On Sun, 12 Apr 2009 19:57:50 -0500, Omelet >
wrote:

>In article >,
> "modom (palindrome guy)" > wrote:
>
>> >EW! Have you ever tasted that crap? It tastes like earwax!
>> >Even Coors is better!
>> >Dos Equis is some of the nastiest beer on the market. I honestly don't
>> >know how it sells at all.
>> >
>> I misspoke; it was Shiner Bock I used in that losing batch of chili.
>> Not that it mattered.
>
>Ok, that's better, but I've never personally used beer in chili.
>
>V-8 juice is what Bob used to win the prize last time. :-)

So you've said. What was that competition like? Was it
CASI-sanctioned? Was it municipal? What town?

My losing batch this time was made with water and stock we made from
pork neck bones during the cooking. Also in the pork stock were some
pasilla chiles, shallots and a couple of tomatoes.

The real pain of losing this time was that the rubes running things
here let an out-of-state team enter the local competition. The
Georgians scored enough points in the CASI-sanctioned event yesterday
that (together with earlier small cook off wins) they qualified for
Terlingua. Those guys were serious.

Since it was a blind judging, the judges had no way of knowing who won
until the winning entry number was announced. I don't mind a
Terlingua qualifier winning a chili cook off. What chaps my ass is an
out-of-state team winning a local contest.
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modom