The Results are in...We're Twelve
Howdy there Ladies!
I could go on and on and on about how fun it was to meet so many of you face-to-face. For those who were not at the Siesta Fiesta, please trust me when I say that we have the best and most diverse blogging community you can even imagine. Truly.
I have been obsessing over two things this week: 1) Lit- the upcoming Bible Intro course (TOTAL OBSESSION) and, 2) Colin’s company-wide Chili Cook-Off. I have always loved chili-cook-offs. So, I’ve spent most of the week slaving in the kitchen, trying desperately to come up with the “perfect” chili recipe. Well, after hours of anxiety this morning, I have just been informed by my husband that the official results are in.
Our chili, chili number 8, placed third.
I hate third place. No, I loathe third place. Third place is a euphemism for the cold, hard, truth. Our chili was simply the very worst of the best. To use biblical language, our chili was metaphorically a “lukewarm” chili. And nobody likes a lukewarm anything. Not even Jesus, according to a very allegorical & fanciful interpretation of Revelation 3:16.
This was word-for-word the very mature text-message conversation that Colin and I had about an hour ago:
Colin: 3rd place babe!!! People are like, “What’s in that!!!? That’s awesome!”
Melissa: 3rd Place is the worst.
Colin: Not it’s not. 8th is! The Judges didn’t even taste it with the onion, cilantro, or sour cream, babe.
Melissa: Who won then?
Colin: Paul, Chris, Us.
Melissa: Silence. (Didn’t feel like texting back...two MEN won!!!)
Colin: It’s gone! Everyone thinks our chili is the best! There were only like 5 judges. Our chili is the one that's disappearing the fastest! The real test is which crockpot has the least left at the end!
Melissa: Silence. (Still don’t feel like texting back)
Colin: Everyone keeps saying they love the chili. For real, babe. It’s gone. People here want the recipe.
Melissa: I refuse to duplicate a recipe for a third-place and third-rate chili.
We’re like twelve-year olds, and playing house. This really is dangerous, folks. And babe, if you're reading out there, I hate to break it to you, but it's a mean world, for the judges' decision was the only one that carried any weight.
Love,
An Ex-Chili-Cook-Off Lover
P.S. Colin just called and assured me that the decision was “rigged” and that ours was the best. Oh, and apparently we won a ribbon. A RIBBON. Seriously.
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posted by Melissa @ 12:17 PM
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179 Comments:
Congratulations! Have you tried Chili with Cream Cheese in it?
Now I think I want to make some chili. I sprouted my beans b/4 cooking and didn't have a gas problem after eating them.
Praise the LORD!
Thanks for all the Prayers for my son Bryan. I had emailed TBN months ago. I had told them I hadn't listened to TBN for awhile an turned it on the night b/4 I got my son's call about the cancer. The words I heard when I turned to TBN was Don't worry when you hear bad news. The next day my son called about the cancer.
This is an email I recieved from ddil this morning. Some of the words might be Swedish. But most of it is written in English. He can't have visitors for 24hrs.
Hi All.
I dont know much yet, but I called the hospital and the place where Bryan will be during his stay there, she could tell
me that he was not back up om his room yet, but they had told her that the op was sucsessfull and they did not find any
other tumors in there, it looked like they thought it would and they got i all out.
Ops, she called me now again, he has been awake and he got no pains! They epidural is doing it´s job. He felt nausia
when he woke up, but he got pills for it and got better. He is sleeping at the moment. They would tell him to call me when
he wakes up.
I will get back to you when I know more.
Love to you all!
Hi Melissa,
I love it !
really i do, the honest re-cap of the chili cook off. 3rd is not so great. I agree. I wouldn't want to be the worst of the best either. keep it real with the message and the food.
Deirdre
Oh Melissa I can top that. I myself an ex lover of the chili cook off. Until that fateful year when a MAN came in FIRST after stealing MY recipe, I DID NOT EVEN PLACE!!!!!
Melissa,
I'm sure your chili was the best. I like to make it with venison.
I have a question about the conference last weekend. (Maybe this will distract your mind from the chili.) I think your mom mention you told her about a Christian woman from California who was in the Olympics. What was her name?
Thanks!
Engrafted by HIS Grace-
Shonda
I am laughing. 3rd is not the worst!! Y'all are really funny people.
wendy-mom of eleven
Oh, my dear! Melissa, I'm so sorry! I feel your pain. Well, not as a cook since I don't esp. like that word but I think third place should just be dropped from the board altogether. First and second do well- there's a winner and a loser...okay, that's a little harsh and not entirely true. Let me stop my crazy fingers after advising a little more obsessing over "Lit"- that's where the Fire is cooking all by Itself! It's the First and the Last and everything in between. Let it consume you, sweetie. That's where your heart's really at anyway.
Love you!
okay then would you really want to switch priorities? just this once?
LIT=TOTAL OBSESSION and earned the first place ribbon so how could chilli #8 earning the #2 position by yourself expect to surpass the TOTAL OBSESSION???? A#3 Ribbon is superchillicious!!!!! because it keeps your TOTAL OBSESSION in the right place.....Father knows BEST...yes he does!!!! (i love your stories from the playhouse!!!!)
Oh Melissa, you are so funny!
Twelve and playing house-- I love that!
I still would like the recipe! I love, love white chicken chili on a cold day or any type of chili for that matter. Today would not be the day to make it...it is supposed to reach 108 degrees.
Your story and the way it was written just tickled me and brought a smile to my face! I love it, and what an encourager your man is...he tried so hard to convince you your chili was the best. I still think you should post your recipe; I bet it's really good! Happy Thursday to you!
Oh Melissa I just truly LOVE you... I laughed so hard (but not AT you... just feeling your pain) at the way you wrote your post... Now I want some chili girlfriend...
HAHAHA! Melissa, you are too funny! If I were as talented in the kitchen as you, I would also be a little upset.
Can't wait for LIT!!!!
You are hilarious! Surely you are not serious... Congrats on beating out the other 5. I think I will go pull out my "half full" T-shirt that I bought in San Antonio!
BTW, I am a little concerned about what this word verication thing is spelling out here!
You are too funny! All that matters is that your hubby thinks it's #1. I'm sure it was rigged anyway!
Yes, Melissa,
third is a bit stinky but how sweet that your fella worked so hard to pump you up despite the loss...building you up like that after the fact, he's a keeper!
Tammy
Totally with you on this one, Melissa. If you're not the winner, you're the loser.
My husband and I couldn't play Scrabble for about 3 years because of "the fight". :)
Why not just throw the recipe up here on the blog and let us siestas decide if it's third place chili or not! I LOVE chili and now that you've posted this entry, I have some serious chili cravings on the brain!
You are too funny! I am sure it was rigged!
Is LIT going to be a study just at your Church or will it be something all us bloggers can partipate in as well?
Melissa, you are to much!! I guess coming in late pays off, cause I found out from the end of your comments that it was "rigged".
I do believe that is called "cheating". "Fixing".....
Boo on them!! I'll bet your chili was the absolute BEST!! And what your hubby said is true....the empty pot tells it all!!
Blessings from the Bible Bunny in No MI
CONGRATS, for winning "worst of the best" (that cracked me up), so wise with words you Moore women! I'd love the recipe, I think you should frame that ribbon so that when you win 1st place, you can look back and laugh! I'm sure yours was the best :)
Here's what I need to know, beans or no beans?
