Saturday, May 5, 2012
Chili Cook-off
First chili cook-off Don and I have ever hosted and I think it went really well. We invited four couples to come on over and bring their favorite chili. Our friends Dave and Jody played a little joke on me by first pulling out some Hormel chili in a can before pulling out their crock pot. I thought they were kidding at first, but they were being so serious.
After introductions we got right down to business and starting dishing out the chili to be tested. I made up some ballots with five different characteristcs to judge.
If we host another cook-off, I am going to weight the different criteria. What's the most important thing about food? The taste!! I'm going to weight that one heavy. Why? Because my chili got the fewest points, but was the only one that was totally gone by the time I got the ballots counted! Funny! Our winners were Dave and Jody. Their chili was really good, too.
My empty crock pot - I didn't get any other than the taste I took prior to the party.
Don did an awesome job with the trophy. I got a hourse shoe and he did the rest. Dave's brother and sister-in-law won a chili cook-off my brother had several years ago. We decided we would consider that the firt competition and that they were passing the torch.
Eric also came up with the awesome game "The Old Married Folks Game", not to be confused with "The Newlywed Game". However, I think it was more fun. Eric did a great job with the game and MCing the event. Dave and Jody took home honors on this, as well.
Don and I have decided we are definitely doing this again!
Jill
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Well, they keep getting better each year we do this. I wonder if the Harringtons will ever figure out that we are letting them win so that their fragile egos are shored up? Nah!
ReplyDeleteThese types of secrets need to be kept very quiet. Fragile egos are at stake. I won't tell if you don't. Next year we will let one come in second to let them down easy. No, we'll have them both come in second as a tie. I don't know which has the most fragile ego. I don't want to be responsible for anything that might happen - slit wrists, anything like that. What do you think?
ReplyDeleteNow I'm going to have to come up with another game that I can manipulate to make sure it's not too obvious that the IQ challenged people are doing better than they should be. I guess Battleship it is!
ReplyDeleteI think you should make it very obvious you have it slanted to make it easily won by you. That would be hilarious!
ReplyDeleteEvery game IS in my favor. If I really wanted to I could win everything in sight. The only problem is that Michele won't let me. Something about people not inviting me to parties anymore if I win all the time....
ReplyDeleteOh, p-lee-e-ease! At least suck up a little bit to the person doing the inviting!
ReplyDelete....and if I may finish, I would like to suck up a little bit to the person who does the inviting. She is the bestest, mostest, wonderfulest person in the whole wide world. :-)
ReplyDeleteLittle too much . . . . . Next opportunity to blow everyone out of the water with your game playing skills - 6/16?
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