity in the United States. I purchased mine from a shaman while backpacking through Somalia. He warned me to use them sparingly. Lesson learned. My eyes began to shed tears profusely, until I had to remove myself from the kitchen. When I hadn't stopped crying after 3 hours, I had Chip drive me to the emergency room. I was released later that evening with an eye patch and a bottle of sour cream eye drops.
(with half the Templetanian onions) and was a complete success at the Cub Scout Troup #491's Coont River campout.
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Be sure to look for more Chili Chat Network videos soon! We all hope you had the chance to tune into Channel 5's "The Sampler Platter" last evening. If you weren't able to tune in, you're in luck! Chili Chat will be posting clips from the interview in the next two weeks!
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Remember friends, if you have any chili photos/news/thoughts, feel free to email them to breadbowljones@chili-chat.com or chipcrinkle@chili-chat.com
Happy Wednesday.
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