Also, I sense a chili conspiracy.
ATL don't know nothin' 'bout makin' no chili! Go make yourself a blue ribbon with a #1 on it and keep cookin', siesta!
Sam*
Bigmama- don't make me admit that I put black-beans in the chili. There really is an unwritten rule for Texans that there must never be beans in chili. BUT, since I am a very confused Peach/LoneStar hybrid these days, I thought black-beans were a nice fusion. NO kidney beans for me.
Melissa you crack me up. I would have felt the exact same way if it had been my chili! God uses these circumstances to make me laugh at myself and to take me down a peg or two!
Keep it up Siesta! Jesus will love our chili the best!
Esther
Hurst, TX
I agree with the others. You have a keeper in Colin. What an encourager!
It was an absolute blast to see you, Amanda and Beth in action at the Q & A session of the Siesta Fiesta. It was apparent that there was never a dull moment in the Moore household.
Thank you all for being real. I just love you and your family!
I'm serious, no little lie here! You made me laugh out loud!
Who wants the bronze medal! Seriously! :)
Your my kinda girl, first...maybe second...or NOTHIN"!
Melissa,
I adore you. Your honest recap made me crack up! I remember being a newlywed, and I think "12 and playing house" is a great description. How about you post the recipe for us to try?
Also, please post some of those wedding pictures that yellow stripe asked you for on Saturday.
CRACKING UP!
Girl I so feel your pain. I appreciate your candidness. You have to love your husbands attempt at excitement over the "ribbon." O so funny!
Hi Melissa! I think we all need the recipe!! The recipes you shared with us from NOG were YUMMY!!!! And, I'm so sorry to say that us mid-westerners (is that a word) put kidney beans in our chili! :) I know it's appalling to you Texans!!! Have a great day!
Hey! Third place is great! I am an eternal optimist so please excuse my cheeryness:)and, the fact that I don't think I spelled cheeryness right, but I don't feel like looking it up.
Seriously, I wish I could have some of that chili, that sounds good. I never thought of putting cilantro in my chili, interesting, I'll have to try that:)
LOL!!!
Oh Melissa,
I am sure your chili was the best and the judges were obviously respector of persons or should I say chili?!! I am a competitive person and I would loathe 3rd place. :))
After all, if your chili disappeared 1st, the odds are that your chili was the best and you need the blue ribbon but after the lesson last weekend you don't need man's affirmation, you know who won. LOL!!!!
On a serious note, I prayed for you this morning for the Lit class and what God would have you teach.
Love,
Patty
Colin is absolutely RIGHT -- it was SO rigged!! You know that Mrs. Paul and Mrs. Chris were the judges, right? Or that Paul and Chris were the judges' supervisors? Somethin' is definitely up...
Melissa ,
there was the one year when I did when 3rd in our churches chili cook-off! On the ride home I turned to my husband and my 3 precious ( looking to there Mama to raise them right) daughters and vowed with fire in my eyes " I will never take 3rd in a chili cook-off again" . My husband consoled " Honey , it's ok" and I snarled back "oh no it's not" . Next year I sat as the annoucement was made that indeed, My "fire in the hole" chili had won first place . I proudly walked up on the stage and recieved my wooden spoon with the words" first place" ,written w/ a sharpie, no less!
Persevere! Let this 3rd place take you higher , there will be another cook-off!
The Lord is still working on my pride !
Molly in Columbia, sc
Well just throw your bronze medal on the ground then...
Seriously, I'm laughing really hard right now.
And... who does a chili cook off in AUGUST. Chili is for October. No wonder they couldn't tell the greatness that I'm sure your chili was... it was too dang HOT outside.
Melissa, you sound like one competitive gal :) You're right up my alley! :)
Way More Homemade,
You are so right about throwing a chili cook-off in August. I think they may have been welcoming the glimpses of Fall, at least that is what I thought yesterday when I still had hope for the grand prize. Now that I am third place winner, I am totally with you...dumb idea.
-Melissa
Ok girlfriend, I totally had your back till I read that you think beans in chili are wrong.
Now I just feel all perplexed and weird.
Oh Melissa...I am laughing so hard right now...You and Colin are hilarious....wonderful married couple. Yeah what's up with a chili cook off in August???? People need to get real. I mean hello.....
I really needed a good laugh...thank you Melissa and Colin.
God Bless,
from a GA Peach
I'm with Way More Homemade - honestly, it's just flat out too hot for chili!!! Lis - do you remember my very first orange pineapple cake story?!! Two months married, and my man signs me up for a cake contest at his company picnic - in the middle of summer. outdoors!!! Made the cake, and totally did NOT know it had to be refrigerated!!! It was a total mess by the time the "judging" came to pass - I was humiliated. Obviously, I got right back in the kitchen, though. You will enjoy this chili story years from now......I love you much. n.
Dear Melissa,
People from Georgia DO NOT know a "thang" about chili!! You won fair and square merely from the fact that you are a TEXAN!!! They were just prejudice (and jealous!). Actually, all they really wanted was for someone to provide free lunch for the office!
One time we had a chili cook-off at our church. I got THE BEST chili recipe ever and slaved for 3 days! I cut up the sirloin steak into 1/2" cubes. It was painful and tedious. It was alot of meat, a lot of preparation and a lot of work. Dummy me burned the stuff while cooking it on site. I was soooooooooooooo upset!! I tried putting potatoes in the pot to take away the burned taste. It didn't work. Go figure. My team insisted that I still enter it in the contest because we had all worked so hard and diligently. Man am I ever glad I did. I got my number, entered our dish, and put it with the other tasty and tantalizing bowls of pure Texas porridge.
The next thing I did was what made it all worthwhile... I got my video camera! I watched as the judges took their turn and their time tasting each entry and making their marks on the scorecards. When they got to mine, boy was it all worth it!! I never saw such horrified looks in all my life!! A poker face they did not have!!! They showed their utter disgust with every bite. I was laughing so hard I accidentally peed a little bit! It was the funniest thing I ever saw. I am so glad I still have that video. The best part about it is that nobody else knew which bowl was mine!!! HA HA HA HA HA HA!!! (sinister laugh)
Don't be sad about third place. With all of your Bible Study background and knowledge, you should know by now that 3 is a perfect number - and a number of completion. 'Nuff said!
Keep cookin' my Rachael, Paula, Martha friend!
WE ARE NOT COMPETITIVE PEOPLE OR ANYTHING? Reminds me of the time I talked so much smack about go kart racing that I got pounded my (cute) shoes flew to another track and I almost had to get airlifted out of the track. I won't even let my 7 and 8 year old nieces and nephews win at connect four. I know what you all are thinking. I even smoke them on bike races. You should see this almost 30 year old moron leaving her nieces and nephews in the dust. Even at connect four I tell them they need to learn to think and strategies for themselves...this is a doggy dog world. LOL!! I need to spend more time meditating on Phil 2!!!
bummer...and really, one cook to another, it really does some it up, huh? Just like the speeding ticket I got today - my first one...bummer! I think I'll go eat some ice cream or something...
Melissa,
You are one, funny, young lady! What a gift you have for writing....telling stories. I look forward one day to seeing a book that has been written by you! But for the time being, keep trying with that chili, Miss Georgia Peach! You will get that "First Prize Ribbon"...or whatever they give!
