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* Date: Wednesday, October 2, 2019
** We will be preparing our chili the night before, Tuesday October 1, during or after the regular meeting
** Location TBD, possibly an individual's kitchen or the Blacksburg Community Center kitchen
* Location: The Plaza between 1900 Pratt and 1861 Pratt Drive
* [https://www.eventbank.com/resources/protected/organization/967/event/15838/7a180bfb-62e4-458a-a389-fd18738f84b9.pdf Rules]
* [https://sugarspunrun.com/best-chili-recipe/ Sugar Spun Run - Best Chili Recipe (with bacon)]
* Medieval Chili - not an actual thing, fits with theme below
* Real Deer Meat Chili(Lytton C., <u>New River: bonnets, apple butter and moonshine</u>. 2010, pp. 74-76):
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=== General Suggestions ===
* Start with dried kidney beans - soak . Soak overnight with baking soda to degas, then partially cook.* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweating_(cooking) Sweat ] the onions and peppers (french style), set aside.* Add bitter chocolate and coffee to Brown meatunder broiler on a baking tray.** Use stew meat instead of ground, for the texture** Brown under broilerSave all fat and drippings* Combine meat, peppers and onions, beans, and some tomatoes; season, and bake at least until beans are done** Save Ideally, use a heavy dutch oven or similar. You want the fathigh thermal inertia.** This may also be doable in a slow-cooker, but moisture should be watched carefully.** Secret sauce for good chili: unsweetened chocolate and black coffee.* Bean-containing chilis are best after they've been allowed to cool and then reheated.
=== Ingredients quantities ===
* Green onions
* Shredded cheese?
* Cornbread?
== Hacksburg Chili 1.0 ==
=== Recipe ===
* 10 parts/pints/cans total x 4 crocks
* 1 part stew beef
* 2 bags frozen diced onions
* 1 bag frozen diced green bell peppers
* 1 part crushed tomatoes in tomato juice
* 1 part diced tomatoes
* 4 parts dark red kidney beans
* 2 parts black beans
* V8 (to taste)
* Crushed garlic (to taste)
* Cooking oil (as needed to saute onions)
* Cumin (to taste)
* Cayenne pepper (to taste)
* Salt and pepper (to taste)
* Smoke flavor (to taste)
* Cold coffee (to taste)
* Bitter/bakers chocolate (to taste)
=== Feedback ===
* Only served ~2.25 crocks worth of chili, could probably get away with 2 in the future
* Wear gloves when chopping jalapenos
* People liked having a mild chili they could customize to their level of spice with jalapenos. Also bring red pepper flakes next time?
* Thaw onions and peppers beforehand, took a significant amount of time to thaw before they could be sauted
** Possibly also saute beforehand
* Blacksburg Community kitchen is pretty small and not super well equipped, was suitable but a personal kitchen would work just as well
* Chili seemed generally well received at competition, did not place in top 3
* May have added too much coffee and chocolate, there was a very bitter aftertaste
* Some people said it didn't seem very meaty; finer diced stew meat or more ground beef?
== Booth Decoration ==
