The Boone Show
The Boone Show
The Boone Show - S5 E8 - Stirring the Pot: Belton's SC Championship Chili Cook-Off
Text us what you think of this episode!
Belton Mayor Eleanor Dorn and Sam Gilmer join the Boone Show to discuss the 15th Annual South Carolina State Chili Cook-Off Championship taking place this weekend in downtown Belton, with over 40 professional chili cooks competing for a chance at the world championship.
• Mayor Dorn shares her journey from volunteer to Belton's mayor in a council-strong government structure
• The SC Chili Cook-Off has raised over $160,000 for local charities over 14 years
• Professional competitors must cook from scratch on-site without "fillers" like beans
• Four professional categories: traditional red chili, chili verde, veggie chili, and homestyle chili
• $5 for five tastings or $20 for unlimited samples throughout the festival
• Event includes classic car show, collegiate tennis competition, live music, craft vendors, and food trucks
• All proceeds benefit six local nonprofits that work at the event
• Last year's event raised $21,000 for charity
• Mayor Dorn highlights Belton's growth with new businesses, residential developments, and $14 million in grants
Come to the 15th Annual SC State Chili Cook-Off Championship this Saturday, April 12th, from 10am to 4pm in downtown Belton! For more information, visit scchilicookoff.com.
Thanks for listening! Direct all inquiries to thebooneshow@mypulseradio.com.
Hey everybody, welcome to another edition of the Boone Show on MyPulse Radio.
Speaker 2:Two in a row.
Speaker 1:Well, no, we were off last week.
Speaker 2:It was spring break, true, but two weeks in a row we haven't done it in a couple of months, yeah yeah, so yeah, we're sort of back. Absolutely.
Speaker 1:I'm John Boone. That's the boss, lady Holly Harrell.
Speaker 2:Sort of back.
Speaker 1:Her husband knows her as a boss lady too. We're just having a conversation about that. We have some special guests in the studio here this week to promote the big South Carolina chili cook-off coming up this weekend, as well as some other things, because they're into all kinds of things. First off we have for the first time on the show, even though we've been here a while. Of course, you haven't been mayor for that long, so it's only been a few years, right.
Speaker 4:Correct yeah, so June of 21. Ok, so it's not our fault really.
Speaker 1:We'll take her. We'll take her now, and that's Eleanor Dorn is here. She's the mayor of Belton and a big part of the Chili Cook-Off which you'll find out, and the guy that just sneaks into every organization that there is anywhere. We see him everywhere. You see pictures of him with all kinds of local celebrities and everybody. He is Sam Gilmer, of course, with PlaySafe USA as well, which we had him on before With that, sam, how are you doing? I'm good. How are you Good? Good, you seem to have a fun job, though. I, sam, how are you doing? I'm good. How are you Good? Good, you seem to have a fun job, though. I mean you are just wherever something's happening in Belton Honeypath, anderson, wherever.
Speaker 2:It doesn't matter, he's there.
Speaker 1:He's there and that's great. He does a great job. So first off, eleanor, we'll start with you, because this is the first time we've talked to you, so give us a little background where you grew up, what you've done for a living and what brought you to be mayor and why the heck are you a mayor? Yeah, yeah, and all that Get us up to date.
Speaker 4:I asked myself that earlier. No, I love it. I'm from Belton, born and raised. I went to Anderson, district 2, my whole life, went to Clemson College, moved to Columbia a couple years. What'd you major in in college? Graphic communications.
Speaker 2:Oh okay.
Speaker 4:Then met my husband married. We lived in Anderson a short time. His business is in Greenville. I left it up to him where we would live and he loved Belton. So we came back to Belton and we've been here ever since.
Speaker 1:All right. So what led you to become the mayor?
Speaker 4:Had you been in any office before. It's got to be the money right, boys and myself, and so I spent my time volunteering in schools, coaching the church, the art center, you know, built an alliance, um, so I pretty much was a professional volunteer and then a good friend who.
Speaker 4:We thank you for that, thank you a good friend who was serving on city council, you know. Opening came up and he said I really think you would like it. I had no desire to do it and he talked me into it in in uh 2017, I was elected to council in 2017 and um mayor in uh February of I mean June of 21 and still here.
Speaker 2:And now you guys have a little bit of different set up. Uh, the town of Belton, because you have Alan we do who is a freaking rock star Right.
Speaker 4:We are a council strong government so typically when you have that, you have a city administrator.
Speaker 2:A mayor strong.
Speaker 4:Usually the mayor does a lot of the administrative work.
Speaker 2:So can you explain that to our audience, because not everybody understands what that means.
Speaker 4:Council strong is pretty much the seven of us. We have seven members of council myself. We make um the financial decisions. Um. We make policy decisions. Um is the bulk of what we do. Alan's more of the day-to-day. You know business um chores he, he handles A mayor strong the mayor would do. You know business um chores he, he handles a mayor strong the mayor would do you know has the ability to make all those decisions himself. But being a council strong it is a across the board. We all have to vote on a lot of things so in our area, who else in municipality wise?
Speaker 2:who else municipality-wise? Who else would be similar to the city of Belton?
Speaker 4:I'm not sure, pendleton, maybe.
Speaker 5:Or Anderson, anderson, oh yeah, city of Anderson, I know.
Speaker 4:Honeyapath and Williamston are both council strong I mean mayor strong.
Speaker 1:Okay, good, Okay, and have you enjoyed it? In three and a half years I have.
Speaker 4:I have. I've learned a lot. Yeah, okay, and have you enjoyed it. In three and a half years I have, I have I've learned a lot.
Speaker 1:I tease about it, but I am glad I did it. What's the biggest thing that you've kind of when you went into that office that you wanted to get done, that you've been able to see happen?
Speaker 4:Well, that's probably my favorite thing, because I did not, because I was not pursuing it, so I didn't come in with an agenda and a list of what I was going to solve. I came in to learn, and I learned real quick what I could solve and what I couldn't solve, or us as a group. So that that's probably my biggest lesson is. You know, I did not come in with I'm going to fix this, I'm going to fix that.
Speaker 2:Probably your biggest volunteering role as well. I would assume you put a lot of time into this.
Speaker 4:I do, and fortunately, since I don't have a nine to five, I can spend a lot more time with it than other mayors can. So what's your best part, gosh? There's a lot, there really is. Let me think about that it's you know, it's really for the most part, just anytime you can help somebody and let them. You know, understand what you can do and what you can't do, but for them. But anytime I can help somebody, I'm happy to do it.
Speaker 1:Yeah, and that's great anyway to have that kind of person go into that kind of role that is so much into the community and helping people rather than the whole agenda-based thing where. I'm going to change the way you think and we're going to do it all my way and there's a purpose Coming in and learning. People got to appreciate that, I think.
Speaker 2:Yeah.
Speaker 1:So all right, Sam, give us a little background of what you've been doing. I know you've been up to a bunch of different things and I was surprised to see you pop up on the chili cook-off thing.