I always loathed the Honorable Mention award. I won an Honorable Mention ribbon at an art fair when I was in the 4th grade. I remember thinking the award meant I was better than first... after all the ribbon was gold not blue! I knew they gave Gold medals in the Olympics. Imagine a broken hearted fourth grader when I realized I was one of many that received Honorable Mention. I guess my artwork was worthy to be mentioned! Ha Ha!
I also remember a chili/soup cookoff at church a few years ago. I made a wonderful "homemade" cheddar corn chowder and a gal who NEVER, I mean never cooks beat me - with frozen, store bought onions in her soup. I had used my santuko knife to chop my onions - just the way Martha Stewart taught me! ;) It's been a running joke since that my pal who never cooks beat the gal that cooks all the time. I guess it all depends on the judges!
Love your re-cap! I can empathize with you Siesta! You'll get em next time!
lol...this is so funny...i love the play by play of the your text messages....i know your chili had to be the best after all it came from TX Girl!
Christal from GA
Oh Melissa, if it counts for anything we love you and we know your chili was the best! It was definitely rigged!
Blessings
Michelle
I think it's all about perspective. The greatest day of my high school life was when I won the 50th place ribbon at a cross country meet. They only gave out 50ribbons and the only reason I even got 50th place was because a third of the lead runners took a wrong turn on the course :-)
Gayle,
I actually did put beans in my chili (black-beans) but Texans don't usually add beans to their chili. My Dad literally wouldn't have eaten it if there were kidney beans in it...black beans are smaller and I think they are the best of both worlds. Chili is very intimate, you know?
Melissa
Congratulations! I would love to have your winning chili recipe. I hate I missed the Fiesta but am so glad that you all enjoyed it and received such great WORD while enjoying each other. Colin is right Melissa, the real judge of any great dish, whether a chili cook-off or church supper is whose dish is empty first! Blessings on your day. Jules
I'm sorry... I can't stop laughing! Only the gold for you! And since I read ahead... I love black beans in chili!
You got first prize in your husband though and that has to be the second best prize EVER. =)Best, of course, is being an heiress!
Melissa,
I can truly feel your pain. My husband Tim had a soup contest a couple of months ago at his work. It had to be a soup that was healthier, tasted good, etc. So the night before I took one of my baked potato soup recipes and started tweaking it to make it remotely healthier than it should be. The whole next day I waited on pins and needles in learning the outcome. And all I have to say, is that atleast you got 3rd. I didn't even place. My husband tried to reassure me that everyone ate/loved/devoured my soup and they wanted the recipe. My soup was one of the few that was completely gone whilst the winner still had some left.
He assured me that it was rigged and that everyone liked mine better, except for the judges. It does stink. It won't make me quit cooking, but it won't have me enter anymore contests at his work. Who wants to enter a rigged competition, right??
Here's a hug from one cook to another.God Bless.
Hey Melissa, How about having our own Siesta Chili cook-off? I have a killer recipe for Vegetarian Chili (now THAT'S an oxymoron). Texans are known for their chili, right? Lead off, you awesome Lonestar Peach!
Melissa,
I'm with you, sister, and if I could find you on facebook I'd send you some Chili flair! :)
Oh and for the record, I'm not sure what the judges are thinking when they judge a cookoff because when I was a teenager my PASTOR'S WIFE opened 4 ginormous cans of Vietti Chili (popular in TN) and flat out stinkin' WON FIRST PLACE -- ribbon, prize and all! That cheater! :)
Did you hear me say it was my PASTOR'S WIFE?????
Maybe you should stick with the tarts, my dear -- stick with the tarts!
Blessings,
Dori
P.S. We are ALL 12 year olds playing house!!! :)
You just have to assume that the judged have absolutely no taste buds. Maybe next year us siesta's need to come judge this chili cook-off, we will set them strait, and let them know you don't put Melissa in third without siring up the beehive in blogland!
Melissa: If your chili was CONSUMED first, then you really were the favorite!!! Colin's right - it was probably rigged.
Real chili doesn't have beans? Well, I like chili with lots of differing beans: black beans, red beans AND/OR Great Northern or pinto beans - it is wonderful.
But you won in Colin's heart and it appears he was SO PROUD OF YOU!
That's worth more than a ribbon.
I wish I could see you when you get that ribbon - you crack me up!
Georgia Jan
Your funny. I can't wait for you to have kids cause those stories are gonna be funny too! I would love to be a fly on the wall with your mother the first time you have to boss him or her!
As for 3rd place... It stinks, but it's not the worst... Honorable mention is the worst cause that means your chili was so bad they had to say something and didn't know what.
Love you!
Judy
ps. Make sure you post a picture of your ribbon!!!
Melissa I think you could be my best friend. I am laughing so much at this post! You just hold onto Colossians 3:23-24, girl. You are good and what you do is good. (:
I totally understand. My dd's softball team comprised of 14 and 15 year olds who do not really understand the concept of losing got 2nd place in a BIG tourney this summer and were awarded t-shirts that said 2nd place. She said she was cutting that block out of her shirt and wearing one under it because who wants to be second at anything.....true words spoken from a true competitor! SO MY HOUSE is right there with you.....never make that recipe again!
OK I live near Atlanta and I have to agree with the fact that I think the weather may have messed up their sense of judgement... makes me hot to think about eating Chili right now.... next year maybe you can suggest Gazpacho
Had a ball this past weekend! Sorry I missed meeting you... you are hysterical I love how real you are! Loved the question and answer!
Let's gather some perspective: All but 2 other cooks didn't even get a ribbon!
Aren't you new to this cooking thing, anyway? Chin up, you'll get 'em next time, Lil' Camper!
And plus, I'm SURE that you were just ROBBED. What a crock.
Roxann!!!! YOU are funny! If I'm standing up and sneeze without crossing my legs I pee a little bit! I don't know what crossing my legs has to do with it, they are not remotely close to my bladder, but for some reason it helps!! and don't let me burst out laughing... Oh for those heavenly unstretched bodies! I love you all so much!
Judy
Well, I bet the other two weren't ANNOINTED by God. Don't they know some Holy Spirit Siesta inspired Chili when they taste it. The two MEN that won must be the ones who sign paychecks. That's all I have to say.
First, where was this chili contest? Who were the judges? Have you had their backgrounds checked yet? Second, can you send some chili up to Rome, Ga? I'm sure you would get a better showing here!! Kerin
Lone (star) dissenter here...
I use Jalapeno Ranch style AND black beans in my chili. I love me some beans.
OH and talk about being twelve... I just thought of this...
Beans beans the musical fruit, the more you eat them the more you..
Man, I'm just cracking myself up right now.
I am with you. 3rd (or even 2nd for that matter) is WORSE than last. I hate to lose. I used to enter those things too...
Melissa,
I'm sure I echo all the siestas when I say, we think your chili is first rate!! Can you give us the recipe??
Love,
Missy
Melissa, You are so funny. I mean seriously I told my oldest today how she has a similar personality to Amanda and my fireball is my younger, Taylor.
How cool is that. Okay, so I have a short, maybe, story to tell. My mother was "stay-at-home" all my life. If my dad had a "cooking" related thing at work - she would whip up something family recipe, homemade and fabulous. Every time they would put in a special order with my dad, my mom came through.
