1 lb. coarse ground pork
1 lb. Italian sausage
1 1/2 lbs. ground beef
1 stalk celery
2 green peppers
2 white onions
1 can cut up mushrooms
1 can peeled tomatoes
2 cans red kidney beans
Garlic salt and pepper
1 pkg. chili mix
80 oz. V-8 juice

Cook all meat and drain. Cut celery and onions and green peppers. Add to meat in large kettle. Add V-8 juice and simmer for 2 hours. Add beans and mushrooms and chili mix. Stir and cook at LOW heat for 3 hours. Add salt, pepper and garlic salt to taste. Makes 20 servings.

This recipe won 3rd place in the MYC chili cook off a couple of years ago. (The commodore and his wife won 1st and 2nd places!)