Speaker 5:I shouldn't be, but tell us what you're up to. So right now I'm in leadership management, class 40. We are going strong with our class and getting going there and we've also been in community valve through PlaySafe and different outreach events and things like that. And then I'm a graduate of BHP. I graduated in 2019. I came through the Career Center and I love it and it has a great community impact.
Speaker 1:Yeah, that's a good answer.
Speaker 5:See, he's well-rehearsed for these things. Absolutely. And what did you take here, like digital design or graphics? I took media broadcasting and graphic communications. Okay, because you weren't in my class.
Speaker 1:You must have skirted out there very quickly in media broadcasting.
Speaker 3:But you took.
Speaker 1:Mr.
Speaker 4:McLean's class. Right, I did, yeah, yeah, so it's similar.
Speaker 1:All right Well you've done quite a bit. He's such a young man and what are your goals? With all this. I mean you seem to volunteer everywhere, which shows you've got a great heart and you want to spend time helping people, but what are your goals moving forward?
Speaker 5:I think just making a community impact, living a legacy in the community that people know who I am and what I've done throughout the community. I think leaving a legacy.
Speaker 1:Yeah, that's great.
Speaker 5:You like working?
Speaker 2:with Laysay. I do yes, Good.
Speaker 1:Yeah, how's your boss doing?
Speaker 5:She's good.
Speaker 1:Does she still go out for every meal she doesn't cook at?
Speaker 5:home.
Speaker 2:Yes, that's the one thing I remembered about that interview. I was going to say the same thing.
Speaker 5:I swear I was going to say the same thing I swear, I was going to say the same thing she said I never cook. Yes, she never cooks, that's great.
Speaker 1:It's worked out for her. Yeah, all right, that's cool, we've got to get her back on, but in fact they are a sponsor, thanks to Sam. Oh good, they're a sponsor of the radio station. You'll hear their commercials as a part of in Belton City Square there, so we'll talk about that. Next coming up on the Boone Show on my Pulse Radio.
Speaker 9:Another day, another dollar, and at Dills Galore that's a dollar saved, From groceries and fresh produce to clothes and dog food. Dills Galore has everything at a great discount. So stop on by, locate at 28 Beaverdam Road in Williamson, South Carolina, or give a call at 864-840-9577 and start saving. 9-5-7-7 and start saving.
Speaker 6:Craving the fresh flavors of Mexico. At El Magüey we bring the heart of Mexico right to your table. From sizzling fajitas to fresh tacos, our dishes are made with love, passion and the finest ingredients. With every bite is it a fiesta for your taste buds.
Speaker 7:Call today at 864-947-9101 or visit in person at 101 SC.
Speaker 6:20 Pouser, south Carolina.
Speaker 7:I'm McGuay where every meal is a celebration. Envision Williamson is a nonprofit organization that puts together fun activities and events for the town of Williamston. Have to pay your water bill, ask about trash pickup or inquire about other town business. That's not what Envision Williamston does. Think new business, ribbon cuttings, town cleanup day, community fundraisers adopt a shelter, the new dog park, concerts and events such as Bobbers on the Big Creek, cinco de Mayo and Williamston Winter Wonderland. When you think about fun, think Envision Williamston. They're always open to your ideas too. You can check out EnvisionWilliamsoncom or their Facebook page.
Speaker 10:The wait is over. Dodge presents the 15th Annual SC State Chili Cook-Off Championship. On Saturday, April 12th, from 10 to 4 in downtown Belton, there will be over 40 chili cooks competing for prizes and a chance to go to the International Chili Society World Championship. Tickets are $5 for $5 or a $20 unlimited taste band. There's car cruisings, kids' art activities, museum tours and so much more, and you too can compete in the amateur portion. Information can be found at scchilicookoffcom. Come eat, Come compete.
Speaker 1:And we're back on the Boone Show on MyPulse Radio. Our special guest today Belton Mayor Eleanor Dorn, who's also a big part of the South Carolina Chili Cook-Off which happens this weekend, and Sam Gilmer is here as well. He's participating. Sam, are you cooking?
Speaker 3:I am not, You're not going to make a batch of chili this weekend.
Speaker 1:Well, you know what's funny is? I read here that that's how elnor got started in this.
Speaker 4:No way well, our church, the men of our church I go to belton presbyterian church they actually started the chili cook-off.
Speaker 4:They were the first ones to take it to the square and then, um, matt lust took over and kind of expanded it to, um, pretty much what it is today, but yes, I would cook for our church and man the tent. And then started being asked to judge and then asked to round up all the judges to do the judging, which can be a lot, so kind of rolled into it and then, um, gene Jamison and I agreed to take over as co-chairs.
Speaker 2:So where did the South Carolina chili cook-off come in in? I mean, you have to say, oh, we're gonna have a chili cook-off in belton, but not necessarily for the state. So is there an association? Is there? So I mean, how does that work?
Speaker 4:yeah, there's a chili society. It's the international chili society, and you have to it's. It's a I mean, it's a thing, it's professional thing and you have to join it and you can't run your event the way you know without being a member of it.
Speaker 2:And so is this, and Sam, you might be able to. I don't know. Is this something that if you win at this state, you can go to nationalists? You go to the world championships.
Speaker 4:World championships.
Speaker 1:Where would the world? Oh, myrtle Beach. I think this year I just read it. The world, oh, myrtle Beach. I think this year I just read it.
Speaker 4:Right, but then it moves to maybe Indiana after that, or it moves to a different state after this year but this year it is Myrtle Beach, very cool so what it says here.
Speaker 1:Holly is the. It is the premier chili cook off in the southeast.
Speaker 8:Right here in Belton.
Speaker 1:Right here in Belton, presented by dodge and uh friends of the chili, richard and eleanor dorn. Uh, 15 years they've been doing this and if you're an amateur you can. They have an amateur category too in fact, I had a kid that was thinking about doing it, but he couldn't come up with making three gallons of chili. So because he's been in the culinary program, I know culinary has been down there a few times before, but um, yeah, is is. Has there been a cutoff for that, or can you show up the day?
Speaker 4:of and say, yes, sir. So there you go. Even, even the professionals can come in the day of, as long as they join that I see yes they, they can compete.
Speaker 2:The professionals, or everybody's got to join.
Speaker 4:Nope, just the professionals.
Speaker 2:So what constitutes you as a professional?
Speaker 4:You say I want to be a professional.
Speaker 2:That's it Okay.
Speaker 4:Pay that fee and you're a professional. Okay, I didn't know how that worked.
Speaker 1:That's pretty easy, yeah, so how do you pick the judges? Just they volunteer and say I like chili and they're in, or I mean, yes, do they have to know anything? We?
Speaker 4:love you know as many people as possible to get different palates. It's funny usually you're judging about 15 chilies at the same time and you start at a number and you rotate around. So say I start at three and I end at two, then I pick my three favorites. You know, if I started at seven, I might would have a different number one. It's really interesting to do it. Oh yeah, so we need a lot of people, a lot of different taste buds, you know, and the different chilies.
Speaker 2:It adds up to a lot of judges.
Speaker 4:So are there different categories? There are. You want to handle that, sam? It adds up to a lot of judges. So are there different categories? Yes, there are. You want to handle that, sam?
