Hi Dave,

de gallo, really) competition. The hung around to see the free
grandstand show that evening. Three Dog Night was playing - with all
but one of its orifinal musicians ... and the one not there was
pushing up daisies instead of touring - mostly because he got his
lunch in a traffic mishap.

Must have been fun to see the show. I would enjoy a Peter, Paul and
Mary concert but it's down to a duo now. Saw an interview with Paul on
PBS 5 years ago when I was recouperating from the knee surgery--quite interesting. He was to have a concert in Durham that night but there
was no way we could have gone.

I was there with my boss - who kept complaining "That's not the way it sounded on the record." And I had to keep reminding him that "This is LIVE. No post-production enhancements or edits." Bv)= Still, I
enjoyed the show. And the price was right - free.

Some people are happiest when they have something to complain about, no
matter how petty.

Here's that chilli recipe and I'm going away.

Title: 1975 ICS World Championship Winning Chilli
Categories: Five, Beef, Vegetables, Chilies, Stews
Yield: 3 Servings

1 lb Ground beef
1 oz Pkg Chilli Man Chilli Mix *
8 oz Can Hunts tomato sauce
ds Tabasco sauce

Brown ground beef in heavy skillet. Stir in contents of
chilli mix and add tomato sauce. Simmer for 1 hour and add
Tabasco.

* Joe DeFrates originally developed the Chilli Man Mix
(the Illinois spelling of Chilli) and sold it, packaged,
under that name from the 1950s until he sold the recipe to
the Milnot Co. of Litchfield, IL, in the 1970s. It is
available today in most midwestern states under the
original name. The actual ingredients of the chilli mix are
not available.

I've not seen it but we've not usually done any grocery shopping in the midwest. We're usually well stocked, either just on our way out west or within a couple of days of getting home and eating down the pantry & fridge.

Chilli Man used to be sold out east. When I was trucking I hauled more than one semi-load to grocer warehouses including Winn-Dixie and
Malone & Hyde.

A FURTHER NOTE: You can believe that this is the actual
recipe if you like. But, no chilli cook *ever* gives out
the exact recipe that he used. And the original chilli
spice mix that Joe probably did use is no longer
available - so, use Gebhardt or Mexene or whatever your
favourite is. - UDD

I usually don't use a mix--do my own mix of whatever peppers I have on hand plus onions, meat and tomato whatevers.

I use Baron's 5640 mix whichj I buy from a local restaurant supply. I
tart it up with additional cumin, garlic, chilies, etc. But it's a
nice starting spot.

I rarely buy mixes for anything like that. Usually do my own home made
for a lot of things, just tastes better to us in the long run.

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Re: Road Tripping [1]
By: Ruth Haffly to Dave Drum on Mon Sep 30 2024 14:20:46

Some people are happiest when they have something to complain about, no matter how petty.

"I need my problems to distract me from my other problems."
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Hi Ben,

Re: Road Tripping [1]
By: Ruth Haffly to Dave Drum on Mon Sep 30 2024 14:20:46

Some people are happiest when they have something to complain about, no matter how petty.

"I need my problems to distract me from my other problems."

Seems that's the way things go sometimes.

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Hi Dave,

I understand that an entire town was wiped from existence. As the old
TV advert once said, "It's not nice to fool with Mother Nature.

You're probably thinking of Chimney Rock, the most well known of the touristy towns in that area. Sadly, a number of smaller towns, homes, roads, etc have been wiped out; the known death toll is about 45, with more to be added. I-26 and !-40 (east of Asheville) have reopened for evacuees and help coming in but a lot of the smaller roads are still impassible, as is I-40, especially near the Tennesee line. We made it
out with a few hours to spare. Overhead highway signs were warning that any vehicles left on the shoulders after 4pm would be towed; these
warning continued some distance east of Asheville but had stopped
before Greensboro, where we stopped for the night.

No, it wasn't Chimney Rock. I think that was the "Dirty Dancing" town, IIRC. It was another whose name I have senior momented. I'd have known Chimney Rock. Whatecer, it's a mess.

Lake Lure was the "Dirty Dancing" lake/town, stand in for the Catskills.
The dam in that area was (that) far from giving out; it didn't but there
was a lot of debris in the lake from upstream. That area is going to
take years to recover.

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MMMMM--------------------------COATING-------------------------------
1 lb Good quality semi-sweet
- chocolate; chopped
1 ts Peppermint extract; to
- taste

I'd use half vanilla, half peppermint extract in the cookie part to
ramp up the mint taste. (G)

Good idea. Here's a sconme recipe that just fell into my clutches and looks line biscuits. These may just jump onto my "round tuit" list.

Title: Potato Pete's Potato Scones
Categories: Breads, Potatoes, Vegetables, Chocolate
Yield: 6 servings

Now those do look more like scones, tho scones usually don't have
filling. Clotted cream or jam arre the traditional British toppings.


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Ruth
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