So first off let me explain the title. I am not going to explain it, just sort of tell you about it. Well not really tell you about it, just sort of explain why it is so long. It is not really long as far as I am concerned, but some people might think so and that is why I am telling you about it. However since I completely forgot about why I was writing this and I have always been told that I might be a sandwich or two short of picnic I just figured I would let you read all this and then get on with the really good stuff.
So here we are "TOGETHER AGAIN," is there a song by that name????? Of course a song by any other name is still a song and that is all the wisdom you are getting out of this mess today because now I have had some coffee and I am only one sandwich short of a picnic!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
And so it is time to PRESS AHEAD and how you do that is to take your right hand or your left or both if you are ambidextrous [NOW HOW IS THAT FOR A WORD??????] and since I have no idea what it means, but I was told it means you can use both hands??????? so class take one hand or two and put them on your forehead and press gently and begin reading...........
ISN'T THIS FUN????????????? AS I AM SITTING HERE WRITING THIS I AM THINKING THAT PEOPLE ARE ACTUALLY GOING TO READ THIS??????? AND HOW MANY WILL ACTUALLY "press ahead"?????????
OK, enough of this BLATHER, (I can hardly wait for spell check on this mess)!!!!!!!!!
So as is fairly obvious from the title I either am, was, or still may be or will be in Grants Pass. That would be in Oregon for those of you who are GEOGRAPHICALLY CHALLENGED!!!!!!!!!!! and that is where the CHILI COOKOFF was!!!!!!!! Pretty simple, HUH, Grants Pass and Chili Cookoff sorta like word association, but that is a story for another time. Just trying to get this one written has turned into a shorter version of "GONE WITH THE WIND"!!!!
So back to the subject at hand which if I wasn't reading what I was writing I would probably forget!!!!!!!
Saturday, Sept. 12 turned out to be a perfect day to go get a really serious case of heartburn!!!!!!!!! The temperature was in the low 80's and the chili I would rank anywhere from shuttle misfire, meaning no heat, to liftoff(well you get the idea)!!!!!!!!!!!
The cookoff started at 11 in the morning and by noon we were looking at finding the beer garden or a rather large water tank or just going and jumping in the river since it was right where we were. Some of the chili tasted good and some should not have been there at all. There was one booth which I took a picture of (see attached) that made Hawaiian chili with pineapple, peppers, and apples along with some sort of meat which I did not bother to ask about that was spicy and slightly hot, but REALLY GOOD!!!!!!!
There were the usual sunspot chili's, but we found one chili called CHICKEN CHILI which was another really good one. There was also a CHEF-BOY-R-DEE which I actually was looking for the spaghetti O's that were not there. But I definitely recognized the taste. Then there was the CREAM OF CHICKEN chili which tasted just like MAMA'S Cream of Chicken Soup!!!!!!!!!!!!! for those of you familiar with chili cookoff's and for those of you chili cookoff challenged, I was surprised to find out that there was no THROWDOWN CHILI and for you boys and girls who have no idea what that means, your assignment is to FIND OUT!!!!!!!!!!
I keep saying we so I suppose I ought to explain that there were three of us. Two HOPELESS PEOPLE, not to be confused with HOMELESS. As you can see from the pictures they were two pretty motley looking people, but I took pity on them and we all went to heartburn city and sampled and consulted and insulted, which resulted in us voting for our favorite chili. Just as a footnote, the winner received a $1500.00 first prize!!!!! We have no idea who won since our presents was not required to announce the winner.
All in all the chili tasting tour was a rousing success by any standard of measurement. They also had a barbecue cookoff, but unfortunately by the time the cooking was done and the tasting began we had consumed enough chili so that barbecue was out of the question, however there was room for some consumption of that FROTHY MIXTURE called ALE or MEAD in medieval times, but called BEER now, so after a short detour to AT&T to get a new SIM card for my phone, (I THROUGH THAT IN THERE JUST TO TAKE UP SOME SPACE {;-) We jumped back into Blue Boy and headed on down the trail to Joe's Bar and Grill. No, I am not making this up, it is really called that. I figured I might get a message from the bottle there?????? but even though I found a couple of bottles, I received no messages, however the contents were good so I will keep looking!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
So at Joe's Bar and Grill, we proceeded to order and consume enough of that miracle wonder drug that cures heartburn and at the same time met Sasha, the bartender?????, bartendress???? I am trying to be politically correct here??????? Sasha was both entreating and good at her job {see the pictures), so after a pair for each it was time to head back to the Sanford and Son Campground and do some barbecuing of our own!!!!!!!!!!! which was a good way to cap off the day, the heartburn was gone, the thirst quenchers were good and the barbecue at the CHATEAU TO GO was superb and second to none!!!!!!!!!!!!
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