Year 3 - Day 226 - August 13

Normal people make chili for the Super Bowl or other wintery activities. We spent last night and today making and continuing to cook chili. We had a few of the ingredients from the crop share, so we bought the rest and finished up. We did actually have it for dinner tonight (and Mike had some last night, too during the 20 minutes of Closing Ceremonies we could handle) and now the rest is frozen for when the weather dips into cooler territory.

Year 3 - Day 32 - February 1

It's Super Bowl week which can mean only one thing around here - a giant vat of chili. I think Mike's chili recipe uses more ingredients than anything else we eat all year! His friend's girlfriend came up with the idea of having a chili cookoff for the Super Bowl rather than Mike just making it for everyone, so that's what we're doing. If the contest was just based on number of ingredients, Mike would have the win  in the bag!

Year 2 - Day 246 - September 4

Oh my goodness, what a busy day!

First we went to the Hanover Chili Cook Off. It was a ton of fun, but it was HOT! Actually, the temperature wasn't really the issue, it was the humidity. The poor boys were dripping. I tasted a zillion chilis and definitely had some favorites and some dislikes. (Things that win with me: multiple meats, lots of meat, some spice but not so much my mouth hurts. Things that I take points off for: lack of meat, lots of vegetables and beans, too watery, lack of spice to the point where it is more in the spaghetti sauce family, too much spice and makes my face hurt.)

After that, we headed towards my in-laws for my sister-in-law's birthday cookout. We stopped at the cupcake place in Reisterstown to grab a few and were thrilled to find out that it's their birthday! That means a free birthday cake cupcake! With a candle! Mike also got a pumpkin & I got chocolate peanut butter oreo chip. Yes. All those things in one cupcake. It was the best cupcake I've ever eaten.

Finally we came home and I can attempt to get some homework done because tomorrow's another fun day!

Day 254 - September 11

In preparation for the Ravens game tomorrow and friends coming over to hang out, Mike spent the day making chili.  It's like 20 ingredients!  The bowl is full of the random veggies that had to be diced, and in addition there is a pan with 2 pounds of ground beef and a pound of sausage that didn't make the picture.

My prediction is that I will eat 3 bites...Why can't chili just be meat marinating in the sauce? Why must this vegetable group infringe on a perfectly good meal? :)