Big Bear Lake Chili Cook-Off
Big Bear Lake Chili Cook-Off 2010
Big Bear Lake Chili Cook-Off
Date: Jul 16, 2011
This sanctioned cook-off by the International Chili Society draws more than 40 cooks from all over the southwest to compete for cash prizes and coveted titles. But don’t forget the 50+ vendors and activities to make this a whole day, family fun event where kids can climb rock walls, eat snow cones, enjoy the live entertainment, and of course eat the chili!
Here’s some Chili History:
From the time the second person on earth mixed some chili peppers with meat and cooked them, the great chili debate was on – more of a war in fact. Chili peppers were used in Spain and showed up in the great cuisines of India, Indonesia, China, Italy, the Caribbean, France and Mexico.
Juan de Onate entered what is now New Mexico and in 1598 and brought with him the green chili pepper. Grown there for 400 years since some Canary Islanders took some and transplanted it in San Antonio Texas in 1793. They used these locally grown peppers, white onions, garlic and local spices to concoct pungent meat dishes.
There is little doubt that cattle drovers and trail hands did more to popularize the dish throughout the Southwest then anybody else.
Thanks to its popularity, the various drivers, cooks & trail hands began experimenting with various ingredients, each claiming their concoction was better than anyone else’s and thus began the Chili Cook-Offs.
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