Fast Forward like 30 years later... My dad retires in 2003 (that would actually be 35 years) but who's counting? At his retirement party we threw them we planned to give my mom some very special gifts like a "35 Years of Faithful Service as a Wife and Mother" honor plaque and such. Anyway, we did just that, but my dad's work trumped us - who knew?
At his big celebration at work, they presented my father with not one, but two Cracker Barrel rocking chairs in oak finish because my dad always told everyone there that when he retired my mom would be retiring, too, since she was the one who really kept him going all those years. It was just, just precious.
Now, my dad actually cooks. He can be the supper, breakfast and the "run to Subway" for lunch man anytime of the night or day. Well, maybe not the Subway part in the middle of the night. But you get the picture.
Mom says that when he retired so did her stove and so he uses it up. LOL! It does get better, the growing pains of being a newlywed is what I would call it. Half the battle is admitting you have a "problem" ... So, I'd say you are half way there! Blessings.
Melissa,
I need to tell you that I enjoyed you most of all at the Siesta Fiesta in SA. I just wanted to take you home with me. You are just the funniest thing I have ever met(well almost met). It was the "You both have Great Boobs too" comment that just did it for me. That look of innocence when Beth's mouth just dropped open. I thought I would split I was laughing so hard. That is just the kind of comment I would have made. You were probably supposed to be one of my children. Now this chili thing. Girl you are just too cute! You are still just a baby. I know you will win first place next time. Besides you know men have to have their egos strocked and I am sure that is why they won! Don't give up!
Love ya
Claudia
You so totally crack me up.
Do you think that's how all the Olympic bronze medalists felt too?
Joanne
Well... I GUARANTEE (insert Texas slang) that if I had been a judge... no Moore/Fitzpatrick girl of mine would have place third! Was that judge a guy? Figures..... Third... do they know who your Siestas are?
LOL! I love ya for trying. Me, never, not ever, would I try a chili cook off. Nope. Not ever.
D
M- I (florida girl) have never heard of chihi w/o kidney beans, I dont eat them but I still put them in, WHY?
---Okay rethinking my chili---
Sorry but I am laughing and I needed a good laugh today. Sorry about third place.
Trust me, if you're first in your husband's heart, that's ALL that matters!
That said, I live in NW Atlanta, and I agree with the rest of you:
it is waaaaaaaaaay too hot to be having a chili cookoff!
November - February.
There's your parameters.
or. whenever they start setting up Christmas decorations at Target.
So maybe, October? :)
I'm sorry you didn't win and after slaving in the kitchen, too. At least it wasn't one of those Pillsbury bake-off's where $100,000 was the prize! I can't imagine the time and effort that goes into that and then you don't win, or even place. Yikes. Don't be too discouraged, your hubby was excited and that is sweet.
Wendy
Oh Melissa! I feel you on this one! I don't even enter things anymore because it hurts my feelings too much if I don't win! I don't make chili but I do scrapbook, and at some of the get-togethers they will do a page contest. I take it so personally if I don't win - all those other ppl judging me! And I'm judging them too! So I don't even do it anymore because the only opinion I'd like to care about is God's! I don't always succeed that that though, believe me!
I'll tell you what - I'll bet God thinks your chili is fabulous! :)
You are TOO FUNNY!!!
I don't like Kidney beans either!!! I like Pinto Beans in my venison (w/some pork added) chili...made some the other day for my husband and his friends as they are leaving on an Elk Bowhunt tomorrow!! They'll love it...even though it has never been 'tested'!!! :-)
Thanks for sharing your recipes...I have fallen in LOVE with your Swiss Chocolate Cake...made it for Mamaw's b'day and have been thinking of it ever since...and I'm really not a 'cake-lover'!!! But YUM!!!
I just want to tell you that this post is HILARIOUS and so much fun! I am the same way, very "twelve" sometimes. Dern.
Ha! Ha! Melissa, that is the funniest re-telling of a chili cook-off I have ever heard!!
At least the winner isn't rubbing it in. You know that ol' 12 year old "we won, we won the BB Gun, you lost, you lost the applesauce." That would have been downright rude.
Just for you, I will post my famous chili recipe tomorrow. Really, it's so good! And the secret ingredient? Cocoa. It makes me happy to have chocolate in a main course.
Can I tell you that I put a pot of my awesome TX chili in our church cook off when we first moved to the Midwest? It didn't get one vote! Not one! I swore them off after that!!
Melissa,
I am a southern girl in a family full of women who love to cook and men who love to eat. One of the men's favorite pasttimes is to see how they can get their woman to cook whatever they are desiring at that moment. We will all be together, my husband, my in-laws and our children( oldest son is married to a lovely- precious- Bible- loving- God- fearing fabulous cook also) and this is how the conver sation will go: My hubby" Mother that was a great meal! It can't be topped. Michelle (that's me) I bet you can't make that as good as mother. (Me-Blood pressure rising!) Probably not I say. Father-in-law: Oh I bet she can she can make anything Judy can make even better sometimes (mother-in-law fuming) Son to daughter-in-law: Can you make this? I don't think you can. (Daughter-in-law already going through recipes in her head for the next gathering at her house) Before you know it all three women are inviting everyone over to partake in their culinary talents and the conversation with the men just happens all over again. It didn't take us long to figure out they are just trying to keep these gourmet meals going! Just a thought but sounds to me like the men in colin's office are getting the great end of this deal!! Eating chili all day and figuring out how to get the next meal catered by their wives at work!!!!! You are too funny and you keep making that chili, third place or not I bet Colin eats everything you make with the biggest smile on his face! Feed that boy! Can't wait to hear about LIT!
Michelle in Bossier
OH...and I must add that it is so very cool to read the comments and think, "Oh, I know her! I can hear her saying that." It just makes me happy.
OTFLOL!!!!! Okay, laughter aside, I came in DEAD LAST at an Air Force chili cook-off!!!!! Melissa, they are cheaters! The winners in my contest admitted they bought canned chili and just added stuff! Girl, you enter the tart contest and you'll rock! And Colin, you are awesome for knowing how to cheer Melissa on :)
Hey Melissa! Don't hold back on the recipe, I am always looking for a new way to make chili...of course only during "chili" weather, and that won't be here in North Alabama until sometime in October. I can't wait till Fall!
How do we do an online chili cook-off? It would probably take too long. My husband insists on kidney beans in the chili. Oh well. He's from Kansas. What can you do? My favorite is my no-bean green chili special! But I have to make that just for me.
I like the comment that 3rd place keeps you from making chili cook-offs your obsession. Lets you keep your perspective and not get off track. What if you had won? You would have to cook chili all the time! The pressure to excel would be awful. You would probably have to go on tour and everything! Who has time for that?!
Oh my gosh, I'm bustin' a gut!
I so needed this, and I'm sorry it's at your expense, but there is so much humor in this!
If your interested, I'd love to share my chili recipe with ya!
Love you Melissa!
Yolanda
Well, I think you should have had 1st place, but if you think biblically about it...wouldn't it be better to be 3rd then 1st? I'm just sayin:)
Be Blessed:)
angie
I think the judges probably did not have sophisticated enough palates for your culinary expertise. You should ask for credentials.
