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| During the early
fall of 2000, my office had a Chili cook-off between groups of the sales
representatives plus the clerks (my group). We brainstormed after I
suggested that we have a whole themed presentation (just like
costuming!). Someone suggested that we wear some sort of hat like the
Wisconsin "cheesehead" fans. Someone else came up with chili
dogs, and a dog theme and the whole thing took off, to become "The
'Dawg-gone' Good Clerks" and our "Dawg-gone Good Chili".
Inspired, I volunteered to create the chilidog-shaped hats. Even though
I was working on a costume for Archon concurrently, I was eager to take
on the challenge to knock out 5 hats cheaply out of foam in less than a
week. You can read about how I made them in the Workshop. |
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We were very secretive about the
whole project, and everyone pitched in. For our presentation, the
chilidogs were sausages in a chili recipe. Spicy cookies, with a little
cayenne and black pepper, cut out in the shape of chili peppers and
baying dogs were "Dawg Bites", cornbread was cut out in the
shape of "Dawg Bones", and the condiments and crackers were
served in "Dawg dishes". |
| We even had a chilidog-shaped
cake custom made by a French bakery. (It tasted so-so, but it looked
really good.) |
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