DESERT RAT REGIONAL - MARCH 26, 2011
It is approaching that time of year again when spring is getting ready to manifest itself in all its glory. The American Legion will once again be hosting the Desert Rat Regional Chili Cookoff in beautiful California City on 3/26/2011. You will have the honor of being in the presence of Him in Charge, Dirty Ole Phil (a very interesting and dynamic personality bubbling over with enthusiasm and anesthetic with alacrity). California City, located in the high desert north east of Los Angeles, is a place that John Wayne never thought about visiting and a place where Chuck Yeager flew over on his way to visit the sound barrier. Cal City has blue skies and clean recycled air from LA where you might see a U2 aircraft, a space shuttle or even a tired old DC 3. It is a place where even Bob Wiseman might hallucinate about a rattler on the old Spanish Trail (a rattler is British terminology for a freight train). Dirty Ole Phil has once again provided breakfast for his cooks and judges (the first 50 in attendance) - yummy! The prize money is nothing to sneeze at - $500 - $300 - $100 for both red and green chilies, salsa $100. We are expecting a big contingency of RVs this year as there is plenty of room for dry camping on clean dirt. If you are planning to attend in your RV please notify me or Dirty Ole Phil . Willma Maehl will be keeping an eye on me and is chief tortilla slicer. There will be music provided by disk jockey Randy playing your favorite tunes. The emcee for the day is the unmistakable Mike (ughlee) Austin to keep everything rolling along on time and smoothly.
STEW CHALLENGE
It has been requested again & again to have a “Bragging Rights” Dutch Oven (the heavy black iron pot) Stew Challenge on the Friday March 25, before the Desert Rat Regional the following day. The rules will be very simple, must be cooked in cast-iron pot using charcoal or campfire (no propane type stoves) and ready for judging at 1800 (6 p.m.) Friday night. Judges will be picked on the spot or before. Dazzling Donnie will handle the scorekeeping. The stew will be judged only on taste. Please let Phil know if you intend to cook stew. Besides bragging rights we will have some useful prizes. A $15 entry fee will be required for expenses and bribes, with remaining monies returned as prize money. A minimum of five cooks are needed. So please sign-up to cook as this will be my dinner Friday night and nobody wants to see Capt. Jim waste away to a ton. (A US ton is 2000 pounds WOW!)
Him in charge Dirty Ole Phil Phil.Morosky@verizon.com
Chief Scorekeeper Donnie Gordon & Supreme Scorekeeper of Stewdom
Chief Judge Capt. Jim Maehl & Supreme Judge of Stewdom
By Capt. Jim
