This year we will be at the Panola Mountain State Park in the Cart Barn
back at the old golf course. Come out and join us for a fun
afternoon of Food and Storytelling!! Hopefully all of the perennial
favorites will come out along with some newbies to give them a
great challenge!
The GGA February 2012 Meeting will be held on Saturday February
11th from 2:00 PM until 4:00 PM at the Panola Mountain State Park -
$5 parking fee.
Break out your recipes and/or appetites and come hungry for the
Chili Cook Off!
1st Place Traditional 2011
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2nd Place Traditional 2011
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3rd Place Traditional 2011 |
1st Place Non-Traditional 2011 |
Best Presentation 2011
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The Great Trophies!! |
You do not need
to bring chili to attend, but, the more the merrier!
If you choose to compete please bring your best chili effort to
the meeting and share your culinary talents. The judges have been
primed and bribed, err, we mean prepared and the chili will be
tasty! Of course your entry will be judged for the opportunity to
take the ‘GOLD’.
If you are competing please bring your chili ready to eat, or
close to it. Contestants will need to bring a chili serving
utensil. Bowls, eating utensils, cheese and saltine crackers will
be provided. Electrical outlets will be provided for chili pots.
Entrants are asked to check in early so that they can be given an
entry code to protect their identity. Chili check in will start at
1:45 pm and end at 2:15 pm. The judges will NOT know who brought
what entry, they will be isolated during the check in process.
Entrants will be provided with a small card to list any unique
ingredients. Ingredients such as, but not limited to: peanuts,
chocolate, shellfish, seafood, honey, MSG, etc. This is for the
safety of those with specific food allergies.
We will again be having a Non-Traditional Chili Catagory. This
will be chili's that are not traditional red. Traditional red chili
is defined as any combination of meats,cooked with red chili
peppers, various spices and other ingredients. Some ideas for
alternative chili are white, vegetarian, verde or anything you can
think of. If a contestant bringing an alternative chili would
prefer to compete in the traditional category that is allowed. A
traditional chili as described above many not compete in the
alternative category.
There will be a category voted on by all attendees:- - BEST
PRESENTATION - -
Please arrive early enough to have your presentation area ready
no later 2:15 pm. The attendees will be allowed to start voting at
that time. If your presentation needs electricity please bring an
extension cord or power bar.
Click here for ChiliCook
Off Information For Contestants.
We are expecting all kinds of Chili, so there should be
something for everyone. So bring your appetite and join us for a
fun, tasty, and informative time.
For all the attendees, you can sample the chili and you get to
vote for the Best Presentation Award.
Here are some pictures from
the 2009 event and
the 2011 event.
Please see our GGA web site at: www.ggaonline.org.
You can also join our forum discussion at: http://ggaonline.org/groupee
For information about past GGA Events please click
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caches.
We hope to see you there!!!