Melissa:
I am with everyone else. You are so funny. This post made me laugh out loud. I can totally relate though. I love to bake, it use to be that everyone would tell me how whatever I baked was the best. I moved a couple of years ago and well, there are so many great bakers here that I almost never hear it anymore. Now don't get me wrong they all like what I make, it is just that it is not the best. Childish of me I know.
This week I have been very preoccupied with being sick and getting ready for camping. After the great time we all had in SA, the week was such a let down. And camping in the rain. ugh. But alas I am alone in this thinking because everyone else in my family loves camping. So the next thing to figure out is, what to take to the 2 potlucks. Imagine not one but two potlucks while camping. Anyway just a whining. I bet your chili was the best. Kim B. in AZ
Hilaaaarious. I would be so offended at 3rd, too. Maybe we have some competitive issues that we need to pray about.....
However, since I am probably the world's worst chili cook, I am pretty impressed with 3rd. Now, if they had a contest for potato soup, I would totally demolish that competition.
Again...prayers for competitiveness? Yeah, I'd day we need those.
Oh Melissa! You crack me up! I loved the Siesta Fiesta and getting to see that wit your mom has talked so much about!
The story you told on your dad about wanting to throw paper wads at Travis....
Now I would be thrilled if I won third place in a chili cook-off! I hate cooking! the last time, Thanksgiving week 2007, I made chili or attempted to, I spilled most of it when I was trying to drain it! That's why I dont' cook!
Enjoy your victory, it is what the poeple like that shows who has the best chili!
Oh and I must add this...today I went to lunch with a friend at a new restaurant and it was not goo!
I had an Itallian Sandwich...well it was just some "lunch meat" with a bit of lettuce and suppossedly some itallian dressing....it was on a hoagie bun, no cheese and it was cold! Come show them how to make a great sandwich girl!
melissa ,
no compassion here! the coach in me will tell you to get out there and do it till you win!!!LOL simmer more, a little more onion... now, go have yourself a good cry tonight. DO NOT HOLD YOUR HEAD DOWN IN CHILI SHAME. show em' next time... love ya Dedar@DFW
Melissa,
I just love you!!!!!!
Too funny.
Laura in NC
Oh my gosh Melissa this is so funny! And I agree..I hate 3rd. hehe!
i'm rolling on the floor at the ribbon...
two men won. i bet the judges were men.
Melissa,
I wish I had half of your sense of wit! Where do you get it girl? I caught a glimpse of it before in your blog posts, but then seeing you this weekend at the Siesta Fiesta and then this...Well, I'm just over the top thinking you are the funniest thing ever!
And I too think it was crazy to hold a chili cook-off in August. The heat must have ruined their tastebuds! After what recipes you came up with this summer, you are the #1 culinary cook of this Siesta group! And we love you for it! (We'd give you a ribbon if we could- And it would so say #1 on it!)
Y'all are so funny! And I am so hungry for chili right now!! LOL! Whomever suggested the chili with cream cheese made me even more hungry.
That's hilarious. A little competitive, hmm??/ It's okay. Me too.
Want pics of ribbon.
I'm twelve too.
I baked a wonderful triple lemon cake once. Slaved over the stupid thing. EVERYONE raved about it. I got second place. It meant nothing for everyone to tell me I "should" have won. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Talk to the hand. Took me weeks to get over it.
In the scope of things....3rd place is very good. But, you don't want to hear that. You wanted 1st. I understand. I understand.
Melana and Miesta Moose
I was thinking about third place and how I use to get second or third place in track unless I was in relay and we'd come in first.
I remember third place ribbons were white in color. So it the color white reminds me of be washed white as snow and third which is three reminds me of the Trinity.
I'm laughing out loud -- that recap is just too much! You can tell a great story. Bless your heart, I'm sorry you got 3rd. As great a cook as you are, I'm sure those folks wouldn't know good chili if it hit 'em in the face!
Oh Melissa, I so know how you feel! At my church each fall we have a chili championship/dessert bake-off. For 3 years I won both! Then I placed 2nd in the chili (first loser). I lost to a man also. Last year my chili placed 2nd and my dessert 4th. I felt like the biggest loser. My pride took such a blow. But the Lord is good and I am trying again this year..... with a new recipe!
Love Y'all!
cindy-newmercieseachday.blogspot.com
can we have your recipe, let us judge!!!
THE JOURNEY CONTINUES ~
I am LAUGHING OUT LOUD!!!!
All I can say is,
Beans Beans the magical fruit...
With "Heaven Bound" blessings and loads of laughter and joy from your email,
Kim Safina ~ Siesta 'chili Mama"
http://www.kimsafinathejourneycontinues.blogspot.com
Oh Melissa....I'm sorry....but I want to take this opportunity to tell you how much I LOVED the recipes this summer....PLEASE keep 'em comin'! SOOOOON!
Heather
You are hilarious. I'd like to say that I understand what you are talking about, but I gave up overachieving when I got out of college. As for the beans, I might try those black beans because I am not a big fan of the kidney shaped ones. Let's just say that, Like Beth, I greatly value my suppa man. He does cook the manly way, mostly on a grill, but he can make a mean gumbo. Major change of subject here, but is there anyway to get a CD set of the messages from San Antonio? I just couldn't keep up with all the notes. I really don't make too many comments here because it just seems like there are so many of us, and well, I am a bit shy in big groups, but I read the blog all the time. I didn't make it to the Fiesta because I was visiting an old friend in SA. But, the point is, I love the way you guys share your life with us. God is using you(LPM in general) and you, Melissa, and your family to teach me so much. Thank you for being so real and pointing the way to the One and Only.
How funny just this morning I told my husband that chili days are coming and today was a good day. The high today in VA was 74/cloudy and that is getting cold to me but my man laughed and said it felt great to him and not to rush the chili. I would love to have a newer recipe to surprise him with.
In the cook off, didn't the men know that we are the heiress of God and the 'crown' and blue ribbon are ours. HeHe
Are you planning on taping Lit at all or adapt it for a Bible Study? I know the idea is to be more directly involved with the class members than in the other Sunday school classes, but it would be wonderful to have something of that nature available for the rest of us! May God bless you in the preparation! Being an instrument through the Spirit to get people excited about God's Word will definitely not earn a third place in His kingdom.
As far as cooking goes, I'll be TOO grateful for a third place, Amen???!
I must admit I laughed at the retelling. But my siesta are so right...seriously...chili in August? And no offense to Georgians, but if you had served that chili in TX...blue ribbon no doubt. I also agree that something seems a little fishy (not referencing the chili, of course) for 2 men to win out over a Betty Crocker like you. Somethin's just not right about that. Hmmmm. Remember what the Scriptures say about judging others? I double dog dare old Paul and Chris to let US be the judge of their chili...Then we'd just see about this 3rd place rip off.
Sorry...I was being 12, too. Must admit it's kinda fun!
Hello All;
I was wanting to know if there are any Beth Moore Bible Studies in the Dayton, Ohio area. I LOVE LOVE LOVE her studies, but my church does not have a Ladies Group anymore. When we did have one, we did Tabernacle, and Breaking Free.
If anyone out there knows, you can contact me at swan.8@wright.edu
I did a search on the LP site but the ones that are in Ohio are no where near me. :(
--Mary
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Girl....you make me smile! I LOVE that your culinary skills are so advanced so early in your marriage. 14 years in and I'm still struggling. Thus the brownie post I'll be writing when I get through with this comment.
