And the winner was?

El Cid! Man, was that good chili. I sure voted for it! My humble entry was good for second, though. And I won a big jar of Salmon Row extra hot horseradish, made in the Gorge (Cascade Locks). Excellent prize.

It was a very snowy day. The road was treacherous for all but 4WD vehicles so our numbers were small. There were four entries, the two aforementioned, plus Andy's southern Mexico recipe complete with banana leaves, good for third. I have to say, I loved Kris' chili verde with the while beans. She and I had the only bean chilis. Say what you will, I LIKE beans in my chili. But then we Boston people do like our beans.

Speaking of Boston, how 'bout Eli Manning? I have to say, that 'shoulda been sack' where he threw that completion, setting up the winning score in the last minute of the game...AWESOME. I knew it was all over but the cryin'. SO, can we all stop hating New England now?

And speaking of hate, I wish some of those Hillary bashers out there would stop reading the papers and listening to the talking heads and take a listen to HER. She held a national town meeting last night, which was partially broadcast on the Hallmark Channel, til they cut it off to show their latest sappy movie. I listened to the rest online. It was brilliant, and inspiring.

So that's it from here on Super Tuesday. Spent the day working on our own caucus coming up Saturday. I heard Obama's people will be there. Hillary should be calling me soon so I can be sure there's room at the table for her stuff...