Superbowl Sunday! "WHO DAT?"

What a great day! We had a wonderful service at church this morning -- attendance was high -- so much so that we almost ran out of parking. We need to do something about that -- Our church is growing!!

After church we had a Chili Cook-Off. It was billed as a "Tail-gate Party" but it was too cold to eat outside. We did, however, put the crock pots of food on the tailgates of several pick-ups and after getting their food the people went inside to eat. It was all delicious! Then the special part -- I won Most Unusual Ingredient Award with my Chili Blanco! Yep, I won a prize! (Prize was a small football with Colts and Saints ribbons attached.)

This was the first time I've ever made Chili Blanco. My Aunt Cozy gave me a recipe for it but, of course, when I decided to make it, I couldn't find the recipe! However, I found one in a book and after reading it a couple of times I got the gist of what was happening so I just made my own recipe. It turned out quite tasty and there wasn't a bit of it left. Guess I'm tooting my own horn but I wanted to share this with all of you!

In the picture you can see long beads. These are Mardi Gras beads -- if you follow American football you know that the New Orleans Saints are playing in the Super Bowl this year. This is a really big thing here because we have so many people from Louisiana living in this area. (Many of the Katrina evacuees have never left.) The traditional Mardi Gras beads are being worn in honor of the "Saints" so one of our members insisted on sharing hers with me. I had some at home but didn't think to wear them to church. I'm not a big sports fan but if there has to be a winner at today's game, I'd just as soon it be the Saints!