Speaker 1:Do you like chili Holly?
Speaker 2:I do. Okay, in fact we have, and the reason why I'm curious is because we have a chili cook-off at our tailgate.
Speaker 8:Okay, At Clemson.
Speaker 2:And we do it the last, the coldest game of the year, so it's like the last game before South Carolina.
Speaker 4:Because you have to have chicken there right.
Speaker 2:So we do it that time and we have a chili cook-off, and I was a reigning champion for about six years in a row, I didn't even know,
Speaker 9:you ate chili.
Speaker 2:But the last four years I have lost. I did get sabotaged one year. They burnt my chili. They did. Because I was watching their kids and so they said, well, watch your chili. So, anyways, I took the kids somewhere. But anyways, long story short, I got sabotaged that year. So technically, the last three years I've lost. So I'm trying to figure out where I need to fix. So do you have a category?
Speaker 5:Like I said, the categories. So there's veggie chili, homestop chili, chili verde and traditional red chili.
Speaker 2:So, which one are you?
Speaker 4:traditional. These are the professional categories. If you want to come in just as a amateur, you can cook what you want, so you can throw anything in there so what kind do you have?
Speaker 1:different kinds of meats that people throw in there with the chilies, like, did I do a chicken or beef, or a lot of beans, a lot of?
Speaker 4:the professionals will actually get um like a roast and cut it up and fine pieces and use that texture, because texture is one of the categories. You judge color, texture, you know spice, all that. So a lot of them do their own chopping of of their preferred cut of meat.
Speaker 2:So does this association give you the judging tool? Mm-hmm, mm-hmm. So there's a judging rubric.
Speaker 4:There's actually a head judge that knows all the rules and a scorekeeper who has to be certified to be a scorekeeper. I mean, it is professional when we say professional. But back to the meats. The chili verde, which I call it green chili, is mainly pork Green chili and it is really really good, really.
Speaker 1:Very good. So is there, do you crown a winner in each one of those categories? Is there an overall winner as well?
Speaker 2:Just a winner in each category and categories. Is there an overall winner as well? Just a winner in each category. And each category gets to go to the world.
Speaker 4:If you are number one, you go to the world championship.
Speaker 2:You pay for it, though, so if I win, I have to take myself on this case Myrtle Beach but if it was in Virginia or wherever. And then I have to bring three gallons of the chili with me. Correct, Okay. And is there a prize?
Speaker 4:It's usually cash. Oh, there's cash and the prize money is based on our entries. Okay, so day of we'll divide it up, and it's usually a pretty good envelope of cash.
Speaker 1:Holly, I think you should go how cool.
Speaker 4:And then our second and third place. We usually create a trophy of sorts. Sure and Allison and Steve Darby this year have designed a metal trivet with the chili cook-off logo. That's nice.
Speaker 2:And it's really neat. That is very cool. All because you guys started at the church, that's right. That's kind of cool it is Very proud of it. It's a great event, so do you have a surprise, Like if you were going to sit throughout the years and say I was really shocked when I learned this about the chili cook-off. Is there something that A rule, a chili somebody cooked? That was surprising or interesting.
Speaker 4:I guess mine would be that the green chili was actually as good as it is.
Speaker 1:Because when you first look at it, you're thinking green.
Speaker 2:Is it made with green tomatoes? Is that why it's green?
Speaker 4:Green chilies. Green chilies, yeah, like they have it at the Mexican places, right? I mean they?
Speaker 1:have that Mexican, that green sauce.
Speaker 4:Oh yeah, it is so good.
Speaker 1:Yeah, that I'm going to have to try.
Speaker 5:I'm going to try that one too, I have to admit.
Speaker 1:I'm afraid to try too much chili.
Speaker 4:I'm afraid at the end of the day, I might say Well, if you're not going to come cook, you need to come judge.
Speaker 1:I will. Oh well, I'll be there one way or another. We've got a booth, all right. So let's see, tasting begins at 11. See, holly, you should come out here, bring your daughter.
Speaker 2:Make her eat a bunch of spicy chili. So everybody judges Is that how that works?
Speaker 4:It's kind of if you want it, they'll call for judges, like we'll have our microphone and say if you'd like to judge um verde chili, be at the depot at. You know so and so o'clock and line up at the door first come.
Speaker 1:Sometimes we turn them away, but sometimes we have, you know, room for everybody all right, and uh, tasting tickets, kind of like the barbecue festival we have over here in williamston. Uh, you can taste five different chilies for $5, or you can get the unlimited for $20. So you might as well just get the unlimited.
Speaker 4:That's a lot of chili.
Speaker 1:Isn't it? That's a lot of chili, a lot of chili.
Speaker 4:You know, the armband is for the amateur and the professional chili.
Speaker 2:So for $20,.
Speaker 1:you taste everybody and they've got what you said 30-some professionals Holy cow. And 15 amateurs, it says here.
Speaker 2:That's a lot of chili At this point anyway.
Speaker 1:So there could be a lot more than that come the day of the show.
Speaker 2:So judging starts at 11?.
Speaker 4:No, the judging starts when the tasting starts. The judging is. The professional judging will start usually around 1. They'll light their fires, They'll cook, they have a certain amount of time to cook and then they'll call for them to bring it in and that schedule will be posted that day when the judge makes his schedule, when he wants everything.
Speaker 2:So do you have to cook on site?
Speaker 4:Yes, Professional Amateur does not.
Speaker 2:Oh, so they can just bring it and just have a way to keep it warm.
Speaker 4:Okay, Professional from scratch on site.
Speaker 2:So I'm assuming there's rules for that. Can you use canned beans and those kind of things? No, fillers.
Speaker 4:No, beans are in this To me. I call it kind of a base to it. It's a little bit different than it is To me. I call it what would be your base to your red chili. And then you, when you have it at home, you add your beans or whatever fillers, but you, you can't put any fillers is what you call that.
Speaker 1:I remember the last time we went. It is kind of cool because everybody's uh, it's kind of like the culinary competition that you go to, everybody's chopping things up, and the smells in the air are amazing. They're very serious, they are extremely serious.
Speaker 4:I mean, it's a commitment they've made, sure.
Speaker 3:They get to go to the world championship and they're coming from.
Speaker 4:you know we've got a couple coming from Texas, oh that's what I was going to ask you. So Indiana, New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, of course, North Carolina and Georgia.
Speaker 1:That's pretty cool.
Speaker 2:That is cool.
Speaker 1:And then all the money that you bring in, it all goes to charity. Yes, sir, and talk about the charities that are benefiting.
Speaker 4:It goes to our six nonprofits that are in town, which is our.
Speaker 5:It's the Belton Arts Center, the Belton Alliance, the Belton Area Museum, belton Interfaith Ministries, the American Legion, post 51, and the Belton Masonic Lodge. Christmas for Kids program.
Speaker 4:You know, what that's even better. But the good thing about our nonprofits is they work the event Like one group will take up tickets. You know, everybody has a job.
Speaker 5:One group does trash just kind of throughout the whole festival.
