[Lost Dutchman]

Well, I gotta go to work.

Now that I have offended everyone from the Southwest, I look forward to reading my obituary tonight...

Thanks everyone for any input, and now, play nicely amongst yourselves... *evil grin*

[voiceinthewind]

Here’s an easy recipe.
Brown some ground meat. Venison, pork, or beef. Making it turkey would be stretching it, even for crockpot chili. If you are using the large crockpot 2lbs. makes a thick end product. Add some chopped onion, bell peppers, maybe some garlic, brown up some more.
Dump in a large can of crushed tomatoes. A small can of tomato sauce. A pinch of brown sugar and a cube of beef stock. Add some chili powder. Add a little at a time until you can taste a mild burn. Stir, add a couple cans of pinto or kidney beans. Bring to a simmer, put into crock pot. Cook it at low for 6-8 hours.

This is not real chili, it’s got beans in it, for one thing, but sounds as if this is what your folks may be thinking of.
Have a good time at your reunion!

[Lee Enfield]

Use stew beef and stew pork, plenty of onions, chile powder instead of peppers as you want mild (here in NM chile has to hurt.....twice). Serve over pinto beans, kidney beans are for easterners who think that ground beef and tomato stew is chile.

[Hegemony Cricket]

Hehehe - add “chili” to the list of things (religion & politics) that should only be discussed in public when you are *absolutely* sure you are surrounded by like-minded folk... :-)

Having said that...

Our crockpot “chili” usually consists of some combination of the following:

Ground beef
Onion
Pasta
Tomato juice
Salsa
Chili beans

This can be made just about as mild as you want, or you can add peppers, Tabassco, etc., and heat it up to just about wherever you want it.

[tet68]

You’ll be alright, just remember a few simple things,
NO “chili powder”, NO “hamburger”, No “Red” beans.

Use fresh ground Cumin seed, a touch of Masa flour, real
honest BEEF roast cut up fine if that’s how you like it,
PINTO beans if at all. Simmer slowly, don’t burn the pot keep it moist, pay attention.
I like Celentro in mine and only use jalapenos for flavor,
(Remember to remove the seeds FIRST!) Do this very carefully.

Top with cheese and Pico d’ gaio.
MMMMMMmmmmmm.

For some reason we always serve toasted cheeze sandwiches with this, grilled in a frying pan.

No calories......yeah sure.

If it comes out too hot, always eat ice cream afterwards,
so the next day you can say, “C’on ICE CREAM!”.