11/05/24
October 31, 2006
40th Annual Terlingua International Championship Chili Cookoff: Ok, it's not a sport, but it is definitely competitive, fraught with controversy, and always a lot of fun. Interesting note: the only winner not from the USA in years past was a Canadien in 1995.
posted by mjkredliner to culture at 07:03 AM - 8 comments
I have always wanted to go to this at least once in my life.
posted by chicobangs at 08:51 AM on October 31, 2006
the only winner not from the USA in years past was a Canadien in 1995 Really? Was it Patrice Breisbois? Him or Koivu - that's my guess.
posted by WeedyMcSmokey at 09:43 AM on October 31, 2006
Mmmmmmmmm, chili! Will there be anything there as wonderful and hot as Chief Wiggums' 'super-spicy chili made with Guatemalan peppers that had been grown by mental patients? Will Johnny Cash show up as a coyote? Will Homer find his soul mate? We'll have to wait until Nov. 2nd to find out!!!!!!
posted by tommybiden at 09:52 AM on October 31, 2006
cmon down yall. will pass a good time.
posted by texasred at 11:06 AM on October 31, 2006
Weedy, it was a Mr. Brian Peddigrew from Pitt Meadows, British Columbia who concocted the World Championship Recipe in 1995, and I was told by a reliable source that it was a venison chili, with the venison being brought from up north o' the border as well (figgers, 1995 was THE hottest year on record here, and the native deer were a mite peaked that season). Had to be good to impress the ridge running skalawags that pass as judges for this event!
posted by mjkredliner at 03:53 PM on October 31, 2006
Give it too the Homeless Guy!
posted by yachts360 at 05:21 PM on October 31, 2006
It is sort of a sport because it started with a newly deceased lawyer and the great Carrol Shelby, winner of Lemans and of Cobra fame.
posted by sickleguy at 05:36 PM on October 31, 2006
"In Texas, puttin' beans in chili has replaced horse thievery as the number one hanging offense." Some history of the event.