MONDAY - November 26, 2007

AVI Back 2 Backs

Thanksgiving on the River... Suprise, it was Windy! However, as usual Susie Baumberger and Fred Muierhead of AVI did their usual great job. The Rotary Literacy Project got over $400 to buy books from the People's Choice. Jim Maehl did his usual thing as Chief Judge, assisted by Steve Porter on Saturday. I did my thing assisted by the Lake Havasu Chili Society (Sharon Ayers, Marilou Corrao & Louise Dinneweth... Elaine Lloyd was smart enough not to show up in the wind, but Walt was there to Judge), and Val Gereghty. Bobbie Gaul & Willma Maehl scored People's Choice on Friday and Louise & Willma on Saturday. Ron Burt and Bob Dinneweth handled the Wrangling with everyone pitching in to help. EZ Rider was there taking pictures for an article and enjoyed judging so much that I invited them to Laughlin in January (I think Jim did too). And the winners were:

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Mojave Desert Regional (Friday)

People's Choice (Optional - 20 Contestants)

Chris Nicoll - Nicoll Law Chili

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Salsa (15 Contestants)

3rd Place - Chris Nicoll, CA

2nd Place - Al Henry, CO

1st Place - Jodi Wiseman, NV

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Verde (19 Contestants)

3rd Place - Bill Woodring, CA

2nd Place - Nancy Swenberger, AZ

1st Place - Karen Ray, CA

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Red Chili (33 Contestants)

4th Place - Bill Ray, CA

3rd Place - Mike Austin, CA

2nd Place - Dick Swenberger, AZ

1st Place - Jim Beaty, CA

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High Desert Robinson Regional (Saturday)

People's Choice (Optional - 14 Contestants)

Mike Hulka, Beehive Chili)

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Salsa (11 Contestants)

3rd Place - Charlie Ward, ID

2nd Place - Al Henry, CO

1st Place - Bob Wiseman, NV

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Verde (17 Contestants)

3rd Place - Bill Woodring, CA

2nd Place - Dick Swenberger, AZ

1st Place - Nancy Swenberger, AZ

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Red Chili (26 Contestants)

4th Place - Bill Ray, CA

3rd Place - Nancy Swenberger, AZ

2nd Place - Kathy Plager, CO

.1st Place - Bob Dyer, CA

Congratulations to all the winners. At least 2 of them can use the money to repair and replace canopies destroyed by wind. And a special thanks to all the volunteers who weathered the wind to come out and support the cookoff with hopes of no more than a heart felt Thank you.

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The spring cookoffs at AVI will not be held on Easter weekend this year as Easter is in March this year and we will be in Cal City for the Desert Rat Regional. They will be held April 5 & 6. The site will be moved back up by the casino to provide more protection from the wind. They are working on special rates for the jacuzzi suites for cooks and volunteers. Don't know if I will have those in time to put on the flyers that will be available at Laughlin, but the casino rate code will be Chili08.

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Thanks again to everyone. It was a great weekend.

Donnie

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Can someone Help

Hi i have just made a whole batch of SWEET chilli sauce for bottling for friends for Xmas, and got to many chillies in it. Can you tell me how I can tone it down please and still retain its thickness and still give it some shelf life when bottled
Oh by the way the base is maple syrup
Many thanks

Keith& Carolyn Balmer

keith@balmeruk.com

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