I checked with Lydia, and she says you can park the camper in the
yard, she can hook you up with electric and water, just not sewer... She's offered her house for the picnic, including putting people up in her house... ;) She's out in the country... and most probably closer
to Newark than the church was, last time...

That sounds like very good news. I guess that makes the picnic and date official. September 7 to 9, Bloomfield NY, which I make as being about
25 miles/35 minutes from Newark.

Yep, so ordered.

How many people can she put up?

Good question, and what are recommended hotels nearby?
(If necessary, question for Nancy).

From the echo picnic 20 years ago -

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Title: Alabama Picnic Chilli
Categories: Chilli, Tested, Beef
Yield: 10 Servings

5 lb Coarse-ground beef
1 lg Onion; diced fairly fine
1/2 c Green bell pepper; diced
2 tb Beef base *
1 ts Cocoa (Nestle or Hershey)
5 ts Powdered garlic granules
1 ts Ground cumin
48 oz Can tomato or V8 juice
5 tb Plus 3 ts chilli powder
1/2 ts Fresh black pepper

* Kraft beef soup/gravy base. You can sub bouillon cubes (3
of them) but your chilli will be awfully salty. You can also
skip this ingredient altogether.

Combine the beef base, tomato juice, chopped veggies, cocoa
and 4 teaspoons of powdered garlic in a dutch oven over a
low (simmer) flame.

Divide the hamburger into three more-or-less equal batches
and brown it in a separate skillet. Add 1 teaspoon of chilli
powder per batch of meat.

When browned and crumbled drain excess fat and add meat to
dutch oven. Repeat until all ground beef is in the chilli
pot. Add the black pepper to the chilli pot.

Stir in 1 tablespoon of the chilli powder per pound of meat
(5 Tb for this batch). Cover pot and let simmer, stirring
once in a while. When the onions and peppers are cooked
(about 1 1/2 hr) taste the pot. You will probably find
that you'll need to add the remaining tablespoon of garlic
powder and the teaspoon of ground cumin. You may also want
to add an additional tablespoon of chilli powder at this
time. Trust me on the garlic and cumin. It adds the final
kick. Neysa tasted before and after and could not believe
how much difference it made.

Simmer for an additional 10 to 15 minutes and serve.

For those desiring a hotter product add cayenne until your
lips turn numb and your sinuses drain if you like. I made
this batch extra-mild in deference to picnic attendees who
don't handle heat real well. Sadly, Maya Houston thought it
was still too hot after she tasted a spoonful. &^(=

Format and recipe by Dave Drum - 18 August 98

Uncle Dirty Dave's Kitchen

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