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Eastern State Penitentiary Historic Site kicks off its 2023 season of Night Tours: Summer Twilight with a chi chi cookoff on the evening of Thursday, May 25, from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. Three museum staffers with lived experience of incarceration will prepare their personal chi chi recipes to share with visitors that evening. Museum visitors can sample all three variations and vote for their favorite. The winner will receive a $500 cash prize.
Chi chi, also known as spread, is a staple prison comfort food made by incarcerated people using ingredients purchased from the commissary. Chi chi recipes vary, but commonly include ramen noodles, chips or cheese curls, meat, and sweeteners, all mixed together and heated with improvised tools.
Learn more: https://www.easternstate.org/visit/events/chi-chi-cookoff-competition
