What is/was for dinner?

[splifingate]

Chili-Cookoff, tmrw.

Chef-sampled many times...

Dinner is leftover fried-chkn from PBlx 🤷‍♂️

 

[BotchQue]

Chili-Cookoff, tmrw.

Chef-sampled many times...

I've entered several chili cookoffs over the years, and every time, every single time, some &$^%#!! would cut me off on the road badly or run a stop sign, causing me to slam on the brakes, and the passenger footwell of most cars I've owned would get a gallon of chili spread evenly onto the carpet. Every single time! (except for this last one):

My last office was raising money for the annual Xmas party, chili cookoff (not judged, just sell as many bowls as you can at $5 apiece). I had a new slo-cooker with a rubber-gasket lid, which also locked on. I wrapped it in rags and had only a ten-minute commute, took a chance. Made my delish brisket chili, over two days (smoking the brisket and then stewing overnight), about $45 worth of ingredients. At the end of the luncheon I wandered down to the staff room, and it looked like I'd sold two bowls; $10 for the Xmas party. Whee.
End of the work day, I found out all the cookers had been unplugged and left in the hall, my 3/4-full pot of chili was room temp and I didn't dare eat any more of it. And my serving spoon "disappeared". $50 expense to raise $10 for a Xmas party (that I didn't even go to).

The next year when I got asked to make my "fantastic chili" for the next party, I handed the bubbly HR chick a $10 and told her to get out of my cubicle, I had important PowerPointless work to do.

I still love chili. But never, ever again...

 

[Certificate of Excellence]

I've entered several chili cookoffs over the years, and every time, every single time, some &$^%#!! would cut me off on the road badly or run a stop sign, causing me to slam on the brakes, and the passenger footwell of most cars I've owned would get a gallon of chili spread evenly onto the carpet. Every single time! (except for this last one):

My last office was raising money for the annual Xmas party, chili cookoff (not judged, just sell as many bowls as you can at $5 apiece). I had a new slo-cooker with a rubber-gasket lid, which also locked on. I wrapped it in rags and had only a ten-minute commute, took a chance. Made my delish brisket chili, over two days (smoking the brisket and then stewing overnight), about $45 worth of ingredients. At the end of the luncheon I wandered down to the staff room, and it looked like I'd sold two bowls; $10 for the Xmas party. Whee.
End of the work day, I found out all the cookers had been unplugged and left in the hall, my 3/4-full pot of chili was room temp and I didn't dare eat any more of it. And my serving spoon "disappeared". $50 expense to raise $10 for a Xmas party (that I didn't even go to).

The next year when I got asked to make my "fantastic chili" for the next party, I handed the bubbly HR chick a $10 and told her to get out of my cubicle, I had important PowerPointless work to do.

I still love chili. But never, ever again...

Man that was such a waste. What would possess someone to unplug all the slow cookers? - so thoughtless. I love all sorts of chilis but a smoked brisket chili would have had me hook, bait, and sinker.

 

[Certificate of Excellence]

Chili-Cookoff, tmrw.

Chef-sampled many times...

Dinner is leftover fried-chkn from PBlx 🤷‍♂️

Good luck! May you & your chili take the blue ribbon!

 

[Letlie]

Dinner last night was shrimp and pork egg foo young, crab rangoon and some beef and broccoli from our favorite Chinese place in town. I offered to throw together some kimchi fried rice and dumplings, but my fridge was not stocked for what my wife was craving, so I flew. This place is only about 10 minutes from our house, so quite convenient and absolutely delicious.

Very tasty & I didn't have to cook. Oh yeah and I have leftovers too (my fav)

Hi there! Hope it’s not too forward to ask, but… are you Chinese? No other meaning at all — don’t get me wrong, I’m asking in a friendly way, Haha. It just feels like you really enjoy Chinese food. I’m the same — I love those layered, mixed flavors.
Leftovers definitely have their own charm. Some dishes taste like the flavors are only on the surface when they’re freshly made, but by the next meal the leftovers somehow become way more flavorful — so good!
Even though every health channel keeps warning us about nitrites in leftovers, I feel like eating them once in a while is totally fine, haha.