brave_heart_verity: (cooking)
Verity Willis ([personal profile] brave_heart_verity) wrote in [community profile] nexus_sages2016-02-07 12:35 pm

Sibling Rivalries: Chili Edition



Flyers have been going up around the Forum and Commercial District for the last week or so. This morning,the lights in the VSW Meadhall came on. By noon, anyone getting close enough to an open door would know: chili's on!

Inside, everything's set up and waiting for the hungry and the curious: Clint's cooking in one corner, and Verity's in the other. Between them, tables are laid out with the necessities: bowls, plates, spoons, and plenty of napkins. There's beer and iced tea, some lovely tres leches cakes provided by the Nexus' favorite Japanese detective, and various toppings for the chili: bottles of sriracha and sweet Thai chili sauce, red pepper flakes, green onions and red, lime wedges, diced bell peppers and jalapeños, crumbled bacon, shredded cheddar cheese and sour cream. Cornbread and tortilla chips round things out.

Long tables with a mix of benches and chairs fill the hall on either side of the fire pits. One has board and card games stacked neatly at one end (they were neat when they were put out, at least). Another has two boxes, one wrapped in purple paper and one in pink, for depositing voting slips.

Poll #17301 1st Annual Chili Cook-Off
Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 7


Who gets your vote?

View Answers

Clint--Avengers Assemble!
3 (42.9%)

Truthfully? Verity.
4 (57.1%)


The fire pits are lit, the food is waiting, and there are games in want of players. What are you waiting for?

((There will doubtless be further Cupid-based shenanigans, but this weekend, it's all about the platonic relationships. Bromances, BFFs, and family ties rule the day! Let's celebrate! Threadhopping, tangents, games, and mischief are all encouraged. Just don't start a food fight or Verity will have to yell.))
aw_hawkguy: Smiling through a broken nose. (Smile)

Clint Barton's "Avengers Assemble" Chili

[personal profile] aw_hawkguy 2016-02-07 02:39 am (UTC)(link)
Clad in a purple tee shirt, heavy apron, and welding mask, Clint Barton toils over a tall pot, stirring its contents and checking them regularly. "Come an' get it, kids!" he calls. "The chili that amazed Asgard! The chili that beat an evil robot! The chili that saved the world! Come and get it!"

The chili in question is rich and thick, a mixture of red kidney beans, black beans, stewed crushed tomatoes, and just a few lentils that's had the excess water slow-cooked out of it to the point that spoons stand up straight and every muscle on Hawkeye's not-inconsiderable arms stands out when he goes to stir. A veritable menagerie of ground meats add to that robust body, including beef, venison, bison, and alligator. As well as mouth-watering, it's also eye-watering--carmelized onions and garlic are only the beginning of the spicy flavor profile, which rolls up tabasco and diced jalepeno on its way to incur the curses of spice merchants with a blend of turmeric, cumin, worcestershire sauce, chili powder, and a note of molasses and liquid smoke to finish.

Those with gentler mouths are advised to take theirs ladled over a bowl of crumbled-up cornbread, topped with shredded cheese, a generous dollop of sour cream, and a few fresh minced chives. Those desirous of a hotter experience are welcome to some of this year's new experiment, his "Infinity Gauntlet" salsa: scotch bonnets, red savina habaneros, komodo dragon chili peppers, bhut jolokia, Trinidad moruga scorpions, and Carolina reapers, blended cold with chopped tomatoes to preserve enough heat to make Volstagg blanch.
Edited 2016-02-07 02:43 (UTC)
sumarusfinest: icons created by pariker (I see...)

The Obligatory Dessert Station

[personal profile] sumarusfinest 2016-02-07 05:58 am (UTC)(link)


As this event is really much more about the sibling rivalry over who has the better meaty stewlike concoction, Katsuya has done his best to set up in a quiet part of the hall. He has three tres leches cakes with varying toppings: fruit, a dusting of cocoa powder, and one with a fourth leche in the form of drizzled dulce de leche atop the whipped cream icing. He's cut all three cakes once already for easy serving and has several disposable bowls and plastic cutlery for folks to obtain their dessert in.

Once he gets all set up, he will wander to go try out the chilis, but rest assured for those needing sweet relief from all the spicy chili, he won't leave any wanting for dessert.
cardboard_boss: art: shinkawa (smoke that cigar)

he's sort of anywhere milling around

[personal profile] cardboard_boss 2016-02-09 06:29 pm (UTC)(link)
Boss will be walking around looking at all the different foods wondering what the hell is going on to be frank. A celebration but for what? Snake isn't really one for socialising and he can't help but stand watching everyone else whilst smoking his e-cigar.

"Huh. People must like food here a lot."
jinmenken: (Default)

[personal profile] jinmenken 2016-02-10 03:51 am (UTC)(link)
There's a furtive, furry presence skittering from hiding place to hiding place, always doing his level best to stay out of sight. Under tables, behind chairs, one notable case of ducking under a floor-length dress. He always peeks first, peering from behind cracked glasses, before scurrying to the next hiding place.

Whenever he gets the chance and someone who's manning the tables looks away, Manjimutt darts out and attempts to snag a plate, a bowl, a single treat in his teeth and duck back into hiding. Free food brings out the hungry cryptids in the Nexus.