[CH] Grove City chili cook-off story
Alex Silbajoris (72163.1353@compuserve.com)
Thu, 13 May 1999 08:53:55 -0400
Pods,
Last weekend saw a state and regional chili competition held at the Beaulah
Park racetrack in Grove City, Ohio. I saw nothing about the event in the
local paper until three days after the fact, where a story on the event was
the front page feature of the weekly Wednesday food section.
I found the article on the newspaper's website, and if all goes well, you
can get to it from here:
http://libpub.dispatch.com/cgi-bin/slwebcli.pl?DBLIST=cd99&DOCNUM=9452
I had a good time at the event, got to see some e-friends again, and thanks
to Mr. Campbell the Elder, I have the first pepper plants in the ground
here at the apartment. (Now, to go out to Bloomington and get the rest
from Susan...)
It was neat to taste all the different chili recipes, but I really wonder
how easy it is to call one the "best" of all the entries. Each had its own
style; one tasted like a rich beef broth, while another tasted like
aromatic jerk seasonings - almost gave it a North African flavor. Which is
better? Kind of asking whether the color blue or the color green is
better.
Nice to browse the vendors. This from the guy who already complained about
having too many sauces. Oh, and one vendor had an automated sewing machine
that could embroider a pepper image onto a shirt or hat. I had them sew an
image onto the flap of my black shoulder bag, and I love it.
Alex Silbajoris 72163.1353@compuserve.com
spotted shirt club member