Speaker 4:They've been pretty much doing these same duties for years, but they do this day of work and then they get a pretty good check at the end of the day. It's good for everybody.
Speaker 1:Last year $21,000 to give to the six charities. Get pretty good check. At the end of the day it's it's good for everybody. Last year twenty one thousand dollars to give to the six charities what a great feel good event.
Speaker 2:Not to mention, you're eating, which everybody likes that I mean to. But to come and to know that I'm giving you 20 bucks to taste all their food. But if then I'm, that twenty dollars really is going to go help right, exactly, I mean exactly. That's just awesome.
Speaker 1:Doesn't get any better than that. I know, but you know what, Holly?
Speaker 2:What.
Speaker 1:It's not just tasting chili at this thing. There's a lot of other things going on?
Speaker 2:Yeah, well, tell me.
Speaker 1:John Sam, I'm sure you're the one that's got all this lined up. The entertainment, let us have it.
Speaker 5:So the entertainment is Combo Kings. Combo Kings have been everywhere in this area.
Speaker 1:You've probably heard them.
Speaker 5:Go ahead. There also will be a classic car show from 930 to 130 throughout the kind of side area right there, the lobby area. They'll kind of be parked right there, and then there will be a tennis. What are we calling this tennis?
Speaker 1:The Belt and Bash. Yes, the Belt and Bash.
Speaker 5:Yes, the Belt and Bash yeah collegiate intramural tennis competition From South Carolina, north Carolina and Georgia. And then also that day the Arts Center and the museum will be open for exhibits throughout that whole the Belt and is the home of the Chili and we're also home of the Tennis Hall of Fame, so the Tennis Hall of Fame museum will be open to that day very cool and I think margaret haney's playing sometime during the day.
Speaker 4:We'll have a few more, yeah, local artists get up on the stage.
Speaker 7:You know.
Speaker 4:Margaret's a district two student who spent some time in nashville. Now she's back, but she's very, very talented and we always love to hear her on the stage. Oh, very good, very good, and that's not it that's not all.
Speaker 2:It's not all.
Speaker 1:That's not all there's, uh, there's crafters okay there's, uh, there's a couple of radio stations like uh well, iheart's there with all their million stations and then there's us so you have to come by our booth. But, uh, tell us about some of the food, sam.
Speaker 2:So there's more than just chili.
Speaker 5:More than just chili, right right, so you got your normal crafters that come to festivals. Then we have some food trucks there, often different types of food homemade cutting boards, dog biscuits, dried free fruits, frozen candy there you go flower garden plants official t-shirts. We'll have official t-shirts that day and aprons to buy and sell and the Belton Alliance will host the beer tent and that money goes back to Belton Alliance, which also then goes the Belton Alliance is a part of the chili cook-off.
Speaker 1:It's the non-profit that sponsors this right and they do a lot of the events right.
Speaker 4:They do just about all the events, the city of belton partners with them yeah on a lot of things because they can do some things we can't, and vice versa. So, um, we can fund some things, but we don't have the um people to line it up. So we kind of trade off that way you do the physical labor work and we'll fund it.
Speaker 1:So there's plenty to do. I mean, you come there, you can taste the chili, starting at 11. And then they'll judge what about two or three in the afternoon. Probably start a little bit earlier than that A little earlier than that, and then they'll tell you who the winners are about. Two or three, I guess, and. But you get to listen to music all day. You can walk around to the different crafts and get some other snacks while you're waiting for chili or to clean the old palate.
Speaker 2:Right.
Speaker 1:What if a judge wanted to do all four categories? I mean you've got to cleanse the palate.
Speaker 4:That's right, you do.
Speaker 3:How do they do that?
Speaker 4:In the judging room officially water. You may have your own brand of cleansing your palate, but actually they have the chili. You have sour cream and flour tortilla shells, so you can have that. They have different food that you cleanse your palate with. You have sour cream and flour tortilla shells, so you can have that they have different food that you cleanse your palate with Grapes is a good palate cleanser.
Speaker 2:So, realistically, if I came and paid my $20, how many samples of chili can I taste? As many as you want Gosh.
Speaker 1:How many entries?
Speaker 2:you got.
Speaker 1:I got over 30 professional. Yeah, professional Close to 15.
Speaker 4:Wow, 15 amateur Close to 50. And if you went back to all of them over and over again, I guess Because you could go as much as you wanted to. Or go be a judge and you can really taste some chili.
Speaker 2:Yeah, that's amazing, that's amazing, very cool.
Speaker 1:Are you going to go? Are you going to come out to our tent?
Speaker 2:I think I'm going to.
Speaker 1:Yeah, you should, I'm going to it sounds like something that's right up your alley. Yeah, you should. As a matter of fact, you ought to enter.
Speaker 2:I don't know if I can. You know, my daughter is in a play that day. Oh, she is.
Speaker 4:And so I'm doing that volunteer mom thing, because you can't get to do that.
Speaker 2:I can't take that back. I can't take that back. So I'm going to volunteer this weekend, but I think it's in the afternoon, yeah.
Speaker 5:And there's also an option for People's Choice Award, because you get a coin when you get your tickets, so you can go around and see which chili is your favorite and you can put the coin in the bucket that's at the table to vote For the people's choice, for people's choice and it's real hard to beat the fire department is it but but,
Speaker 2:you can firemen always know how yeah they do, they do so do you enter, eleanor?
Speaker 4:um, I haven't since. Um, I became a co-chair, gotcha, yeah a little conflict of interest.
Speaker 5:No, I'm just there for the marketing and pictures.
Speaker 1:So you don't taste all the chili, do you?
Speaker 5:like chili. I do like chili, okay.
Speaker 1:I do too, and I'm glad there's not beans. I don't like the beans. I like the beans.
Speaker 2:I don't like the beans, but now I'm kind of disappointed because it's fillers, like maybe that's my problem.
Speaker 3:That's why, I've been losing the last couple years. I'm putting fillers in.
Speaker 2:It might be forget that, yeah, you get good stuff in there.
Speaker 7:No fillers, that's right it's like we do with this show there's no fillers except zach.
Speaker 1:He'll be calling in any second. I know I'm watching he's uh, he's, he's.
Speaker 7:No, I'm terrible to him, but he gives it right back to me.
Speaker 1:Yeah, all right. So if somebody wants to compete uh, by the way, you can register at sc chili cookoffcom real nice website there if you're competing as an amateur, there's a form for you to fill out with a registration fee and if you're a professional, as eleanor said, you must be a member of the ics and register at that uh website. Again, five dollar, five for five uh bands and uh twenty20 will get you unlimited. You can have all the chili you want for $20. All right, and they'll be easy to find. They've got a couple of tents there that you'll be able to get the wristbands and, as Sam just said, a coin to cast your vote for the People's Choice winner, and all that goes to those charities they just mentioned as well. It's just, it's awesome.
Speaker 2:Over 14 years, over $160,000 for local charities Very cool For a fun event like that. Now I assume there's going to be easy parking.
Speaker 4:We do have easy parking Okay, Between the post office area, that corner you've got behind downtown there's a lot of spaces there around the library.
