European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 11, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Admonition Road meat Don t  just As the Cooks were turning to go Back to their stoves the Gray bearded Anderson called them Back. One Quick note he said. If you Don t have fun it s your own Damn fault. Go have  chief master sgt. John Pratt came More than 150 Miles from Geilenkirche West Germany to do just that. He had to have fun. As an air Force member he was t eligible to win the grand prize in the event sponsored by v corps and 21 St support come recreation centers along with off duty Magazine. A Chili head will go a Long Way for a Cook off said Pratt who entered Many contests in his 10 years in san Antonio. One of them was the Texas state contest in san Marcos which draws More than 400 entrants. Half of Pratt s team had to Fly saturday leaving Only Pratt and his wife to Cook up about $20 Worth of chopped Bottom round. And Pratt said he does t even like to eat the stuff. In san Antonio you do it almost every weekend said Laura Pratt explaining her husband s dislike of Chili. You do get tired of  a Little farther Down past the Lizard cookers who could provide no hard evidence to substantiate their claim was Frank Ingram a High school Art teacher. Ingram like Pratt has competed in the big san Marcos Cook off. He s also been a Spectator at the Granddaddy of Cook offs in Terlingua Texas where 10,000 people descend upon a Mercury mining ghost town to watch select competitors Battle their batches. Ingram has never won a contest or placed or earned an honorable mention but he keeps on cooking experimenting with different ingredients such As Beer and Lamb. If the judges say it s Good it makes you feel Good said Ingram on Why he yet has t thrown in the spoon. If they go off behind a tent to spew it out then you know you left something  but will he Experiment with the exotic armadillo maybe or Snake i Ain t never Gonna eat no Chili with armadillo he said firmly. I Don t care if i am from Texas. I use pure beef because i Wanna eat this  around the Corner beneath a sign Reading Ragin cajun Chili 1st it. David Brant stirred Chili from the recipe of Lafayette la., native pfc. Toby Bisso. The team from he co 154th inf in Bamberg said the secret to their Chili is cajun spices such As Cayenne Pepper and two parts Goat to ten parts beef. The Goat was t easy to get either Bisso said. They had to Call scores of butchers before they could find one who would order them a couple pounds from France. And almost As important As the Goat meat to their Success is the name Brant said. If it said Bob s Chili would you eat it further Down the Way chief warrant officer 3 Bill Reaves held his ear to the pot. Reaves who s from South Carolina used to think he held the world s Best Chili recipe until he tasted some of Yankee Louise Brown s. She blew me away he said. When you re Defeated you re  curiously the maker of what Reaves considers the world s Best has never tasted it herself. Her husband Mike said she can Tell How it is by How irritated her fingertips get As she stirs the pot. I can t tolerate spicy stuff said Louise Brown who hails from Massachusetts. One time Brown acc Dently tasted the stuff when she used a Chili coated hand to pull a hair away from her Mouth. Talk about Pete the dragon. The Best Chili i Ever tasted was t even red said chief warrant officer 2 de Blackford As he watched the judges alternately swig Beer and Chew Chili. Blackford was in a mom and pop restaurant in san Anton " when he happened upon the unforgettable Green Chili. The waitress came out and i pointed to the red Chili. She said no you Don t want that she brought me a 7 or 8-Inch earthenware bowl with spiced ground beef on the Bottom beef Broth and covered with finely chopped Jalapenos he said. It was a five Beer bowl. Made your forehead Scalp and anything else that can sweat  but will the Green Ever earn the respect of the official International Chili society arid the Chili appreciation society International no he said. Red is Standard for  top judges Doug Sellers and Chuck Emerson from off duty Magazine put the Chili entries through the taste test. Right spec. Ronnie Reynolds right and teammate Dennis Doeppe Shmidt jump for Joy after learning they won. Above Harriet Rice of the v corps recreation div has a nose for Good Chili. Is photos Brenda Hoster August 11, 1988 stripes Magazine 9