Anyway...to echo so many others: CHILI in AUGUST in ATLANTA!!! Something tells me a man pulled this together.. :) This Atlanta girl says you are the obvious winner and please share the recipe! (Does SupperMan need to fly in to settle this?)
Blessings
steph.
one more thing...those were some precious shoes you had on Saturday at the Fiesta!
You crack me up! You rock. I know I'm not adding much to this conversation but I just had to say it. Big blog fan, Heather, Charlotte NC (I don't really consider myself a Siesta b/c I don't post as much as I read. Know that I love ya...all three of ya. You're changing hearts for the Kingdom...even with chili.)
Aww sorry you got 3RD place...I guess!? I personally think it's great that you got 3RD! What if you didn't get anything that would be a total embarrassment!
I happened to make chili for dinner tonight! I'm quite certain it wasn't nearly as good as yours! I used a packet of McCormick chili seasoning and just gobbed the cheese and sour cream on top! If my hubs had your chili for dinner tonight I'm sure he would have given you 1ST place;)
Keep playing house it's too cute!!
HILARIOUS!!!!!!!!!
I am sorry your chili was third...maybe God is trying to keep you humble. :) I am sure it was best...and the fact that it was gone first is the most important thing...really, it is!
You could post the recipe here and we could vote on it!
:)
There is a woman in my husband's agency that was running for 1st place in a company-wide award contest. She told me that if she didn't think she had a good shot at winning first, she wouldn't even try. When I said, "Hey, 2nd place in the whole company is pretty good!", she said, "2nd place is really '1st Loser'".
Somehow, I think the two of you would get along. :o)
HA HA HA HA after meeting you and seeing you and your sister interact, I can totally imagine your looks and thoughts! HA HA HA HA "the very worst of the very best" HA HA HA Oh y'all slay me!
So funny!!! I am afraid I cannot feel your pain, when God made me He left out the competivite gene.
Melissa,
You are so stinkin' funny!! And you know what? I so understand what you're saying here. For some reason God has wired me with the competitive gene. And I'm with you on the third place. Might as well just throw away the ribbon. You know?? On the other hand, it seems to me that the judges probably didn't have a well developed taste pallet. Yes, I'm sure that's it!!!
Hang in there kiddo! Wish I could have tasted your chili.
P.S. Why is it that men think a chili cook-off is their territory??
~Cheryl
Girl!
First of all, I can not believe that they actually thought that it would be a good idea to do a chili cook off, in August, right after a Hurricane. I mean, seriously!
Second, you should have totally won!!! And that's all Im going to say about that!!
I wouldn't worry about being 12...I think it keeps us young. When you are 12 more than you are your real age, then its a problem. I don't see that happening with you and Colin!
Hope you have a great week!
Love, Nikki
Seriously Third is excellent I think next year you'll be "officially" be the best. Try try again!
Liz Hinze
Crack me up! The only thing we are missing...and simply must have...a photo of the ribbon and you making the face you must have been making as Colin was so excited and you expressing what we all are now feeling! I am with you...third. Please. Do we have any offical judge's comment sheets or scores to refer to for verification? How about a protest policy...
my husband went all out for the company chili cook-off and dressed like elvis and rewrote Hunka Hunka Burning Love to some kind of chili words about being on fire. we won.
A ribbon? seriously? A ribbon?!?
Ouch.
OK...so seriously...my favorite thing about this post is that after meeting you on Saturday, I feel like I can hear you talking in this post!
Sorry about 3rd place. I do feel your pain. I am a teacher and every year on field day, I am that teacher in the tug of war contest "loudly spurring on" my kids. Also, I have to remember that my students are 6 so it is OK to let them win when I am teaching them a game. What's really bad is when they beat me on their own luck. Sometimes I just can't hide the disgust. It's a sickness really.....
I know this has got to be THE silliest question ever asked on this blog, but if anyone out there will take a second to answer this, I'd so very much appreciate it. :)
I have 3 days to decide which bible study class to join: either Wising Up or Breaking Free.
Which one should I do since I have to pick bw them?
I've been a Christian forever, but just started doing bible studies a little over a year ago, I've done 2 so far... A Woman's Heart (changed my whole outlook on life and helped me release bitterness for an ex-husband with a slippery zipper, and a sister who hasn't spoken to me in almost 3 years.) and No Other Gods.
So there's some history... help me pick, somebody please?
Oh I am sorry Melissa, i know what you mean. It sounds like the judging was rigged! :D But look at the bright side... AT LEAST YOU WEREN'T 8th! :D
I have to say, this blog made me laugh and i am so happy that I got to see you in person at the Siesta Fiesta and see you in action, because I could hear you telling this story in my mind while i read it and it made it WAY FUNNIER. I think I can even envision your facial expressions with this. Oh how funny! Haa, haa!! You are One funny lady girlie!
Hollie (aka: Groovewoman)
one w/ pink hair
Dearest Melissa, It is a fact of life that Chili Cookoff's are always rigged! It's better to know this early on. With this said, however, You must enter next year.
(go with pintos!)
Funny, in Atlanta it's called a chili cook-off, and up north here it's called a chili "shoot out". Go figure. We also have an event called "100 Men Who Cook". What they cook, I don't know, but it's interesting....and a big hit.
Hey even though you got the "lukewarm", 3rd place, white ribbon award; at least they weren't "spewing it out of their mouth"! That's a victory right there....
Melissa, if you ever, I mean EVER, think about trying again, I have a recipe for you. I didn't win first with it, someone else did, but I have their permission. It was a law school chili-cook-off. And, seeing as I am one, I can say with confidence that you will not find a bigger bunch of critical people for judges than lawyers. They will give you their opinion whether it hurts your feelings or not! This recipe is a sure thing. :o)
Congrats! You are way to funny girl! I love you dearly!
You are hilarious!! :)
First of all, Colin is biased. He's sweet, but misguided, and might be...shall we say...under the influence of all the terrific love you give him. Second, I shall be your real friend, and tell you that although you meant well, ...you were not true to your self. That self being your true blue-blooded "remember the Alamo" Texan self. Beans? Hello, I thought (under some misguided heading in Silver Palate cookbook) it was called a bowl of "red"? How does black fit in? Yes, I know we are called to be witnesses in the place He has planted us, but..when it comes to chili, settling for third? You might as well have picked up a jar or two and a seasoning packet from Williams-Sonoma. Knowing the fact you were in Atlanta, they would not have known the difference. No offense, but it would be like a Texan trying to judge a Peach Cobbler. Lets get real. Disavow your recent chili expense and try making some good old fashioned corn bread instead. Find one of Edna Lewis's recipes (the Grande Dame of Southern Cooking) and show them what you're really made of. From one cook to another, this is why it's called "Regional Cooking". Still love you-
Lisa in Kirkland, WA
This reminds me of when I was a kid and we'd play monopoly. I'd get that card that said "you were second runner-up in a beauty contest" and my brothers would snicker "and there were only 3 people in it".
You just press on and get the prize, sista.
Karen
Dripping Springs, TX
I don't think I could ever eat chili in August...
However, I am sure you made one mean chili and it probably deserves 1st place.
How would you feel if you won bronze in the olympics?
