Posted on 02/25/2021 8:57:09 AM PST by mylife
National Chili Day is celebrated every fourth Thursday in the month of February and it's the perfect time for chili lovers all over the country to enjoy their favorite dish.
Chili is certainly one of America's favorites, whether as a winter dish or comfort food. Although its basic ingredients include tomatoes, beans, chili peppers, garlic and onions, many families have their own, unique version of the dish that features other ingredients.
To celebrate the occasion, let's have a look at some trivia about chili, courtesy of National Today, National Day Calendar and National Chili Day:
Texas loves chili so much that it's actually the state's official dish. According to National Day Calendar, it was in 1977 when the 65th Texas Legislature made it official. Chili is more than just comfort food. In fact, it is quite healthy. According to National Chili Day, a green chili pod can contain as much vitamin C as six oranges. What's more, hot chili peppers can help burn calories by speeding up the metabolism through the thermodynamic burn. A survey conducted by National Today found just how much Americans like chili. Among 1,000 people who participated in the survey, 68% said they love chili, while 27% said that they like it. Only 4% noted their dislike of the dish, while only 1% said that they actually hate it. In the same survey, cheese was found to be the most preferred chili topping. This is followed by crackers and cornbread, which both got 15%. They were followed by sour cream and tortilla chips. There have been many chili cooking competitions through the years, but the first one was held in 1967 in Terlingua, Texas. According to National Chili Day, the contest ended in a tie between a New Yorker and a native Texan.
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Chili was just an excuse to use meat that was going rancid, the chili peppers hid the taste
The same has been said of all spices.
I like Wendy’s chili, have a cup right here. :p
Chili was a way of making rancid meat palatable.
It might also be related to how Aztecs cooked up their human sacrifices - stewed with peppers and tomatoes.
Hearthstone makes a very good beefsteak chili. Think I’ll celebrate!
I use 5-7 types of chilis in mine, only 2 are for heat, the rest are for flavor, I use cubed chuck, ground chuck and real fresh made pork chorizo.
NO BEANS!!
Chili today, Hot Tamale!....................
Heck yeah!
Anyone that doesn’t like chili is probably a pinko-commie.
Oddly, I have never had a spicy ‘hot’ tamale.
Bernal Diaz Del Castillo wrote that Moctezuma threatened to kill Cortez and eat him with Mole' at one of their initial interviews. I gather from this that Mole' was the Aztec's preferred sauce for human flesh.
Post the recipe, Pilgrim.
Yeah, they’re good, but the masa casing is kinda bland.
I have been looking for some good chili that can be bought retail. There are scores of different brands, but most of those I’ve tried are way too salty, so salty, that I can’t finish the can. A few have had a more agreeable flavor, but most of those are too soupy, too runny.
Any suggestions?
I’m thinking I will probably just have to make my own.
Conduct another ‘experiment’ in my own kitchen.
“Generally, a mole sauce contains a fruit, chili pepper, nut, and such spices as black pepper, cinnamon, or cumin.”
Use a tomato for the fruit and use cumin for a spice, and it sounds a base for chili to me.
And give away my award winning secrets?!!
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