Ok, well it’s not a singular title…
First let me say, the Mt. Holly Chili Cook-Off runs deep in our circle of friends. Our senior year of high school, the Velvet Elvis’s (Rob, Skip, Ian, & Dags) decided to whip together a chili and enter the competition. They even sang! While they didn’t win overall, they did walk away with the blue ribbon for Best Tasting. We were SO proud. Then college happened and the chili trail grew cold.
Last year, Skip and Rob decided to enter again and try to reclaim their title. Sadly, we walked away empty handed. It was then that they decided to come back with gusto!!
Rob, Skip, Erin, Robby H., Laurel, Karen, and me all got together last Friday and made some pretty fine chili. It was quite the team effort! Friday night the boys chopped, sauteed, and simmered. The girls pretty much just watched and gabbed. But we were there for moral support! The girls were also in charge of the “presentation” part of the points. I came up with the title “Drunken Cactus Chili” and the boys came up with —> R2D1′s Drunken Cactus Chili. (R2D1 = 2 Rob’s & 1 Derek, aka Skip.) In it went diced nopales (a tribute to our trip to Mexico), steak, ground beef, bacon, tequila and SO much more!!
They won BEST TASTING!!!!! YAY!!!!
I’ll try to upload some pictures this weekend. We also reinvented the Banana Poppers/Velvet Poppers/Nana-Penos. YUM!