Hilarious!
I am praying about that obsession of yours...:) (I can't wait to reap the benifits of that obsession!)
You are cracking me up! I don't think that I would enter a chili contest for fear of what place I would receive. This way I can keep TELLING myself that I cook the best SO and SO. :)
Melissa,
I would say that you are too funny, but I agree with you and third place is no joke (unless it involves my children, then it is the best thing in the world, but I can't even fool them).
Now, I don't want to be startin' no chili fight on the blog. I know that chili is intimate, especially during football (Mountaineer) season, but I have always put kidney beans in mine. I started out with two cans of light and two cans of dark and now I just do light. It went against my OCD when it comes to cooking, but I did not like the texture of the dark ones. I liked the light ones better, so I talked myself into just using the light beans. I guess it is different in different parts below the Mason-Dixon line. In WV, we like our beans (and cornbread).
On another note, I think that chili cook-offs are a conspiracy for men to think that they are better cooks. I just don't get it. You want to talk about injustice? The men have a breakfast once a month at our church back home (we have not found one here yet). Anyway, they had a chili cook-off and I was so jealous because I wanted to do it and win! I tried to get my husband to do it because I wanted to stand over him and basically cook it for him and win that way. He would rather have a root canal then cook or watch a chic flick. He just would not budge. After the guy in our S.S. class won, I tried to get him and then his wife to tell me what he put in it. He said he did not know, yeah right. Then she said he just kept dumping stuff in it.
Oh well, I guess men need to feel like they can cook too and the men in my family (excluding my hubby) can. However, I do notice that men always seem to win chili cook-offs. If I come up with any amazing chili recipe (w/o kidney beans), I'll pass it along. I'm sorry about the tangent. I guess this issue made me think about my issues with chili cook-offs and third place (smile).
I'm glad you used the blog to vent about this and get the moral support you need right now. Oh and where does a person get some real sweet tea around here(Houston or the greater Houston area)? I've been to several restaurants that say they don't serve it!!!! What? The little sugar packets are supposed to suffice? Oh and I won't touch Splenda with a ten foot pole, any kind of artificial sweetner gives me migraines (no joke). I would just as soon drink water. I have been in shock. It is happening everywhere though. We went to Church Hill Downs and they did not have any..I about fell out of my chair. Last weekend I went to Saltgrass and I like the restaurant, but the tea was not sweet enough. I know there are amazing little places that I just don't know about yet. I need the inside scoop. I am truly a loner in this big state.
I can't even think of chili right now!!!! It was 103 here in the central valley of CA today and is expected to reach 106 tomorrow! Certainly not chili weather....I am desperately longing for the days of cool crip autumn air, sweaters, jeans, boots, and coats!!!!! Come quickly fall, come quickly!
We won two "not first place" ribbons in the National Fiery Food show a few years back.
BBQ sauce and salsa, not for the weak of heart.
Third is just fine! You should stand tall, (and share the recipe!)
Dori,
Say it again sistah! We are all twelve year olds playing house....you are so right honey and I've been married for quite some time and completely love my husband! Now, that was funny because it's true!
This reminds me of the time my friend entered a chili cookoff at her work. Everyone there had "special" recipes and "secret ingredients." They worked to perfect their recipes for days before the event. My friend, who is not a cook, decided to enter only because her peers were pressuring her. She went to our local grocery store and bought some ground beef, a few cans of beans and some canned tomatoes....threw them in a crockpot the morning of the contest and to her amazement, SHE WON!! Everybody wanted to know what her special recipe was. Sometimes simple is the best.
Melissa, I give you first place for having been married such a short time and doing all this cooking for heaven's sake! You remind me of the energizer bunny! Does Colin realize what a woman he has! When so many couples are brown bagging it and fast food is their life!
You go girl........3rd place! I would go for that!
Siesta Sharron in Alabama
Hello Melissa
I would send you my husbands sure to win five alarm chili receipe but it is a secret. I don't know what is in it. He wins a lot of chili cook offs with it though. Hey but third is good.
By the way, you were a hoot at the siesta fiesta. I had never heard you speak before. You are so stinkin funny. Loved the JK. My husband and I say that all the time. I wanted to know how long does it take you to do your hair?
Much love!
Kristi B.
I'm laughing...out loud...Bless Colins heart as he tries to console his wife :-)
You are so funny. I LOVE Chili cook offs!!! Our church has one every year during our fall festival and if you win you get a ribbon and an apron along with other goodies. The apron is like a trophy, as it is passed down from year to year. One man has won the thing 3 years in a row and most of the time he is the one to beat. Be glad you placed, girl. For years and years and years I never even got that far. That is until last year. My hubby found a recipe on line and said this was the winner. I made it and won 2nd place. I started screaming and hollering like a 12-year-old!!!! BTW, chili is actually what we are having tonight for dinner.
I know you hate 3rd place but Congrats anyway. I agree with Colin, that you have to go with whichever crock pot is the empty one!! Listen to the people -after all isn't this is a democracy?
Don't worry about acting like a 12-year-old. My hubby and I have been married for 12 years and still act like a bunch of 12 year olds:) We are both very competitive and hate to lose!!!!
When you say 3rd place it makes me think of these birth order books by Kevin Lehman that I gave to each of my 3 children. In the middle child book the middle-child bear says, "1st is the worst, 2nd is the best, 3rd is the nerd with the hairiest chest." My middle child goes around reciting this very often and it makes this mama smile b/c it is so funny to me. Aren't you the 2nd child in your family?
Thanks for sharing. You are very funny and put a big smile on my face. Have a wonderful day!
I think my hubby and I have been in a holding pattern at age 12 and playing house for 25 years now....
Melissa - you cracked me up. I'm suspicious about those judges though - unless they are from TX, they have NO BUSINESS judging a chili cook-off.
So what color is the ribbon....??? Let me guess, you won't be hanging it in a shadow box in your kitchen.... he he he
Melana - I want your lemon cake recipe, ok???
Love 'ya
Adrienne
Hi Melissa,
You have my sympathy! Having the judges choose two men over your chili recipe! I'm sure Colin was right and it was rigged! ha
I am planning to make "Beth's Texas Sheet Cake" tomorrow to take to a reunion of my old youth choir! This is our first reunion. We sang together and went on choir tours to TX, AL, FL, GA, and even OH. That was going on FORTY years ago! I have been worried about what to wear, how to fix my hair, etc. until yesterday when a co=worker told me.."Well, they're all going to be OLD folks...don't worry about it!" ha ha And, I guess she's right! We are all pretty old now. I hope we have fun. I REALLY hope the cake turns out good. I'll let you know.
God bless you,
Marilyn from Mississippi
I want that ribbon proudly displayed in your kitchen! ;)
I needed a chuckle this morning. Thanks for telling it like it is!
I am sure if you posted your chili recipe we would agree it deserved an "unrigged" 1st place Blue Ribbon.
Staci
I bet Bobby Flay didn't win his first throw down...there's no place to go but up!
LOL. You crack me up.
You have a BEAUTIFUL INHERITANCE and it NOT a ribbon :)!
I totally understand how you feel about 3rd place. I would love it if the Lit course would be posted online. The whole LPM staff is such a blessing!!
