Chili Day Jan 20th 2013

Well not sure if temps ever hit 70 or not today but it sure was warm enough to brew up some Chili and watch some football on the deck. Someone asked me what I was doing today and I said making Chili. They replied "all day?", yup indeed and here is why. First you need to clear out all leaves from the fire pit area.

Then you start the fire and water down the area. About 45 minutes have gone by so far.

Then you get the cleaning water heated up. One for washing and one for rinsing. When your going to cook something over several hours you need a lot of utensils or you need to wash more often. I tend to wash from time to time.

Now to start browning the meat. At this point about 90 minutes have passed and all of a sudden while browning the meat the dogs start hovering around. Also notice the propane tanks are gone.

Now 2 general shots waiting on the meat to brown.

Added the powders and two serano peppers.

Start making Chili and not only do the dogs show up, but Val shows up with the dogs.

Then Diana, Michelle, and Payton stopped by to see the place, Michelle had some Chili and Payton he liked all the trains. They brought on over two rocks Diana got from Colorado, a cool little train depot, and two crazy Nomes. I will take pics of them on the next nice day and post them on FB or here.