I think this lab went particularly well! Finding the recipe was a little challenging, seeing that at first we couldn’t really decide what recipe to go with, but once we came upon the Flatlander Chilli recipe, we all agreed it was the one. All we had to do was half the recipe to change the serving size of 10 to 5. When we started the chill, we noticed that we wouldn’t have enough celery as the recipe indicated, seeing that other groups used it too, but we all decided we would just use more green pepper instead, since we were the only group to use it. After a few taste tests, the chill seemed a little bitter, and though the recipe did include 1 ml of white sugar, we added 25 ml of brown sugar to really intensify the sweet chill taste. We also added a bit more cayenne pepper to get a different kick of heat. The original recipe called for 60 ml of chill powder, and that meant our halved recipe called for 30, but that seemed like a lot of chill powder, so we only used 15 ml. We did make quite a few changes to the recipe, but it seemed to work out pretty well, seeing that the judges liked our chili the best! I really enjoyed the lab, and our cheese braid turned out to be really good, and a great accompaniment to the chili. The only thing that was slightly difficult about the making of the chili was actually just trying to figure out what to say about it to the judges! Though once we figured that out, everything went smoothly. If i were to do this lab again, I think I may use a little less spice, because personally I found it a little too spicy for me. Other than that I think this lab was awesome and hope to make it again.
Chili Reflection
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