Speaker 5:First Baptist Church. You can park at the First Baptist Church. Good All right.
Speaker 1:So that's coming up Saturday between 10 and 4. We'll be there with the platypals will be there, you can take some pictures with the mascot, and we'll be playing some music. We've got some giveaways and stuff for everybody too, so we're looking forward to it. The weather looks like it's going to hold pretty good.
Speaker 4:I've got one thing to add the Bloodmobile will be there.
Speaker 2:Oh, okay.
Speaker 1:Can you guys do any more good with this thing?
Speaker 5:I know that's what I'm thinking, this is the most money fundraised for this year's Chili Cook-Off ever in the 15 years of the event. Wow, that is very cool, and you could get more on the day of that's right.
Speaker 4:Yeah, a lot more as a matter of fact.
Speaker 1:So that's awesome and we're looking forward to it. Temperature is supposed to be like in the 60s.
Speaker 2:It's going to be beautiful too, it's going to be great.
Speaker 1:All right, we'll take a quick time out, then we'll come back and hopefully have Zach with sports. If not, we will go right on and talk with Eleanor and Sam about other things that are going on in Belton and the surrounding communities. You're listening to the Boone.
Speaker 10:Show on MyPulse Radio. They're not just about keeping your teeth healthy. They're about making you feel great every time you walk through the door. With caring professionals, state-of-the-art care and a welcoming atmosphere, they make your dental visit something to smile about. Call Milltown Dentistry today at 864-947-9886, or visit them online at milltowndentistcom.
Speaker 6:Milltown Dentistry. Because smiling is contagious. Looking to brighten someone's day or add a little bit of beauty to your home? At Ness Flower Shop we have the perfect glims for every occasion. At Ness Flower Shop, we just don't sell flowers, we help create memories. Our expert florists are here to help you choose the perfect arrangements. Ness Flowers has been locally owned and operated for over 100 years, so you know you're getting the best of the best. Call today at 864-947-6101 or visit in person at 12 Main Street, west Pelser, south Carolina. Nez Flowers Shop, where every petal tells a story.
Speaker 3:The small and local businesses are the arteries of our communities. Many of these business owners are your neighbors and they reinvest their money into their businesses to bring more products and services to the communities they serve. The Palmetto Business Association is comprised of small and local businesses in Williamston, Piedmont, Pelzer, West Pelzer and surrounding areas. We, as an association, give back to the communities our businesses serve through many community events throughout the year. For more information, including a complete list of members, and to see upcoming events, please visit our website at palmetto businessorg.
Speaker 12:Play safe is a local nonprofit organization providing the medical services that keep our high school athletes safe and in the game. Join and mad self regional and other fine sponsors by visiting play safe USAorg. Your funding and support will continue the mission of sports medicine services and saving lives within your community. That's playsafeusaorg.
Speaker 10:The wait is over. Dosh presents the 15th annual SC State Chili Cook-Off Championship. On Saturday, april 12th, from 10 to 4 in downtown Belton, there will be over 40 chili cooks competing for prizes and a chance to go to the International Chili Society World Championship. Tickets are five for five dollars or a twenty dollar unlimited taste band. There's car cruisings, kids art activities, museum tours and so much more, and you too can compete in the amateur portion. Information can be found at SC Chili Cook Off dot com. Come eat, come compete. We're back on the Boone Show, my Pulse Radio. Yeah, come eat, come compete.
Speaker 1:You can back on the Boone Show on MyPulse Radio. Yeah, come eat, come compete. You can do it all at the SC Chili Cook-Off coming up this Saturday in Belton. Let's go to the phone lines. Zach has been blowing up my phone with texts about how he can't get through and yet all of a sudden he does. How does that happen, Zach?
Speaker 8:You know, I don't know, I'm not sure who needs to be fired, but this is becoming an every week thing. There's nothing I can say about the Braves right now, because we're just off to the best start.
Speaker 1:We've ever had. I know You're only six games back, nine games in. That's good.
Speaker 8:And I don't want to even talk about who. We got three games coming up with.
Speaker 1:Yeah, I know, I'm still scared, I'm so scared Before I get started.
Speaker 8:I don't know if she's listening, but I want to wish a very happy eighth wedding anniversary to my beautiful wife, my high school sweetheart also one of your former students, that's right.
Speaker 2:Happy anniversary Tiffany.
Speaker 1:It all started in our class.
Speaker 8:I'm telling you I wouldn't be. I know this is supposed to be about sports, but I would not be the man, the husband, the daddy that I am without her. You know, she gave me a shot, she gave me a chance and I'm so thankful that's good I won't even joke about that, Because you are a good man and a good father.
Speaker 1:girl dad.
Speaker 8:Well, I appreciate that, man. I I look forward to this every other tuesday or every other month some tuesday, some random tuesday in a few months? Yeah, every other year, you know, once in three years okay, zach, okay, all right, we get the point so what do you, what do you have for us here tonight?
Speaker 1:What are you bringing to the show?
Speaker 8:Well, I mean to be honest with you, there's really not a whole lot going on. Unless you want to talk about the Braves' 1-8 start. I mean you know, when you've got a guy that's been in the minor leagues for half of his career and that's six of your nine guys in the lineup, I mean that's what you come. You know we don't have the Dodgers money or the Mets money. I mean I can't really say in no shot at you the Phillies money. They've had the same lineup for the past seven, eight years.
Speaker 8:You know I mean had the chance to re-sign Dansby Swanson, had the chance to re-sign Freddie Freeman and you let both of them walk. Yeah, you know so, and I know Acuna's out and I understand that Spencer Strider's out.
Speaker 1:But Well, he should be coming back in another week, right?
Speaker 8:Yeah, spencer Strider. Yes, I saw where it's like april 15th and then I think acuna's due back in may. But is that really gonna help? I mean, is two players really gonna help? I mean it, you know, we'll see oh, you're pitching staff too.
Speaker 1:You've lost a lot there too yeah, exactly, exactly.
Speaker 8:I mean max freed, he kind of he was good in the postseason, he, he was good in the postseason, especially during the World Series run, but man, I think he went like 10-11 or 10-10 last year. And then Charlie Morton, he was up and down and then they can't make up their mind what they want to do with Jesse Chavez. Have you seen all that?
Speaker 1:No, I haven't.
Speaker 8:I think this is his literally seventh time being signed with the Braves in like three years. Seriously, I mean, it's just a crazy thing going on over there, so I mean there's really not much to talk about. You know, I know the National Championship for Basketball was last. You know, last night. You know I don't even want to get into my bracket. My bracket was shot after the first night, so you know. But anyway, I got second place.
Speaker 2:Yeah, Holly got second place in the office thing, which is first loser, but that's only because I wasn't in it.
Speaker 8:Oh wow, Tiffany was doing good until Tennessee got. She had Tennessee winning it all Of course she did. Yeah, of course yeah. And they got knocked out in the elite eight and, uh, she just started dropping. She was doing good, she just started dropping off. But see, this year I picked a bunch of cinderellas. For the year I picked them yeah, it didn't happen, did it? No, they decided not gonna win.
