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The Mercy Parish Chili Cook-off is back – and we’ve added a Cornbread Contest to the festivities!Join us on January 17th for first social event of 2025! Chili and cornbread will warm our tummies, and fun and fellowship will warm our hearts with a Hot Tamale game and Chili Trivia. RSVP to attend and/or enter by Monday January 13.
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This year’s cookoff will feature THREE categories (by popular demand!) Enter your chili as Traditional, Vegetarian or Exotic. Each chili will be judged on its own merit. Each chili will be judged on its own merit.
Each category will be judged on Taste (30pts), Texture (25pts), Aroma (10pts), Appearance (10pts), and Spice (25pts)
Taste: The most important factor, chili should taste like chili and be a combination of spices and proteins, etc. with no one ingredient overpowering the others. Chili should
have a pleasant aftertaste and not be bitter or metallic.
Texture: Chili should have a smooth, thick consistency, and not be too watery, or too dry, grainy, lumpy, or greasy.
Aroma: Chili should smell good, as this should indicates what the taste will be like.
Appearance: Chili should look appetizing and reflect the ingredients used.
Spice: Spice should be flavorful to compliment the dish, but heat should not overpower
the flavors.
Cornbread Contest entries will be judged on Taste (30pts), Texture (30pts), Aroma
(20pts), and Appearance (20pts).
Taste: should be pleasant and not be bitter or metallic.
Texture: should not be dense or excessively heavy, too dry, grainy, lumpy, or greasy.
Aroma: should smell good, as this should indicates what the taste will be like.
Appearance: should look appetizing and reflect the ingredients used.
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
10509 Segers Road, Madison, AL, United States, Alabama 35756
