Chili Spices & Pie Slices
January 25, 2025
First Unitarian Universalist Church
Annual Mike Podulke Service Auction
Festivities begin at 5:00 pm with a Chili Cook Off and a Pie Bake Off. Buy a “flight” of five – 2oz. tasting cups for $1 to try 5 kinds of chili. Too many chili’s to try? Buy 2 “flights!” Was the chili really spicy? Does some apple pie sound like a good way to cool off your tongue? You are in luck! We also have “flights” of apple pie. Buy 5 – 2oz. tasting cups for $1 to try out 5 kinds of apple pie. With each flight (meat, vegetarian chili and pie) you will be given a “judges” sheet. Chili will be judged by: Smell, flavor, texture, and overall impression. Apple pie will be judged on a sliding scale: Filling (mushy to wow!), crust (soggy to yum), overall flavor (plain Jane to incredible). There will be 3 prizes (meat chili, vegetarian chili, and apple pie).
You say you don’t like competitive baking/cooking and don’t want to judge, but chili and apple pie sound good? You have come to the right place. For $1 you can get a 10oz. bowl of a chili of your choosing (with toppings). You can also get a 10oz. bowl for $1 for a slice of apple pie. You can enjoy your chili and pie without the stress and anxiety of making a judgement on our bakers and cookers.
Do you make a chili that would wow even Guy Fieri? Well, come put it to the test. Cook some up and bring it to the church by 4:30pm on Saturday, January 25, so it can be entered into our chili cook off. Meat and Vegetarian will be judged separately.
Does you apple pie rival that of Mary Berry’s? Yes/no? Either way, bring it to our apple pie bake off! Bake your apple pie and bring it to the church by Friday, January 24, to be entered into the bake off.
Once you taste tested your “flight” of chili and pie, what better way to get ready for the live auction then to sit with family/friends with some coffee/tea in the Sanctuary while live music is playing in the background. Childcare up to 5th grade will begin at 6pm. Enjoy each other’s company until our LIVE AUCTION event begins at 7:00 pm on Saturday, January 25.
Now is the time to begin thinking about what you are going to submit for our auction. Will it be a smallish item for the silent auction that will run from January 19 – 24? or perhaps something a bit bigger for our live auction? Maybe both – maybe a couple for both? Do you have something that you want a specific amount for? – submit it to the fixed price portion of the auction. Click the button below to submit your items!
Questions? Contact the office at office@uurochmn.org.