Speaker 2:But except against clemson is it terrible to say how I picked mine?
Speaker 1:by color and you came in second place First loser.
Speaker 8:Tiffany picks hers. Tiffany picks hers. I always tell her to watch the. What is it? The 512, the 611s?
Speaker 2:Oh yeah.
Speaker 8:I said, just watch those seeds. And Tiffany, my baby sister, won the thing.
Speaker 2:Hey, speaking of that, isn't there like the tallest teenager in the world is coming, uh, to play for florida? Yes am I right? Did I say the right one?
Speaker 8:yes, he's like. I think he's there now. He's like seven eight, like seven, seven, seven, eight. Yeah, he didn't even need a ladder to cut down on that yes, that's what I.
Speaker 2:Is he already playing for them?
Speaker 8:Yes, he's a walk-on, but he's a walk-on. But I mean, if I've got a 7'7", 7'8" foot guy there, I think I'd be playing him a lot more than just a walk-on Right.
Speaker 4:Yes, how much does he weigh?
Speaker 8:But did you go before I let y'all go? Holly, did you go to the spring game? I did.
Speaker 5:Did you like that?
Speaker 2:format.
Speaker 5:No, I did not.
Speaker 8:I didn't like it either. I wasn't able to make it because we had a birthday party to go to.
Speaker 2:Oh, and they didn't televise it this year.
Speaker 8:No, they didn't. But that format, I guess I don't know, I guess I don't know, I guess saves people from getting hurt, maybe while they've done that.
Speaker 1:Do you know what else it is? And it has to do with it being televised and with the new formats is that they don't want players to be exposed to other teams for the portal.
Speaker 2:Right, I didn't think about that, but you're exactly right.
Speaker 1:So now a lot of schools are taking the spring game out there's no coverage of it whatsoever because they're afraid of losing players.
Speaker 2:That makes sense yeah.
Speaker 8:Well, and that's, and it's like Dabo said the other day. He said we're the only sport in history. I mean, you think about it. You've got the NFL, with the preseason, nba preseason, college baseball can scrimmage whoever basketball can scrimmage. You've got high school they do jamborees. College football doesn't have anything but the spring game why can't? They have a couple pre-season games yeah he said, because we don't know what we have till lsu rolls into town yeah you know, and they have the number one quarterback till michigan offered him three million dollars.
Speaker 8:Yeah, that's right. So you know I'm looking forward to it already.
Speaker 1:Sounds to me like he's building in excuses already for the LSU game yeah that's what it is. Zach you gotta tell me something real quick before you go about you know. I don't know if we're going to be on before Wrestlemania or not that's what I was going to ask you. That's what I was we may have a show next week.
Speaker 8:I'm working on a guest, but I don't have me uh, you ever thought about just calling me and seeing if I won't come in?
Speaker 1:no, I'm just kidding. You should come in.
Speaker 8:You should come in one day you can't anyway, because you're working well, if you were it at 5 o'clock.
Speaker 1:Well, Holly doesn't want that. I mean, everybody's got their demands on my show.
Speaker 8:Let me tell you something, if I can call in driving down the road at my job, I can leave early to come to your show All right, I'll keep that in mind.
Speaker 1:We might do it.
Speaker 8:I've just got to tell them. I've just got an appointment. All right, I'll keep that in mind. We might do it. I've just got to tell them I've just got an appointment, I've got to be at it. You've got an appointment, I've got an appointment. An important appointment.
Speaker 1:Well, hopefully.
Speaker 8:About WrestleMania. It's going to be very interesting. It's going to be very interesting. Of course, carson all up in arms about Jimmy Uso getting beat up.
Speaker 1:Yeah, her manager, jay U.
Speaker 8:Her man's, jey Uso. And I tell you, man, when you're watching it, as long as I've been watching it, and your friends are watching it, and then you have your sister watching it, but there's nothing like being in an arena with your five-year-old weekend. I would wish that anybody could experience that. You know that was incredible and I'm looking forward to experiencing it again on May 19th.
Speaker 1:I'm sure you are. Well, let's hope we have a show next week and we can catch up then.
Speaker 8:Yeah, that sounds good. Hopefully we're talking about the Braves bringing the Bruins out on the Phillies.
Speaker 1:Yeah, okay, good luck with that All right.
Speaker 8:Y'all have a good one.
Speaker 1:And happy anniversary.
Speaker 8:Thank you Appreciate it.
Speaker 1:All right, Bye-bye. See, Eleanor Zach used to be a student of ours here in media broadcasting and so is his wife.
Speaker 2:He's always wanted to be on a show and talk sports.
Speaker 1:So you know, we get him on the show. He's kind of funny.
Speaker 2:He is hysterical.
Speaker 1:And his wife was in the class too. In fact, we have like three, four, five, maybe even six different people that have married out of the class that we've had.
Speaker 1:It's been a lot of years so it's not like it's happening all the time, but anyway, he's one of the good ones, All right, so let's switch gears here. In the last 15 minutes we've got here and talk a little bit about what's going on in Belton. This is the Boone Show, MyPulse Radio. We're talking with Belton Mayor Eleanoranor Dorn and Sam Gilmer and tell us, you know, what are some things that are coming up that people can look forward to, whether it be events or anything else. Some things. Maybe you have some businesses coming to town that you want to tell people about what's going on in Belton.
Speaker 4:We have all of the above. All right, I'll hit the businesses first. We have a real big business that has just started moving dirt in the Old Millican site. It's Eastern Engineered Wood Products and they're investing $19 million in that site. They'll employ 35 people. It's going to be a big addition to the town, very excited about that. We have about 360 homes slated to be built in the next three to five years. We all really good looking plans, so we're excited about that.
Speaker 1:Whereabouts are you seeing the most?
Speaker 4:development. It's really spread out. That's good and you know a lot going on within city limits in little spot areas. They can buy an acre of land. They're putting a house on it. It's amazing. We have a few restaurants that are looking at us. We do have Baldwin's Bar and Grill that will be opening here soon.
Speaker 2:And where is that going to be located?
Speaker 4:It's going to be in the old specs on Brazil, but they've done some renovations in the building. I think their training is with the Rain's you know restaurant group, so that tells you they know what they're doing.
Speaker 2:Quality of food.
Speaker 4:We're real excited about that. They're having a little soft opening this week and next week they're open to the public.
Speaker 2:Oh, this quick Okay.
Speaker 4:So that's going to be exciting. We've just put in six pickleball courts. Lighting's going up on them right now. That's been a big hit. We got a $25,000 grant to redo the bathrooms beside the pickleball courts. Right now we've got about 14 million dollars worth of grant programs going on wow, 12 of it's in the water sewer department. Um, we're about to break ground on a new building at our lidopore park big concession stand, bathrooms for the baseball park there.
Speaker 2:Um you've done lots of improvements as far as sidewalks in the last two years right, we're getting ready to start that project.
Speaker 4:We got 800,000 for that, so that is about to start as well. Um, so we've got a lot going on and is that connected?
Speaker 2:is that trail connecting somewhere?
