The whole story is below. If you just want to get your mitts on the chili crisp, here is the link.
Sometimes, I make chili crisp at home. It's good stuff, and different from Lao Gan Ma, the only commercial brand allowed in our house, for reasons. It is a hassle to make, and messy, and involves some involved ingredient sourcing, but sometimes you just gotta.
Our friends Spencer and Holly are fans of this product, and they just raised One Million Dollars for refugees, which is Not Bad. I made a batch, and sent them 2 jars, one of which got demolished by UPS. In the various back and forth re this catastrophe, also mentioned on the podcast they do with Ryan Nanni, Jason Kirk, and Michael "Killer Beez" Surber, the Shutdown Fullcast. Some other folks saw, and were interested in how to get a jar of chili crisp I make. I did not have an answer for them until the other day.
My student, call her M, teaches high school, and does roller derby in rural South Carolina. She is also, wait for it, a lesbian, and joyfully so. Recently, a substitute took it upon themselves to write several notes, incl Bible verses, encouraging her to Repent, and stop loving the woman she loves, and, IDK, thrust herself into the rural SC 20-something hetero dating pool.
Well, that got my attention. One useful thing I have learned from Evangelicals is the idea of "time, treasure, and talent," that we all have, differently distributed, and that we are differently willing or able to put to a good use. What they forget to mention is the forth side of that triangle, which is "spite." (For Charity Bowl donors, this is not news.) So I got back in the kitchen, and have six fresh jars of homemade chili crisp, for sale to good homes. This batch slaps. Milder than some, but I nailed the shallots and garlic. By "for sale," I mean "you have to make a donation to the Trevor Project." This batch is called Chili Pride, to avoid loud and litigious NYC food people.
Most of the folks I know who are interested are internet friends, and I don't have access to their 1040s. Some of y'all could drop my mortgage payment to the Trevor Project w/o breaking a sweat; others of you would have to stretch out to cover my costs. So, there are tiers.
2 jars are for the first folks who commit to donating $25-$50,
2 jars for folks who commit to donating $50-$250,
2 jars for folks who commit to donating "astonish me."
I will go first come/first serve at each tier. I will shut down the poll when all spots are filled. Important: I do not want to disappoint anyone, so please just for now put the number you want to donate, and if you get a jar, I will let you know. If you want to pull the trigger on a donation to the Trevor Project just because, I am not mad at that, but please understand I can't promise a jar for every donation.
Also: I am getting coached up on UPS proof packaging by the good folks at Silver Lake Syrups. You could do worse than order some of their 2024 vintage syrup from our trees before it sells out.
Anyway, here, again, is the form. https://forms.gle/uXwGq4vPi8N77teZ7
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