Jen
Hey Melissa,
Just had to get on here this morning and tell you that I had a dream about you last night! I dreamn't (sp???) that you were pregnant with twin boys!!!!! Must have been because I got on the blog last night pretty late right before going to bed so therefore, you must have been on my mind and then of course with Amanda pregnant and her desire for another little guy....hence, your dreamland pregnancy!!!
Just had to tell you!
Have a great day....
Bethany
Melissa,
You CRACK ME up! :)
I hope that LIT becomes something offered online via the blog or to buy via the LPM store. I so wish I could be at this study!!! Prayers and blessings as you prepare!
Rebecca
Oh Fitzpatrick/Moore Family -
In this time of severe loss for your first place bragging rights (I love cooking chili too, never entered a contest though),I Console you all.
Consider how great it was you guys even placed; that's a big deal
Melissa,
We look forward to seeing the recipe for this 3rd rate chili. Who knows maybe if I tweek it, it will be really good. Just kidding, I am sure it is great. It is great to win but losing made for a funnier blog didn't it!! Shalom
did someone say:"Georgia Peach Chilli?" ?!@#@@!??
A prize-winning chili!?! With cilantro on the side???!!!! This is a MUST post to the blog recipe!!!!
So good to hear good news about the young boy Bryan. What a difficult thing for he and his family to go through. I am greatful for medical advances!!
Sounds like your hubby was very pleased Melissa that your family was a part of the chili feed. Keep supporting each other :}
God Bless you, Nana
Who has a chili cookoff in mid August anyway? That fact right there totally negates their judging abilities. I'd take those compliments over the ribbon any day.
I entered one of those once....I left feeling all indignent when I didn't win 1st. LOL!
Awwl....Melissa!!!! They just don't know a good Siesta Feista Chili Bowl when they taste it!!!
We got your back, Babe!
Melissa.
You are right...3rd stinks. Especially when you KNOW you have the best chili!
Sounded similar to a conversation my man and I would have. We've been married 25 years and still sound like that. And it is a GOOD thing.
Hugs.
Melissa, I love you - the way you write and your sense of humor. So deadpan - I love it!! And I totally get it - I'd rather completely fail than be middle of the road. But I think Colin may be on to something... the blue ribbon should go to the crockpot that empties first. That is the true test. :) And, yes, as a Texan you should know better about putting beans in chili! ha-ha
Now that was funny! I loved the way you told your story and I laughed out loud. Thanks for the chuckle and I can't wait to try the recipe. Oh, that's right, you're not sharing the recipe. Well - in that case - I guess I had better digg around on the internet and find a good chili recipe. I have one for green chili now I just need one for camp chili.
Have a wonderful, blessed day. You certain made me smile.
Thanks
Kelli in Colorado
What do ice cream people know about chili anyway? That's like Chic-fil- A hosting a Barbeque cook off.
I'm sure yours was the best. :)
Jenny Hope,
This is a doggy dog world???
LOLOLOL
Oh I love and miss you so.
Hi everyone. I just made a huge mistake and deleted a bunch of comments instead of approving them. I'm so sorry!
Hey Mrs. Melissa!:)
Yea! Lit course! I am SURE that you're chili was da bomb! I would have ate it for sure!:)...lukewarm chili! Funny!:)...Aww, Colin was trying to make you feel better. Valiant effort. In my mind, you should at least get the award for the most effort:)
Love in Christ, and ((HUGS)),
katiegfromtennessee
You Melissa are a "Spit-fire"!!! If your chili is anything like you are I am most certain it was spittin' hot with extra spice and a lot of fiesty just to give that special twist!! Delicious!! Mouth-waterin' delicious!!! I give you girlfriend a 1st place!!! After meeting you in person, and seeing you in action "Hisfivefooter" and myself looked at each other and said "She does NOT have the sin of being BORING!!!"....You darlin' are NO LUKEWARM!!!!!! HOT!! Sizzlin' hot and on fire. Not just your chili but your bold-faced love for Jesus....you, like your mamma are contagious and this siesta is crazy about you!!!
Wish I had me some of that chili right about now, it's lunchtime here!!
Angela
Redmond, WA
I love it, Melissa! You are the funniest thing - next to your Mama of course. So, if it has been disappearing like chocolate fudge at a PMS convention, then we need the recipe, Babe! Love ya, Jax in AK (You know, that place where the awesome Christian woman "running mate" lives) :O)
Just finished watching the BBQ & Chili Challenge on Food Network, and it made me think of this. You sound exactly like I would have. You see, I'm a pretty calm kinda gal. Except when I'm in a competition. It can get ugly (especially with watching my high school borther's baseball games, because it's the only sport I know the rules of!). I hate not being first, which is something God and I have to work on. :)
Melissa - I don't know how to do this but I would like to offer help to any of our "siestas, sisters or other bloggers" on this Blog, my assistance if anyone is put out of their homes due to the storm predicted to hit tomorrow. If they can make it to Dallas/Irving I will help them as much as I can. Judy Baggett 214.801.8407
I loved this story.......it hit very close to home. I laugh every time I declare myself "Non-competitive" and my husband almost chokes!
It's just not a good idea for us to play any kind of sports together!
Melissa, you are too funny. I laughed so hard at your story because it brought to my mind the year my then little girl placed 3rd in a horse show. I was so proud of her and you would have thought she was dead last. She said "3rd place" was the worst, there was nothing redeeming about it, she might as well have not even ridden, she was so embarrassed, and on and on it went! I e-mailed her and told her she had to take a trip over to your blog and read about your chili escapade because I knew she could relate! She's feeling a little, no a lot, blue these days due to a couple of losses in her life and while I can't say your post really cheered her, she said she certainly recognized the resemblance! Said she's recotnized it before in the things you've posted! Anyway, I'm rambling, I'm sorry, but I'd like to add my request to the others for your recipe. I am sure it is scrumptious!
Jean Myers
That's okay Amanda. We love you anyway. I'm amazed at what you do. I sure couldn't do it. I am hopeless with these kinds of things. It's a miracle I even figured out how to post comments!! Groovewoman (Hollie), I love your hair!!! Mine used to be pink, but it faded within a few weeks even though it was supposed to be permanent. Melissa, third place is great! That's a bronze medal in the olympics! Olympians say 4th is the worst cause that means you just missed the podium!
Ode To Melissa
When the ultimate goal
Is wanting the win,
Just placing third
Seems at first like a sin.
However, when days have passed
And clear vision's restored,
First place ribbons
Shine forth from the Lord.
Hundreds of women
Recipe eyes on the rove,
Want that 3rd place recipe
To try on THEIR stoves.
For a crock pot empty
Within minutes of trying
By scores of taste testers
Shows chili that's satisfying.
And how many husbands
So love their mates
Messaging over and again
Reminding them they're 1st rate.
Lastly, such an amazing family,
Sister, father, and mother,
Makes you a 1st place winner
More than any other!
- I hope you are smiling by now and feeling better about your loss. Lots of us really would like that recipe. Have a happy day!
Wow at notmalcolm's poem! I don't know how it made you feel, but it made me smile!
You just never know what the judges want. Every Labor Day weekend the local unions get together and have a BBQ cookoff. My husband enters his chicken in the special category, and never even places. I don't see how that is possible. It is fabulous. The BBQ that his local union turn in is also awesome, but never places. At least it seems you are on the right path to making hte judges happy.
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