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Skriven 2014-02-21 19:31:01 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
  Kommentar till text 10127 av Nancy Backus (1:261/1381.0)
Ärende: chili cookoff  was: yogurt                               [1]
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Hi Nancy,

 NB> what  NB>> they are looking for... and as you say, it's all in fun
 NB> anyway...  :)

 RH> Yes, and a chance for folks to socialise while a football game is on
 RH> as background noise. There are a few serious watchers, but not many.

 NB> I guess that keeps the families together and entertained on game
 NB> night... whether or not they are interested in the game itself... :)

Yes, kids are supervised by everybody there, adults watch the game or
visit with each other and everybody eats.

 NB>  RH>> My mom never served it with anything but bread, to help stretch
 NB> it.  NB>> I often serve it with cornbread, just because I like the way
 NB> the
 NB>  NB>> tastes go together, and to augment the veggie protein when
 NB> there's  NB>> beans in the chili...  ;)

 RH> I used to serve it with cornbread too, until we figured out that corn
 RH> gives Steve problems. But it seems to be such a natural side item for
 RH> chili.

 NB> Exactly.  Too bad that corn gives Steve the problems... but other
 NB> breads would go nicely too, like your flat breads...  just a little
 NB> different taste spectrum... ;)

I pulled out a container of the chili I'd put in the freezer for supper
tonight. Steve had crackers in his, I put in a package of croutons I'd
gotten with a salad at Wendy's the other day. Steve also added some hot
sauce but I didn't heat mine any more.

 NB> once in AZ.)  NB>> Makes sense... people can have their portions to
 NB> suit their own
 NB>  NB>> tastes, with a basic chili for starters...  :)

 RH> Exactly! Had a jar lableled "Hab" (for habenero powder) at one
 RH> gathering, friend thought it was "Hot" and was generous in his use of
 RH> it. Yes, it was hot, hotter than he expected. (G)

 NB> "I like hot... but not TOO hot...!"  (G)  I can see where one could be
 NB> read for the other... ;)  Just a little fuzzy sight, and an "ab" could
 NB> be an "ot"...  ;)  Did he go for the sour cream and stuff to cool it
 NB> back down...?

I don't know; he told me after he'd cooled down what he'd done. IIRC, he
liked some heat but not as much as he got.


 NB>  RH>> Found a Mr. Food recipe for the competition style while we were
 NB> in  RH>> HI and started experimenting; we like both chilis now.
 NB>  NB>> And that's the one you'd likely enter into a proper chili
 NB> competition.

 RH> Yes, but I don't follow the recipe exactly any more. (G)

 NB> Of course not... I saw the "started experimenting" part, after all..
 NB> ;) That's what make competitions interesting, the different versions
 NB> that different people come up with...  :)

And I'm usually trying something a bit different from the usual. (G)

 NB>  NB>> Team work...  I'm sure you've picked up some bits from his
 NB> expertise  NB>> over the years, though... :)

 RH> Several different types of peppers, cumin as a moderator and have a
 RH> heat that is more than one note and gone. He likes to have a flavor
 RH> that starts in the front of the mouth, goes all the way to the back
 RH> and down, but not burning hot on the way down.

 NB> That would make a good spicy chili...  edible and zingy...  :)  Or
 NB> should that be the other way around... zingy and still edible... ;)

I'd go with the latter, it has a good zing to it but it's not so hot you
can't eat it.

 NB>  RH>> Tho the other night when I made deconstructed fajitas & found
 NB> out we  RH>> were out of the commercial fajita seasoning, I mixed up
 NB> up a reasonable  RH>> sub. Used a bit of medium ground sea salt, fresh
 NB> Sounds quite  NB>> tasty...  :)

 RH> It was; I used about a teaspoon of salt, then the other ingredients
 RH> added up to maybe a couple more teaspoons by just doing a pinch of
 RH> this, shake or two of that. No one flavor stood out but a nice, overall
 RH> taste.

 NB> Did you jot down what you did, so you could remember for a next
 NB> time...? Or just hope that with a next time, you'll come up with
 NB> something sufficiently similar...?  :)

I should be able to figure out something similar, if I've not picked up
a jar of fajita seasoning. OTOH, I might just mix up a larger quantity
of what I used and keep it on hand.

 NB> wife  NB>> sometimes has made a trifle for church dinners... he's been
 NB> known to  NB>> bake pies... both are good cooks...  :)

 RH> Our preaching pastor doesn't cook but his wife is a good cook. She's
 RH> used the church's trifle bowl for a layered dessert several times so
 RH> we bought one; that way there's no competition for the bowl--at least
 RH> on our part.

 NB> And you have it already at home, so there's no having to remember to
 NB> get it.. ;)  Of course, that could make for competition for which
 NB> trifle to pick off the dessert table... or a little of each...  ;)

For the auction, winners get the whole dessert. However, usually some
trading is done or sometimes some outright giving away portions. More
people get to taste a variety of things that way. Also nice in that a
smaller family doesn't have a huge dessert that'll seem to last forever.
(G)

 NB>  NB>> If one doesn't like black olives, there's a good chance that
 NB> they'd  NB>> find the kalamata better, depending on what isn't liked
 NB> about the  NB>> black.. of course, probably also an even chance that
 NB> the kalamata  NB>> would seem to have too strong a taste for them,
 NB> too...  ;)

 RH> I suspect they might be a bit strong for some of the folks, others
 RH> would enjoy them.

 NB> There was one specialty olive I remember my sister not liking all that
 NB> much... it might have been the kalamata, but maybe another one... I
 NB> like them all just fine...  :)

Have to ask her next time you see her. I like different ones but I think
kalamatas are my favorite. There's an olive grove/press operation (with
a retail store and restaurant near where Deborah lives--at the
restaurant, they always put a few olives on the plate.

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Ruth
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