I need a name for my chili!

[bjohn13]

We have an annual chili cook-off at work that gets quite a bit of fanfare. The rules are quite open, allowing many different kinds of chili, soup, and casseroles to be entered with a basic chili theme. There are six trophies awarded...Best in Show, First Prize, Second Prize, People's Choice, Spiciest, and Best Name. We get 50 entries, so the competition tends to be pretty intense.

I've got something special brewing this year. I believe I've perfected my Santa Fe chicken chowder with black beans and corn. No one has ever entered anything remotely like it, so I'm sure to do well on the originality scores.

I'd like to at least have a shot at all of the possible awards, though, and I suck at thinking of names. Anyone got any ideas?

The guidelines are simple. No profanity, and I can't be identifiable in the name. Other than that, anything goes. Witty scores extra points. Gross scores even more extra points.

It's all for charity, so it's also all in good fun.

Thanks for the help!

[Eddylizard]

Buccal Inflaminator.

Oral inflagration.

[Dear Babby]

How about "George"?

[Nonny Mouse]

Black Powder Chowder.

[bjohn13]

Originally Posted by Eddylizard

Buccal Inflaminator.

Oral inflagration.

It helps if they are in english

[bjohn13]

Originally Posted by Dear Babby

How about "George"?

lol...I never even though of that...

[bjohn13]

Originally Posted by Nonny Mouse

Black Powder Chowder.

Hmm...now that has some potential.

[bjohn13]

Does anyone have any ideas for the peculiar way in which corn digests (or sometimes doesn't)?

[Morning]

Corn memories chowder

Remembrances of chowders past

You won't forget this chowder on Monday!



Morning
I think Nonny Mouse has the winner, btw.

[ButterscotchCat]

//hijack - my boss had a cat named Road Base. When the cat needed to go to the vet, his wife was too embarrassed to state the cat's name. So she said that the cat's name was George. Several days later, the vets office called to see how "George" was doing. My bosses wife said "George, George who", to which the vets office responded, your cat "George". Her reply was, Oh yeah, George is doing fine. // end hijack

[bjohn13]

Originally Posted by Morning

Corn memories chowder

Remembrances of chowders past

You won't forget this chowder on Monday!



Morning
I think Nonny Mouse has the winner, btw.

I'm thinking you're right. I was thinking of adding just a touch to it...like "Black Powder Santa Fe Chowder". The more I think about it, the more I like it.

It was better than my best creation.... Santa Fe Corn Plop Chowder. Yeah...never been very good at naming things. I call my cat "Buddy" because...well....that's what I always call him. It was either that or "Kitty"....or "Big Guy". I'm not sure I could bring myself to call my cat "Road Base" though, let alone tell someone that was his name.

[bjohn13]

I went with Black Powder Santa Fe Chowder for my name. Unfortunately, the cookoff committee accidentally called it the White Powder Santa Fe Chowder instead. White powder and black powder have two entirely different connotations. That said, out of 18 entries, with Nonnie Mouse's help, my name tied for fourth place. Given the names of some of the chilis that finished ahead, I think there is a good chance that if the cookoff committee would have gotten the name right, it might have had a chance.

That said, the cookoff went pretty well. For some reason, the sauce on my chili didn't thicken, though, and when you have "chowder" in the name, you need a thicker sauce. I was extremely worried about that going in. If I'd have had 2-3 more hourse, I could have thickened it with roux, but I decided to wait until the last minute so it would be fresh. Since none of the previous batches I made had any problem with the sauce not thickening on its own, it was really the last thing on my mind. Alas, that hurt my official scores a great deal. Out of the 18 entries, the official judges ranked mine in 12th place. The general consensus was that the sauce wasn't thick enough. In fact, even though I received kudos for the colors in the "appearance and texture" category, I placed dead last. The only other critique I had from any of the judges was the one judge who said that the sauce didn't taste enough like chicken.

