2009 Chilli Cookoff

According to an old Southwestern American Indian legend it is said that the first recipe for chili con carne (peppers with meat) was put to paper in the 17th century by a beautiful nun, Sister Mary of Agreda of Spain. She was known to the Indians as "La Dama de Azul," the lady in blue. It is said that sister Mary wrote down the recipe for chili which called for venison or antelope meat, onions, tomatoes, and chile peppers. Copies of the recipe have never been found so all we have is the legend.

The first recorded recipe was reportably found by Everrette DeGolyer (1886-1956), a Dallas millionaire and a lover of chili, and it appears that the first chili mix may have been concocted around 1850 by Texan adventurers and cowboys as a staple for hard times when traveling to and in the California gold fields and around Texas. Needing hot grub, the trail cooks came up with a sort of stew. They pounded dried beef, fat, pepper, salt, and the chile peppers together. This amounted to a "chili brick" that could be boiled in pots along the trail. He believed that chili con carne began as the "pemmican of the Southwest." As for the name, DeGolyer said that chili should be called "chili a la Americano" because the term chili is generic in Mexico and simply means a hot pepper.

St. Andrew's 4th Annual Chili Cook-off was Saturday, February 7, 2009 at 6:30 p.m. in the Parish Hall. There were four competition categories: Best Original/Regular, Best Spicy, Best Most Unusual, and the Rector's Choice. There were over 20 chilis in the competition ranging from mild and friendly to fiery and assertive, none of which were made into bricks (thank heavens). We are pleased to announce that for the fourth year in a row all chili tasters survived!

The winners of the cookoff in each category were:

Best Original/Regular: 1st - Sean Bradberry, 2nd - Sabrina Miles, 3rd - Betty & John Hudson
Best Spicy: 1st - Lucy & Laurens Wright, 2nd - Brian Vincent, 3rd - Carol Ficklen
Best Most Unusual: 1st - Elizabeth Koerner, 2nd - Jill Brown, 3rd - Barbara & Michael Daniels
Rector's Choice: Betty & John Hudson

2009 Chili Cookoff According to an old Southwestern American Indian legend it is said that the first recipe for chili con carne (peppers with meat) was put to paper in the 17th century by a beautiful nun, Sister Mary of Agreda of Spain. She was known to the Indians as "La Dama de Azul," the lady in blue. It is said that sister Mary wrote down the recipe for chili which called for venison or antelope meat, onions, tomatoes, and chile peppers. Copies of the recipe have never been found so all we have is the legend. The first recorded recipe was reportably found by Everrette DeGolyer (1886-1956), a Dallas millionaire and a lover of chili, and it appears that the first chili mix may have been concocted around 1850 by Texan adventurers and cowboys as a staple for hard times when traveling to and in the California gold fields and around Texas. Needing hot grub, the trail cooks came up with a sort of stew. They pounded dried beef, fat, pepper, salt, and the chile peppers together. This amounted to a "chili brick" that could be boiled in pots along the trail. He believed that chili con carne began as the "pemmican of the Southwest." As for the name, DeGolyer said that chili should be called "chili a la Americano" because the term chili is generic in Mexico and simply means a hot pepper. St. Andrew's 4th Annual Chili Cook-off was Saturday, February 7, 2009 at 6:30 p.m. in the Parish Hall. There were four competition categories: Best Original/Regular, Best Spicy, Best Most Unusual, and the Rector's Choice. There were over 20 chilis in the competition ranging from mild and friendly to fiery and assertive, none of which were made into bricks (thank heavens). We are pleased to announce that for the fourth year in a row all chili tasters survived! The winners of the cookoff in each category were: Best Original/Regular: 1st - Sean Bradberry, 2nd - Sabrina Miles, 3rd - Betty & John Hudson Best Spicy: 1st - Lucy & Laurens Wright, 2nd - Brian Vincent, 3rd - Carol Ficklen Best Most Unusual: 1st - Elizabeth Koerner, 2nd - Jill Brown, 3rd - Barbara & Michael Daniels Rector's Choice: Betty & John Hudson