[A knight without armor]

I make it like my mother used to. Real basic. Browned hamburger, onions, dark red kidney beans, canned diced tomatoes, lots of chili powder. But I like all kinds such as beanless, and hot peppers, etc. But sometimes I just fall back to comfort chili. Eat it with Saltines of course. I can make cornbread but the crackers are more traditional for me. I make a big batch so most of it can meld in the refrigerator for a couple days and get better and better.

[DollyCali]

I make big batches also . Freeze some, give away quite a bit. Cooking vegetarian chili is interesting. Most people do NOT realize it is meatless as the soy crumbles resemble the meat in look & feeling in mouth & the heavy spices cover the taste buds. I add olive oil for the fat.

I love chili.. even though my recipe is meatless, I have won 2 large chili cook offs with it. At one of the events, one of the judges wanted to take away my first prize when he heard it was meatless, but the others said NO..

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