Hi Dave,


 DD> Our other major fund raiser food event is the chilli supper. I don't
 DD> know how many thousands of gallons of red chilli my friend Les cooked
 DD> for the chilli suppers over the years. But with his passing I suspect
 DD> that unless someone else steps up that will dwindle.

 RH> Most likely will, unfortunatly. But, for as long as it lasts, those
 RH> who knew him will keep his memory alive.

 DD> I'm sure some will try to "step up" but it will be tough as they don't
 DD> have the assortment of huge pots that Les used.  Many of them were
 DD> large, repurposed aluminum pressure canneers. Like this 10+ gallon one
 DD> -

 DD> https://tinyurl.com/CHILLI-POT

 DD> He had three like that and some smaller - but not much smaller ones.
 DD> Sara will likely donate them to Habitat for Humanity.

No chance she would donate one to you? I've got a 12 qt Revere Ware
stainless steel that we bought out in in AZ and a 24 qt boiling water
bath canner but even the latter is a couple of gallons short of 10.
Don't know which daughter will lay claim to them eventually.


 DD> I'm not a fan of chocolate chimp pancakes either. But many are or they
 DD> wouldn't be on offer in so many places. The maple syrup woulds be a no
 DD> go for me. But, that's just me and my dislike of maple anything except
 DD> furniture.  Bv)=

 DD> My favourite sweet toppings for pancakes/waffles are jams, jellies,
 DD> fresh fruit, preserves or honey.

 RH> i like those as well, but having been raised on nothing but real maple
 RH> syrup, it still ranks #1 for a topping in my book.

 DD> We had real maple sirup (that's the way the maker splled it) from
 DD> Funk's Grove - just up the road from here.

My parents knew several farmers who had sugar bushes. Then also, when he
was in high school, for a few years my younger brother tapped some of
the maple trees around our/our neighbor's (with his OK) property. First
year or 2 mom boiled it down on the kitchen stove, then my brother got
enough sap that dad took it outside to the gas grill. That came to a
fast end when something (probably adding sap),spilled and caught fire.
Dad put it out fast but the local fire department was also called in as
a back up. Next year my brother was off to college and my parents went
back to buying syrup.


 DD> I still didn't care for it from the start, preferring another locally
 DD> made sweetener - sorghum m olasses.

Don't see too much of that around here.

 DD> Here's the recipe that Les used for the chilli suppers. I knopw I've
 DD> posted it before but I'm feeling nostalgic.


 DD>       Title: Chilli Supper: The Recipe
 DD>  Categories: Stews, Chilies, Beef, Poultry
 DD>       Yield: 32 Servings

 RH> You will have those feelings for quite a while. Make up a batch of his
 RH> chili and take it to a homeless shelter or soup kitchen; that'll help
 RH> them out and you'll feel better for it.

 DD> Strangely enough that's where the leftover chilli from a chilli supper
 DD> always went. Either St. Jhn's Breadline or 8th Street Mission.  Bv)=

Both sound like places that would appreciate a donation like that. When
our older daughter got married, we donated the left overs from the
reception to a local women's shelter. A friend took it over, later told
me that she was told by the director that it was the best donation
they'd had in quite some time.

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Catch you later,
Ruth
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