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One of our favorite foods is Skyline Chili. It’s a regional delicacy for Southwestern Ohio. Specifically from Cincinnati. There are many brands of “Cincinnati-style chili” but we like to think Skyline is the best. (Of course, Chi might tell you it’s Empress Chili… but I’m sticking with Skyline.) Over the years I have taken a recipe for Skyline chili that I received from (I think?) my mother-in-law, through my sister-in-law (Jen’s entire family are Skyline afficionados…) and added, subtracted, monkeyed with, and attempted to match the real deal as best I can.
I’m close… but still not quite there.
Still… it is a fantastic thing that I can make GALLONS of Skyline-like Chili in my own house!!!
Well, this weekend, we’re headed to Clarence for a little family party (celebrating the graduation of one of our neices, among other things). It was requested that I make and bring the main course – Skyline Chili!!!
There are many things being celebrated this weekend. There’s Megan’s graduation. 🙂 And a church that my in-laws have lent their musical and preaching talents to on numerous occasions is celebrating 100 years of existence. So we’re celebrating that with them. My in-laws will be leaving soon for their summer travels, so it will be a good-bye party of sorts… and since they’ll be gone for my father-in-law’s birthday and their anniversary (same day), I’m sure we’ll be celebrating that too…..
But that just wasn’t enough.
My mother-in-law is very gifted. She can play the piano like nobody’s business. She has probably sewn (or do you just make?) THOUSANDS of quilts in her lifetime. She can sew anything. AND, she can cook. Add to that the fact that she loves to do all of those things for people, and she keeps herself pretty busy! 🙂 Well, she had been trying to have the Holcomb family over for dinner, where our family could join them – and we’d get to meet a (former) Buffalo Bills, NFL QB!
The problem is that little “former” word back there…
Kelly was traded to Philadelphia a while ago. His family still lives here in Buffalo area, and they attend the various functions at the Clarence Church of Christ (where Jen’s family attends, and Dad was the preacher for 31 years!). Jen’s Mom has been trying for awhile to get together with them again, and found out that they are headed to Philly very soon. SO…
They’re coming to our party! 🙂
So now we’re celebrating everything above … AND it’s a “going away party” for the Holcombs! 🙂
This morning as I was adding all the right seasonings to the giant vat of Skyline, I was thinking, “Kelly Holcomb – #10 for the Buffalo Bills – will get to eat my Skyline… CRAZY!” 🙂 It’s certainly a fun addition to an already fun weekend… and as you can guess, the boys are quite excited to have a meal with KELLY HOLCOMB. 🙂
I wonder if we’ll get to play a little football??? 🙂
So, that’s part of what we’re looking forward to this weekend. I’m sure I’ll have some kind of a report here by Monday.
Hope your weekend is full of Skyline, family celebrations and milestones, and meals with NFL QBs also!!
That got me hungry, I might go have skyline right now. Be Right Back.
Ok, much better. You know the sell that stuff in the can now. Kind of takes the guess work out of the recipe. But hey make it your way. Whenever your feeling sad and loney, its skyline time
Hey Mike!
Yeah, they actually sell it at Wegmans (a cool NY grocery chain) … but… yeah. It’s more fun to make it. 🙂
Someday I’ll have a restaurant where I serve my version of skyline. I think. 🙂
Of course, we also visit the REAL Skyline anytime we drive to/through Ohio!