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    Help Me Name My Chili!

    Those of you who have been following my chili "career" know that in my last chili cookoff, my regular chili won first place (out of 16), and that while my ridiculously hot chili did not place in the hot category, it made an impression, being the hottest chili there and having a killer name: Satan's Ass.

    I have another chili cookoff coming up next Saturday, my first since my first-ever chili cookoff win. And I want to make it two in a row. Towards that end, I will either be making my signature chili as my recipe stands now, or perhaps trying a small improvement (more on that below). But I still have no name for the damn thing. And this cookoff actually asks for the name of the chili on the entry form.

    Nothing I've come up with has really worked for me, including (but not limited to) the following:

    Sonoran Chili. (Phoenix, where I'm from, is in the Sonoran Desert.)
    Maricopa Chili. (Phoenix is in Maricopa County.)
    Sun Devil Chili. (I went to Arizona State University.)
    Desert Chili. (I don't think I need to explain this one.)
    Cactus Chili. (Or this one.)
    Rattlesnake Chili. (I'm not using rattlesnake meat, so this seems disingenuous.)

    The best I've come up with so far is "Arizona [My name]'s Southwestern Chili," but that doesn't even have the same memorability as, say, "Satan's Ass." Not that I expect to come up with a name that good again...but I'd like something that stands out more than the above offerings.

    So, any suggestions for names? Hit me with your best shot, kids. Bring the name!

    (Regarding the potential improvement: the current base starts with 2 pounds of sirloin steak and 1 pound of pork tenderloin. I am considering eliminating the pork tenderloin and going to 3 pounds of sirloin steak, keeping in mind that I already have plenty of pork in the chili, what with the smoked bacon and chorizo sausage I use. What do y'all think of this idea? And also, WHY do you think it?)

    "The Customer Is Always Right...But The Bartender Decides Who Is     Still A Customer."
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  • #2
    Pork my Steak Desert Valley Chili?

    Or some variant about the main meat ingredients.

    First thing that came to mind.

    B

    (yeah, lame I know)
    "Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former."- Albert Einstein.
    I never knew how happy paint could make people until I started selling it.

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    • #3
      I can't argue with you...that WAS lame. However, it DID give me a potential idea.....Valley of the Sun Chili? Yes? No?

      And this is why I ask for suggestions. Even if I don't use the suggestions themselves, they often give me other ideas.

      (I would name it Fuck the Wildcats Chili, but most people here wouldn't get the reference to the rivalry between the University of Arizona and ASU.)

      "The Customer Is Always Right...But The Bartender Decides Who Is       Still A Customer."

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      • #4
        Quoth Jester View Post
        I can't argue with you...that WAS lame. However, it DID give me a potential idea.....Valley of the Sun Chili? Yes? No?

        (I would name it Fuck the Wildcats Chili, but most people here wouldn't get the reference to the rivalry between the University of Arizona and ASU.)

        That would work.

        Though depending on the crowd, even if they didn't get the UA/ASU rivalry, they would remember it.

        B
        "Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former."- Albert Einstein.
        I never knew how happy paint could make people until I started selling it.

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        • #5
          Damn it, I need a name that SINGS. Nothing yet really sings to me. Hmph.

          "The Customer Is Always Right...But The Bartender Decides Who Is           Still A Customer."

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          • #6
            "Second Asshole" chili.
            Knowledge is power. Power corrupts. Study hard. Be evil.

            "I never said I wasn't a horrible person."--Me, almost daily

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            • #7
              Sexy Ass Chili.

              I suck at names, I don't know.
              "And so all the night-tide, I lie down by the side of my darling, my darling, my life and my bride!"
              "Hallo elskan min/Trui ekki hvad timinn lidur"
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              • #8
                Okay, I think I need to go to bed as I read the title to this thread to be "Help Me Name my Child!" instead of "Help Me Name My Chili!"

                Yeah ... and I haven't had a drink all day.

                As for naming your chili?

                How about ....


                Avenging Asshole Chili?

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                • #9
                  Quoth idrinkarum View Post
                  Okay, I think I need to go to bed as I read the title to this thread to be "Help Me Name my Child!" instead of "Help Me Name My Chili!"
                  I read it that way as well.

                  Chili from Hell's Kitchen? (yeah that sucks)
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                  • #10
                    Here's the important question - how hot is hot? Is it "OMFG, I need that fire hose now!!" hot? or "You think that sun is hot, you haven't had this chili yet" hot? Or even hotter than that?

                    I like chili, and the husband will attest I do complain about hot things (he did put a little too much chili powder in the last batch he made).

                    As for the name, I'm not sure I can help you there. Perhaps if you were to send us all a sample *rubs hands grinning evilly* hehe
                    Random conversation:
                    Me: Okay..so I think I get why Zoro wears a bandana
                    DDD: Cuz it's cool
                    So, by using the Doctor's reasoning, bow ties, fezzes and bandanas are cool.

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                    • #11
                      {your name here}'s Nuclear Fission Chili

                      Chili ConFusion?

                      OK, now I'm just playing with words...

                      Anyway, good luck regardless of what name you choose!
                      When you start at zero, everything's progress.

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                      • #12
                        AssMaster Chili
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                        • #13
                          Arizona Ring of Fire Chili

                          If it's hot enough to burn the next day, that might work.

                          B
                          "Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former."- Albert Einstein.
                          I never knew how happy paint could make people until I started selling it.

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                          • #14
                            How many meats are in this?
                            Fuck the Wildcats still might be appropriate!
                            hurr hurr hurr
                            "Is it the lie that keeps you sane? Is this the lie that keeps you sane?What is it?Can it be?Ought it to exist?"
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                            • #15
                              Quoth Bandit View Post
                              Arizona Ring of Fire Chili

                              If it's hot enough to burn the next day, that might work.

                              B

                              AAAAGH! You beat me to it!

                              I was gonna say "Burning Ring of Fire" (that sings! The Man In Black his own damn self sings it!)

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