Speaker 4:well, that's just sidewalks around town we're identifying the ones that are in really bad shape and we're going to fix those. We do have our walking trail, yep, and we are looking. We are have begun the process and still are looking for funds to complete it. Um, a spur of that. That will start with the abney park um field and go over to the rec center yep, so it'll cut through the old Abney Mill property. Lee and Michael Gilreath have donated that property to us, not the whole property, what it would take to build the trail the right way.
Speaker 4:So we're working on that. That won't be real quick of a project but we've started on it and it'll be a big deal for us, so very excited about that. Entertainment-wise, we've got um, of course, the chili cook-off. This weekend, at the end of the month of may, we have our big palmetto tennis tournament really good tennis to go watch. It's a juniors tournament but it's one of the biggest in the state. We've had it for years. It's a big deal that we have it.
Speaker 4:Um, starting friday night before the chili cook-off we are going to start our downtown sounds, which we call the standpipe sounds. Dave malden will be performing, starting at six. We'll have a food truck and then throughout the summer we've got um, we've got let me get our lineup for that and this is every Friday night. No, just Friday night for this one. The other ones are on a Tuesday night. May 6th we have Ryan Pitts and the Southern Gentleman coming. Then we'll have another one on June 10th. I'm not sure of the band yet. For that one we take July off and we haven't lined up the band for August yet. Then September the Com combo kings will play.
Speaker 4:But that's once a month, once a month on a tuesday, on a tuesday um june, may june, april will be on friday night, may june, then july, I mean august, september and um you'll have food trucks right, food truck, free music. It's all free other than the food Right. Bring a chair.
Speaker 2:Different food trucks, so it's not the same one every time we try and get a different one.
Speaker 4:Yes, okay, very cool. So we've got a lot going on. Yeah, there is a lot going on.
Speaker 1:Any other events that you can think of.
Speaker 4:Do you guys do anything for the?
Speaker 1:4th of July.
Speaker 4:We that you can think of Do you guys do anything for the 4th of July? We do not do anything for the 4th of July. You know we've debated it, but you know we like to give our employees the day off when we have these events. You know our people have to work, that's right, and we just decided they need to have that vacation as well.
Speaker 1:So we just kind of leave that alone, you can go down to Williamston. Williamston is putting on a big show now these days, I mean we're all Anderson County.
Speaker 2:So let's spread the love. And you know, you mayors, you guys work very well together anyways, you always have Right.
Speaker 4:I mean, Anderson County is a great county to be in. And I mean I've always thought, if one of us is doing well, it's good for the other one, that's right. But then in the fall we have our standpipe festival.
Speaker 1:Yeah, we usually try to make that as well, sam. What's PlaySafe doing these days? Got any events? Nope, no more golf tournaments or anything.
Speaker 5:School's ending. What's going on? School's ending. He's just like nope, nope, that's all right. We'll go to break then. So are there any new things that you guys are doing? Just our opioid program through the state. So each high school student will get a packet for like opioid Play Smart, and there's a whole program on that that we're kind of implementing throughout the state through the Coaches Association. All right.
Speaker 1:Well, when we wrap it up, when we come back, we'll um, we'll ask for our usual recommendations. We, what we do on the show, is we ask our guests to give our listeners some recommendations of something in entertainment, something that you've watched, you know, a movie or music that you're listening to, or that you're streaming or binging or whatever. And then we ask and something if you're reading, yeah, books or uh, and then we ask for something along the lines of food, whether it's a new restaurant you tried or a new dish you tried, or something like that. So that's coming up next and that's how we'll wrap up the show. So keep it right. Here. You're listening to the boone Show on MyPulse Radio.
Speaker 12:PlaySafe is a local nonprofit organization providing the medical services that keep our high school athletes safe and in the game. Join ANMED, Self, Regional and other fine sponsors by visiting PlaySafeUSAorg. Your funding and support will continue the mission of sports medicine services and saving lives within your community. That's playsafeusaorg.
Speaker 11:Founded from a dream and dedication and built with a warming aesthetic, comfortable merchandise and coffee at great prices, maple Bakery and Coffee House opens its arms to everyone with a sweet tooth. So come and embrace the friendly adornment and enjoy a hot or cold treat at Williamston's Maple Bakery, or place an order for a special occasion, located at 908 Anderson Drive. We hope you enjoy it as much as we do. We hope you enjoy it as much as we do. If you have cravings for Southern cooking that just won't cease, then a trip to the Clock of Williamson is just what you need. The Clock of Williamson is the pinnacle of customer satisfaction, good Southern cooking and greater Southern service. With a variety of foods cooked to order, you are sure to find just what you're looking for. So the next time you're out on the town needing a bite, remember the Clock of Williamson is just right there, hot and fresh, only at the Clock.
Speaker 9:Another day, another dollar, and at Dills Galore that's a dollar saved, from groceries and fresh produce to clothes and dog food. Dills Galore has everything at a great discount, so stop on by, located at 28 Beaver Dam Road in Williamson, south Carolina, or give a call at 864-840-9577 and start saving.
Speaker 10:The wait is over. Dodge presents the 15th Annual SC State Chili Cook-Off Championship. On Saturday, april 12th, from 10 to 4 in downtown Belton, there will be over 40 chili cooks competing for prizes and a chance to go to the International Chili Society World Championship. Tickets are $5 for $5 or a $20 unlimited taste band. There's car cruisings, kids art activities, museum tours and so much more, and you too can compete in the amateur portion. Information can be found at scchilicookoffcom. Come eat, come compete.
Speaker 1:All right, it's the Boone Show on MyPulse Radio. We've been talking a lot about the Chili Cook-Off coming up this weekend, this Saturday, in Belton with Belton Mayor Eleanor Dorn and Sam Gilmer from PlaySafeUSA, and he's a volunteer at the event. So, like we do every week, we kind of wrap up the show With getting some recommendations from our guests, and they've been some good ones. In fact, I went to Local Q last week.
Speaker 2:Did you Was it good? Did you have the wings? I had the wings Good.
Speaker 1:Smoked wings.
Speaker 2:Yes, they are so good. So good have you been to Miles Pizza yet I have not.
Speaker 1:But I don't get up there a whole lot. Yeah, because I'm down at Exit 1. Now when I go up to Greenville I will make sure that I get to Miles Pizza, but the wings were great, so I'm really using all this selfishly to find good places to go out to eat and all that, yeah, amen, yeah, that's all it is, but listeners, hopefully, can get something out of it too.
Speaker 4:So first off, in entertainment, something that you've seen or heard or read or binged, or something along entertainment lines lately that you can share as a recommendation to our audience eleanor um, I had didn't watch it recently, but a really cool show that my youngest son taught, taught us into watching and we just fell in love with it, was my octopus teacher I saw that the other day.
Speaker 1:I just heard about that the other day, as a matter of fact, and it's a documentary.
Speaker 4:It is. It is, but it is. It's great. Yes, I love it.
Speaker 1:I saw that I literally just saw the uh trailer or something for it the other day and it's funny correct or is it a movie?
