stumped

[baby doll]

when one New York writer claimed he could serve up the best batch, a Texas writer was quick to challenge. They could only agree to a flavorful showdown in this sleepy Trans-Pecos town and the rest was history.

[naz_nomad]

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[shaneystar2]

This is the dreaded marlboro quiz questions again ....you must remember them IAP ..quite a while ago now..the whole site was swamped with them.Thing is it's an American thing and this is a UK site ...prepare to have your patience tested folks !!

[The Big Gill]

1967 - The most famous and well known chili cook-off took place in 1967 in Terlingua, Texas. Terlingua was once a thriving mercury-mining town of 5,000 people and it is the most remote site your can choose as it is not close to any major city and the nearest commercial airport is almost 279 miles away. Just getting to Terlingua requires a major effort. It was a two-man cook-off between Texas chili champ Homer "Wick" Fowler (1909-1972), a Dallas and Denton newspaper reporter, and H. Allen Smith (1906-1976), New York humorist and author, which ended in a tie.

http://whatscookingamerica.net/History/Chili/C hiliHistory.htm

[shaneystar2]

Oooh noooo ..please don't inflict this on us over in Q&P..We will all become quivering wrecks.Our cryptics will be all contorted ! ....Plus there are one or two short fuses over there at times !!
It's going to get worse ....time for a suggestion methinks !