Alrighty then! April 26th is the date for the Chowda cookoff. Mark your calendars!

The cookoff will be New England style chowders; clam, fish and seafood are the 3 categories. That is; milk or cream based chowders, not Manhattan or clear.

We'll have a winner in each catergoy, and and an overall winner. The overall winner may be a people's choice, I'm not sure of that yet.

If you are interested in volunteering, or entering the competition, please send me an email (Ray), and let me know your area of interest. If you have questions, please shoot me an email as well, because I'm making this up as I go. ;^)

See you there!

Jeez Louise, it was yet another snowy day in MA. Nonetheless, we had several contestants for the chili cook-off, as well as brewers and bottlers show up...

We had 5 chili entries, and danng were they all good! I wasn't going to be a judge, since I was the organizer, but... ;^) Seeing as I didn't have a chili in the competition, I couldn't help myself... Being a judge is not as easy as it seems. A perfect score was 350 points, and our winner came in at 286!

Daniela Decaro was our Chili Cook-0ff winner, and took home a prize of $50. Here is the winning chili recipe: Dani's One Chili Pepper Chili.

Mike's Rack & Horn Chili came in 2nd place with a score of 266 out of a possible 350. I thought this was a very nice smoky flavored recipe.

Dave's Boondocks Chili came in 3rd place, with a score of 263 out of 350. You can see by the scores that 2nd & 3rd place was VERY close. I liked Dave's recipe as well. This is a nice blend of peppers, chilies and meat.

We will be having a Chowder Cook-off the end of April. Details will be here on the web site soon. This should be another fun event!

Here are a few pictures. You can find more here.