It doesn't really matter how it tastes. Good, bad, or otherwise, the important thing about real chili is that it plants you on the commode for a painful session in self-pity the following day.
Wolf Brand Chili
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shouldazagged
Absent Comrade
"I would never use any bean but pintos, any other bean is inferior."
Damn straight! If, perish the thought, I could only have one kind of bean for the rest of my life it would be the pinto. Fortunately I don't have to make that choice.
For those of you who are devotees of tomato-less, beanless Texas red, what kinds of meat do you use? I think I remember reading somewhere that in parts of Texas they sell precut mixed chili meat that includes goat. I'd love to try that sometime, but in this town you can only find goat in a few places, mostly where they sell halal meats.
Damn straight! If, perish the thought, I could only have one kind of bean for the rest of my life it would be the pinto. Fortunately I don't have to make that choice.
For those of you who are devotees of tomato-less, beanless Texas red, what kinds of meat do you use? I think I remember reading somewhere that in parts of Texas they sell precut mixed chili meat that includes goat. I'd love to try that sometime, but in this town you can only find goat in a few places, mostly where they sell halal meats.
Ruger Nut
US Veteran
Ruger Nut
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I make my ground chuck chili with kidney beans and 'maters. I even throw sausage AND crawfish in it sometimes.
And, I like Wendy's chili also. There, I said it!
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I make my ground chuck chili with kidney beans and 'maters. I even throw sausage AND crawfish in it sometimes.
And, I like Wendy's chili also. There, I said it!
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I still stand behind this statement.
Dang, Ruger nut, if you add rice to that mess, you have jambalaya.
Texans don't use beans or tomatoes in their chili???
What the heck is left? Meat? Is that it?
Up here we call that barbecue or steak. It's meat that's cooked with seasonings.
Chili has beans in it. I know because I eat it.
Chili isn't supposed to have noodles in it but my momma used to put them in to make more food for us kids as we were poor. I won't fault my momma for feeding us as best she could.
Chili without beans.... Y'all maybe got too much sun on yer heads.
Maybe your Mom was just ahead of her time? A lot of people
like Chili Mac, & here in Oklahoma(& in lots of other places I'm
sure)they serve whats called a "three way" , which is spaghetti
noodles covered with chili, cheese & onions. It's pretty good!
Ya'll can take this thread anywhere ya want to..its OK with me. Speakin of store bought chili, I do admit to cuttin up some venison into little pieces and frying it a bit. Then I take the meat drippins and make a bit of gravy with it. Then, I open up a bag of "Carrol Shelby's Honest to God Texas Chili mix" and basically follow the directions adding the spices, the cayenne and the mesa flour. Not bad for quick chili.
Rugskipper
Member
I tried Wolf once....Threw away the chili and chewed on the can 'cause it tasted better.
Beans are a add-on to chili, just like crackers, cheese, Tabasco, or vinegar. Put 'em in after the chili goes in the bowl if you want 'em, but not before. For all you bean snobs, pintos are very good, but if you try black beans you might be surprised.
Beans are a add-on to chili, just like crackers, cheese, Tabasco, or vinegar. Put 'em in after the chili goes in the bowl if you want 'em, but not before. For all you bean snobs, pintos are very good, but if you try black beans you might be surprised.
BearBio
Member
Use the Shelby's but leave out the beans, and leave the meat cubed about the size of stew meat (about 1" to 1 1/2" cubes). Add some fresh peppers (bell & jalapeno or other hot), onions diced fairly large, fresh cilantro, add'l fresh garlic, some fresh ground coriander seed. SLOW cook until very tender (add water or chicken broth, if needed). Wrap in a tortilla with LOTS of cheese.
UncleEd
Member
With all due respect 
to all of the above posters, but
perhaps, just perhaps
Wolf Brand as bad as it tastes really
is the preferred taste of the majority of Texans?
(I remember stopping at a Mexican beanery in Sanderson, TX,
on my way to Terlingua where the chili just might have been the
prototype for Wolf Brand.)
to all of the above posters, butperhaps, just perhaps
Wolf Brand as bad as it tastes reallyis the preferred taste
of the majority of Texans? (I remember stopping at a Mexican beanery in Sanderson, TX,
on my way to Terlingua where the chili just might have been the
prototype for Wolf Brand.)
Ruger Nut
US Veteran
USAF385
US Veteran
Store bought is never as good as authentic (any food). It can come close and be pretty good, but it's not the same.
It's like trying to pass Mrs. T's off as pierogis. (Pronounced pyrohi, emphasis on the O)
It's like trying to pass Mrs. T's off as pierogis. (Pronounced pyrohi, emphasis on the O)
shouldazagged
Absent Comrade
No "bean snob" here---never met a bean I didn't like except the red kidney kind. Too sweet. I like black beans, small red beans, Anasazi, Great Northern and navy beans. Love lentils (not technically a bean, I guess) and blackeyed peas. But in the unthinkable event that I could choose only one it would be the pinto.
I'm a good po' folks cook. I can live forever on various combinations of beans and grain. Butter beans and cornbread...
With all due respect
perhaps, just perhaps
is the preferred taste
(I remember stopping at a Mexican beanery in Sanderson, TX,
on my way to Terlingua where the chili just might have been the
prototype for Wolf Brand.)
Now you're treading on dangerous ground!
keith44spl
Member
Got snooker'd into a bite of some canned chili once.............
Had to chew on an Indian turnip fur a week to jest get the taste outta my mouth, dang it
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Had to chew on an Indian turnip fur a week to jest get the taste outta my mouth, dang it
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Wolf and most other canned chilli is Terrible.
However I can recommend the WalMart brand Great Value labeled Chili, either with beans or without, whichever you prefer.
It is actually very good, it is the best canned chili I have ever eaten.
Also EVERY Great Value canned vegetable I have tried has been better than most all other name brands, and better than any other store brands.
I would not believe this, if I had not eaten and cooked the Great Value brand my myself.
However I can recommend the WalMart brand Great Value labeled Chili, either with beans or without, whichever you prefer.
It is actually very good, it is the best canned chili I have ever eaten.
Also EVERY Great Value canned vegetable I have tried has been better than most all other name brands, and better than any other store brands.
I would not believe this, if I had not eaten and cooked the Great Value brand my myself.
Fishslayer
US Veteran, Absent Comrade
They are the same folks who say real salsa comes from New York City.
NEW YORK CITY!?
...get a rope.
I happen to like Wolf brand chili but no, it's nowhere's near what I can make myself. Love it on hot dogs.
CAJUNLAWYER
Member
Y'all have forgotten what Chili started off as and that was seasoning the snot out of tough/old/almost spoiled/gamey or otherwise foul tasting meat so you could get it down.Put enough ground chiles and mesa into the pot and even javelina would go down
LouisianaJoe
Member
I sometimes eat Hormel canned Chili (No Beans), but I add more spices and I crumble up left over grilled burgers in it so that it has enough flavorful meat in it.
Chili
I don't care what Texans, Mexicans, or anyone else says. If it ain't got beans in it, I don't want it.
Spam
Love it! If you had it in the service and didn't like it...Trust me, that greasy, salty, tastless, nasty pinkish, low bid **** was NOT real Spam.
Food in general
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I don't care what Texans, Mexicans, or anyone else says. If it ain't got beans in it, I don't want it.
Spam
Love it! If you had it in the service and didn't like it...Trust me, that greasy, salty, tastless, nasty pinkish, low bid **** was NOT real Spam.
Food in general
Never ask what it is....If it tastes good, eat it.
