Cranstonooga, WV residents Duke and Sercy Roufus have been banned by the Crested Butte neighborhood association from participating in next year’s Trick or Treating. While most families were filling children’s bags with chocolate, taffy and those black and orange mystery candies, Duke and Sercy decided to let the neighborhood children fill their bags and bellies with Duke’s award winning chili.
At last summer’s block party, Duke’s 5 alarm chili took home first prize at the neighborhood chili cook-off. To be fair, there were only 2 other entries; a can of Wolf Chili and Mrs. Tettleton’s “Chili Surprise” (which caused an outbreak of dysentery and ruined most of the resident’s summer). Duke pitched the idea to his wife, reminding her how much everyone raved about it and how the children might enjoy a break from all the candy. Shortly after whipping up a triple batch of his masterpiece, the first trick or treaters rang the doorbell. Sercy took the pot of searing hot chili to the door and told the wide eyed youth to help themselves. The greedy little brats were quickly elbow deep in piping hot 5 alarm chili. Needless to say it wasn’t too long before neighborhood parents came knocking.
Most of the children made a full recovery after a few weeks and some minor surgeries. The matter has been passed around the Crested Butte neighborhood association for months. Today they revealed their resolution. The Roufus family will not be allowed to participate in this year’s Halloween activities. In addition, Duke was stripped of his coveted title of “Crested Butte Chili Champion”. As runner-up, Kurt Kirkrod was awarded Duke's framed certificate for his can of store bought Wolf chili.
Duke and Sercy informed Chili Chat that they plan to spend Halloween in their basement watching their new DVD set of Mr. Belvidere.
Cheers,
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