Chilli Season is here
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riverrat38
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Beans might not be authentic, but the cowboys ate it with beans.
I know, I saw "Blazing Saddles"!
73,
Rick
I know, I saw "Blazing Saddles"!
73,
Rick
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My chili came in 2nd place at our chili cook-off last year with about 30 entries, the funny thing is it takes about 30 min to throw mine together.
Ground sirloin and a package of Kroger chili mix, beans and tomatoes, pretty much it.
If you're spending all day on your chili, it really makes no difference. lol
Ground sirloin and a package of Kroger chili mix, beans and tomatoes, pretty much it.
If you're spending all day on your chili, it really makes no difference. lol
OLDSTER
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C'mon; gotta have a couple undrained cans of Bushes Red Chili Beans. They're necessary for producing the all important "Chili gas". 
snowman
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Chili is without question one of the great culinary concoctions of all time, with as many ways of fixing it as there are people who fix it(well, a bit of an exaggeration). With or without some beans is OK with me, but please don't put something in front of me without ample amounts of tomatoes and tomato sauce and call it chili. That might be a legitimate dish of some kind, but we must identify our foods correctly.
Regards,
Andy
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Andy
I have a copy of a Chili cooking contest with 3 judges....
Judge #3, a volunteer who never had real hot chili didn't make it.
Posting it would get me with many dings........
Judge #3, a volunteer who never had real hot chili didn't make it.
Posting it would get me with many dings........
I grew up on chili made with Kroger chili mix. A few years ago my brother and I were in the International Chili Society World Championship cookoff in Omaha and we were going around sampling chili. At one place, when we sampled the chili, we both said, "This is Mom's chili!" Our mother had passed in 1991 but we could still remember the flavor of her chili.
In Cinci, which one?
Starline or Goldstar.
Don't forget Empress!
I've eaten chili all my life. Beans, no beans, it doesn't matter to me. Also venison, Elk, bear, beef, etc. It's all good. Had bear stew over the weekend, Delicious.
The under-appreciated ingredient that makes chili real chili is the powder. I use equal parts of 3 different chili powders from the historic purveyor Pendery's in Ft. Worth. My choices are their house Chili blend which includes cumin and garlic powder (and I prefer the no salt added so I can control the salt better), Pendry's Ft. Worth Light, and ground Ancho chili.
If you have to have beans in your chili, cook them separately and allow your unenlightened guests commit that crime individually.
If you have to have beans in your chili, cook them separately and allow your unenlightened guests commit that crime individually.
Empress was the first Cincinnati chili parlor. It was opened by two Macedonian brothers in 1922 next to the Empress Theater downtown. Sadly there are only two locations left as they have been crowded out by copycats.
bamabiker
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Supper tonight.
Righteous!
If I am having southern style chili or beef stew I will crush Fritos on top. Outstanding.
My dad was a chili epicurean. His chili was to die for. Dad died before I could get his chili recipe. Undaunted, I experimented for over a year until I got as close as I probably was ever going to get to Dad's recipe. This chili has taken first place in a couple of different chili contests in California, Arizona, and Utah.
Anyway, I agree with Caj. No beans in chili. Chili is a meat dish. If you want chili, make chili. If you want beans, make beans.
That being said, however, the first time I made chili for Ms. Judy, she flatly remarked, "I like beans in my chili." I tried to explain the niceties of real chili, but to no avail. So, I started putting beans in my chili.
A few years back, someone asked me the secret to 45 years of a happy marriage. "That's easy," I said. "Just put beans in your chili."
Anyway, I agree with Caj. No beans in chili. Chili is a meat dish. If you want chili, make chili. If you want beans, make beans.
That being said, however, the first time I made chili for Ms. Judy, she flatly remarked, "I like beans in my chili." I tried to explain the niceties of real chili, but to no avail. So, I started putting beans in my chili.
A few years back, someone asked me the secret to 45 years of a happy marriage. "That's easy," I said. "Just put beans in your chili."
CAJUNLAWYER
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It doesn't make you a bad person.......
CAJUNLAWYER
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My go to chili receipe i Wick Fowler's two alarm chili. Package directions are just a guide. I will add a can of green chilis and some diced jalepenos.
Also you gotta have chopped raw white onions on top. I'm not big on cheese, sour cream or fritos but will excuse their use as each is a healthy topping
Oh and forgot the secret ingredient-a half teaspoon of cinnamon
Also you gotta have chopped raw white onions on top. I'm not big on cheese, sour cream or fritos but will excuse their use as each is a healthy topping
Oh and forgot the secret ingredient-a half teaspoon of cinnamon
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lol.
Although this is how I make mine, the guy that won 1st actually spent all day on his from scratch and you could really tell. Chili (to me) needs to be simple and NOT just taste like chili powder.
Tag team R&R put this together tonight. It is now a fond memory.
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