Re: [CH] Ithaca is Hot

Linda Reynolds (lr21@cornell.edu)
Mon, 13 Feb 2006 13:40:33 -0500 (EST)

Hey, a Chile head in the neighborhood! Howdy there Mike! I am on Cornell campus too!

Will try to make the cook off........saw signs last week and heard a commercial this am on the radio. I have to say tho', that I try to avoid Ithaca on days that I am not working on the hill.

Toodles!
Linda

-----Original Message-----

> Date: Sun Feb 12 17:49:24 EST 2006
> From: "Dave Drum" <dirty_dave@chillicooks.org>
> Subject: Re: [CH] Ithaca is Hot
> To: "Mike Nestrud" <pink@gehennom.net>
>
> Mike Nestrud wrote:
> 
> > Is anyone going to the "Ithaca is Hot" chili cookoff Saturday, Feb 18th?
> > 25 teams, 15-20k people... minimum 20G chili/team (some bring 60...
> > we're budgeted for barely 20)  its going to be a good time.
> 
> > If you make it, stop by the Cornell Food Science Club booth and say
> > hi... I'm the "executive chili chef" for our entry. 
> 
> > Our "secret" ingredient?  Jamaican Hot Chocolate and Mustard Lightning
> > habs.  Yummmm........
> 
> Izzat 20 *GALLONS* of chilli? I put on chilli suppers for small 
> organisations with that amount. The biggest chilli supper I normally 
> do is only 60 gallons (although we have had to make an additional 10 
> or 20 gallons from time to time) with beenz.
> 
> When I do an ICS cook-off (no beenz) I use a five pound recipe which 
> makes about 1 1/2 gallons of just meat sauce.
> 
> 20 gallons of chilli will take about 40 pounds of ground meat. 2 lb. 
> of chilli mix, 2 lb of kidney suet, 12 oz of ground cumin, etc.
> 
> So, if you guys are really doing 20 gallons of chilli (with or without 
> beenz) me 'ats orf to ye!
> 
> -- 
> ENJOY!!!
> --------
> UNCLE DIRTY DAVE'S KITCHEN --
> Home of Yaaaaa Hooooo Aaahhh!!! HOT SAUCE and Hardin Cider
> 
> "There is no passion like that of a functionary for his
> function." - Georges Clemenceau