Speaker 4:I think it's several episodes, so yes, okay. But, we binged it and I went and bought a bunch of octopus stuff. Did you buy an octopus? I thought about it. And then I read the story about the guy that bought one. You know lived in like Montana and it had babies, and he's got a thousand.
Speaker 2:They all have to be separate. Yes, I saw that.
Speaker 1:All right, Sam, what do you got?
Speaker 5:I don't know.
Speaker 1:What do you mean? You don't know. I don't have the time to watch movies. Binging reading. You don't listen to anything. Yeah, you listen to something when you're drunk.
Speaker 5:I started listening to the old the Boone Show podcast.
Speaker 1:Oh, there you go, there you go. Checks in the mail.
Speaker 5:Podcast recommendations.
Speaker 1:Yes, yes, do you listen to other podcasts? Mm-hmm, like what.
Speaker 5:Well, that's what I'm saying. Maxwell Leadership is the one I've started.
Speaker 1:Oh, maxwell, that's the only one I of gotten into. All right, okay. Yeah, there are a lot of good ones out there.
Speaker 4:I like how he said, the bean show. Yeah, I don't know what he wants from me, but we'll find out. We'll find out soon. All right, food eleanor. Um, I guess I'm a. I'm a kind of repeater and I love to go to do littles that's my favorite restaurant. But as far as cooking at home, what do you get at? Do littles. I mean that's important. I get the fried green beans to start with, okay, and then I always get the grilled salmon. They have the best salmon.
Speaker 6:I love grilled salmon.
Speaker 4:And at home we've been fixing grilled salmon bowls with rice and marinated cucumbers. We marinate them in teriyaki and ginger and rice wine, vinegar, edamame and put it over the rice and the sriracha mayonnaise.
Speaker 1:That's been our go-to dish about once a week now, wow it's nice and healthy too, yeah, yeah, very healthy sam, I know you must eat, so you can't get out of it on this one soup.
Speaker 5:I love a good chicken and rice yeah, from where that you make yourself? Well, I don't cook it, my daddy does.
Speaker 1:Yeah, okay, so yes, so he makes it like fresh and all that chicken, so it's just chicken and rice.
Speaker 2:Yes, and it's a soup okay, all right.
Speaker 5:Yeah, it's pretty basic from it is today, but I love it sometimes.
Speaker 2:The basic yeah, yeah, yeah. So what's your favorite mexican restaurant?
Speaker 5:um, probably el titanic, now that it's kind of revamped the owners and things like that, so probably Mexican. But there's a couple of good ones in Anderson too.
Speaker 2:All right. So what do you get at El Titanic?
Speaker 5:So I usually get a fajita. I usually get a chicken fajita.
Speaker 1:Okay, those are always good yeah.
Speaker 4:And I get the buffalo chicken wings. I mean chicken tenders at El.
Speaker 1:Titanic chicken wings, I mean chicken tenders At the Mexican.
Speaker 5:Really Buffalo chicken tenders and they look good too, because I saw them the other day and I was like, wow, these look good Really.
Speaker 1:Wouldn't have thought of that.
Speaker 4:They have really good ranch to dip them in, so I highly recommend that.
Speaker 2:I am so surprised.
Speaker 1:See, that's the kind of thing I know. That's why I always ask what are you getting?
Speaker 2:I guess I'm going to have to get that I have to get that Holly has been to every restaurant in the upstate.
Speaker 1:Every time somebody brings one up, she's like, oh yeah, I love that place. I'm a foodie Every time.
Speaker 2:I'm a foodie, so let me tell you what we did today. You know, sometimes when you work in an office, you have to make people happy. Right, it's about culture. So today some of our front office staff wanted to try the new wicked licks here in williamston so we went over there and got their rolled ice cream today, and so um, I debbie and I split a strawberry cheesecake rolled ice cream today it was delicious it was.
Speaker 2:So if you have not been to wicked, lips you need to try it um they just opened last week, right? Yes, they did um stacy got um some kind of um, just ice cream. She didn't get the roll, she got the just a regular scoop of ice cream. Um casey todd even got ice cream. I think she got a blueberry cheesecake, but it was delicious. So if you haven't tried the rolled ice cream at wicked licks it's here in Williamston Give it a shout. Go out there and check it out.
Speaker 1:Okay, that all sounds good. Sounds good, all right. So there we go. We've reached the end of the show.
Speaker 2:Wait John.
Speaker 1:What about I don't do this.
Speaker 2:I know, but now I've started this, so you've got to do it too, said local feud from our guest recommendation.
Speaker 1:But you know that is a different thing, though, because they give you the sauces and they just make the wings the same, and then you do the sauce stuff yeah but the, the, they're smoked and they're big, they're so good and they're very tasty. So I'm curious and the whole menu looks good I may have to order from them tomorrow.
Speaker 4:I recommend it.
Speaker 1:The Buffalo chicken tenders Right We'd like to thank Eleanor Dorn for coming in. We hope to see you again. We'll keep updated on what's going on in Belton. We try to do that with our other mayors in the area.
Speaker 4:We're happy to be here.
Speaker 1:Added you right to the list.
Speaker 4:That is my favorite thing about my job is promoting my city.
Speaker 3:I told you.
Speaker 4:I'd get back to you with that, and that's what it is.
Speaker 1:There it is.
Speaker 2:See how she came circle back and what's even cooler is that she's a volunteer. You know I love volunteers.
Speaker 1:And next time we'll talk about the fact that she's a hunter too. That's right, we didn't have time today but uh, but next time we'll talk about that. Is it like big game, or?
Speaker 4:small game deer duck dove and I fish as well outdoors woman yeah, fish fishing season now, so it's time to hit the coast very cool so you go out to the I know you told we're not gonna to talk about this but you go to the ocean to fish. Well, inland fishing, more shallow water fishing but, saltwater fish yes.
Speaker 2:Inland, but saltwater, right, right. So what's your favorite place to go In the?
Speaker 4:bays around Georgetown, okay, around the Georgetown area. Mcclellanville is actually my favorite.
Speaker 1:All right, do you fish at all?
Speaker 2:No, I don't.
Speaker 1:Don't you have that little house on the lake?
Speaker 2:Yes, but I don't fish.
Speaker 1:I don't like fish.
Speaker 12:I used to fish a lot, I just don't like fish.
Speaker 1:Anyways, we move on, and Sam Gilmer thanks for joining us again.
Speaker 5:Absolutely.
Speaker 1:And I'm sure you'll pop up again on our guest list because you're involved in so many different things. But really, in all seriousness, it's great what you do for the different communities. It's great what you do for the different communities. I mean, you're everywhere and you're, you're documenting it very well with your photography skills and, uh, we really appreciate what you do your storytelling so we'll see you all out at the uh, the chili cook-off this saturday.
Speaker 1:We'll be out there with our tin and maybe some people tasting some chili as as well, and um, everybody's listening. Come on out and see us. Tell your friends if they miss this old broadcast about everything that had to do with the chili cook-off. They can get the podcast. We'll put that right up for you, all right. So good night from here. We'll talk to you next time on the Boone Show on MyPulse Radio.