However, I did win the People's Choice award with over 50% of the votes. I'm pretty stoked about adding a new trophy to my collection. As I went into the conference room for the awards presentation, I knew that it had gone over well to the general populace when there was nothing at all left in my crockpot.

[Mr. Furious]

Admiral Edward Williams' Revenge.

To my knowledge, there has never been an "Admiral Edward Williams," and even if there was, it's unlikely that he sought revenge upon anyone by creating a particular chili recipe. But the name makes it sound like there's a story behind it, and creating that air of mystery could work. There could be speculation. Maybe the Admiral discovered the recipe while sailing in the Caribbean in the 1820s. Maybe it was something he picked up during World War I in the Med. The possibilities are endless!

[CSGirl]

That sucks bjohn that they got the name wrong, but congrats on the People's Choice! More than 50% of the vote is very impressive!

[snapdragonfly]

I think you did quite impressively!

I entered a chili cookoff only once. I got first place, and the name of my chili was "fat rat chili" and I had made a poster done in Engrish with photos of my ratties on it and funny animae looking illustrations and diagrams courtesy of my daughter. It was supposed to be that the poster was of rats enjoying eating the chili but because of the Engrish, coming out that the chili was made of rats.

I didn't really care how people interpreted it, I was going for goofy.

But mine was the only chili that didn't burn their mouths so bad that their eyeballs dehydrated. I think, unless you are going for "hottest", that the mistake most people make is getting it *too* hot. Mine is just spicy enough to make your nose run a bit but not so much that you can't taste all the other delicious ingredients.

[RCIAG]

Congrats on your People's Choice win!

I like my chili but not enough to enter it into a contest. Plus I'm a "toss this in & see what happens" kinda cook & it sounds like you need to plan ahead a little for those contests. My chili turns out different every timne.

Originally Posted by ButterscotchCat

//hijack - my boss had a cat named Road Base. When the cat needed to go to the vet, his wife was too embarrassed to state the cat's name. So she said that the cat's name was George. Several days later, the vets office called to see how "George" was doing. My bosses wife said "George, George who", to which the vets office responded, your cat "George". Her reply was, Oh yeah, George is doing fine. // end hijack

Well he'd have hated all my cats names then starting with Muffin, then moving on to Kitty Bunz, StinkyCat, Bubbie (RIP one & all) & the still living Baby Gato (aka Fatty, Dingus or Doodlebug).

[bjohn13]

Originally Posted by Mr. Furious

Admiral Edward Williams' Revenge.

To my knowledge, there has never been an "Admiral Edward Williams," and even if there was, it's unlikely that he sought revenge upon anyone by creating a particular chili recipe. But the name makes it sound like there's a story behind it, and creating that air of mystery could work. There could be speculation. Maybe the Admiral discovered the recipe while sailing in the Caribbean in the 1820s. Maybe it was something he picked up during World War I in the Med. The possibilities are endless!

I love it. I'm going to go after this angle in next year's contest

[Mr. Furious]

Originally Posted by bjohn13

I love it. I'm going to go after this angle in next year's contest

Heh.

I should note that I used the name "Edward Williams" because that was my grandfather's name, and he was a sailor during World War II. He wasn't an admiral, though - he was a Motor Machinist Third Mate. That doesn't have quite the same ring to it, though.

[Silkenray]

I think it'd have more punch if it were just Admiral William's Revenge. Admiral Edward William's Revenge is getting to be a bit of a mouthful.

[bjohn13]

Originally Posted by Silkenray

I think it'd have more punch if it were just Admiral William's Revenge. Admiral Edward William's Revenge is getting to be a bit of a mouthful.

To be fair, I was going to use my own name.... and Admiral sounds too esteemed. I prefer "Captain". Captain Jonathon Edwards' Revenge. Is there a significance to that name? Not really... To me there is, but no one else would ever understand. So...make of it what you will.

And as far as being a mouthful goes.... To give an idea of the names that won that category:

First place went to: Rolling Thunder Review.
Second place went to: Ring Around My Rosie (now that's just gross)
Third place went to: I can't even remember...it was a runon sentence