Catfish Chili is a hit, well kinda. It's a story, isn't it always. The chili was coming along great, smelled great, tasted great - we had a constant stream of testers coming through - all seemed to be going great. I decided to cook the chili at the High School where the event was being held. I was in charge of part of this event since I am President of the Alumni. I was overseeing the setup and move-in of the teams while everybody else was busy doing other thing.
The chili was all done and just simmering on low while I worked on other things. Well if any of you have high school kids or know any, you know sometimes they do stuff and all you can say is What? Why? One of the students tasted the chili and decided it tasted to "tomato-ey". He looked around and found my spice bottles and proceeded to add a little more chili powder--"a little" is a relative term with high school kids. He dumped in a pile, maybe 6 tablespoons. Needless to say my chili was HOT! It was still good, but after you swallowed, well, IT WAS HOT.
I did manage to win the "Hottest Chili Award", so not all was lost. My chili cook-off partner and fellow Gone Fishin' Club member, Chuck Neuschafer, won "Best Chili in Town". We had our booth decorated with fishing poles and my laptop with Gone Fishin' Club pics playing in a slideshow.
If you have some fish and want to try the "Award Winning Catfish Chili" recipe, look in the previous posts. We had a great chili cook-off, and the FFA Alumni raised money for our FFA Chapter, so it's all good. Try the recipe and tell us how you like it.
Thanks Gary
Catfish Chili Ingredients
"The Award Winning Catfish Chili"
Me and Chuck with the "Hottest Chili Award"
Chuck with the "Best Chili in Town Award"
Chuck with the "Best Chili in Town Award"
Come back again to see what we're catchin and cookin up!
Thanks Gary
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