THE HEAT IS ON RETIREE WINS WORLD CHILI COOK-OFF.Byline: Peggy Peggy may refer to:
LANCASTER - Retired court bailiff bailiff Officer of some U.S. courts whose duties include keeping order in the courtroom and guarding prisoners or jurors in deliberation. In medieval Europe, it was a title of some dignity and power, denoting a manorial superintendent or royal agent who collected fines and Ronald Burt makes dinner for his wife every night but has cooked chili (language) CHILI - D.L. Abt. A language for systems programming, based on ALGOL 60 with extensions for structures and type declarations. ["CHILI, An Algorithmic Language for Systems Programming", CHI-1014, Chi Corp, Sep 1975] in competitions only seven times. But that didn't keep him from beating 131 other chili chefs in the International Chili Society's World Championship in Reno, with a recipe called ``Warning Shot Chili Runs for Your Life.'' ``Just the right blend and the right heat and the right everything at the right time,'' Burt said of his Oct. 6 win, which came with a $25,000 prize. ``Sometimes it comes out right and sometimes it doesn't. Sometimes you just get lucky.'' He credits his victory to a good blend of spices, luck and his wife. His involvement with chili competition began as support for his wife, Susie Baumberger, who began competing nearly eight years ago. ``I was tagging along and got bored and finally started doing it,'' Burt said. ``Everything I know I learned from her,'' Burt added. ``She's a great teacher. I basically got lucky with her recipe.'' Said Baumberger with a laugh: ``He stole my hobby A hobby is a spare-time recreational pursuit. Origin of term A hobby-horse was a wooden or wickerwork toy made to be ridden just like the real hobby. From this came the expression "to ride one's hobby-horse", meaning "to follow a favourite pastime", and in turn, .'' ``Some of these cooks have been cooking 30 years and never won anything, so I feel rather fortunate cooking so few times and making it to the worlds and winning the worlds. Unbelievable,'' Burt said. With his $25,000 winnings, Burt's only plan is to buy a new CD player for their camping van. Burt retired from a 30-plus year career as a court sheriff's deputy 2 1/2 years ago. Baumberger works part-time as an attorney. This is Burt's first trip to the world championships. As the winner, he will support the International Chili Society by attending chili cook-offs as a representative of the society, and in November will travel to New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of to appear on ``The Caroline Rhea Caroline Gilchrist Rhea (born April 13, 1964) is a Canadian stand-up comedian and actress who is the original host of the reality show The Biggest Loser on NBC. She is also known for her role as Hilda on Sabrina, the Teenage Witch Show'' along with green chili world champion Kathy Stewart of Loma Linda Loma Linda may refer to:
Burt's winning recipe will be published in the Chili Pepper Magazine, due out this month. ``You have to give up your recipe but not necessarily all your techniques,'' said Burt. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: (color) Ronald Burt of Lancaster won the World Championship Chili Cook-off on Oct. 6 in Reno. Jeff Goldwater/Staff Photographer |
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