Posted on 02/10/2022 12:51:44 PM PST by mylife
Back in my 20s, when I was working as a sports reporter, I long-distance dated a guy from Cincinnati.
The first time he said we should “make it a three-way” my eyes bugged out of my head. No, it’s not as dirty as you’re probably thinking. But I wasn’t sure what to expect.
Cincinnati is known for many things. Hosting “Oktoberfest Zinzinnati,” the biggest Octoberfest in the U.S. Its ongoing hatred of Bengals owner Mike Brown And, most importantly, its love for a very particular type of chili.
“Cincinnati-style chili is a big thing,” says Joe O’Brien, a father of three who graduated from Oak Hills High School in Cincinnati in 1994. “People who visit have a binary reaction. You either love it or hate it.”
It’s nothing like Texas chili or any other type of chili. It’s runny. Its Greek-style tomato sauce makes it tangy instead of spicy. It’s made with tiny bits of crumbled-up ground beef boiled in water (or broth) and mixed with an assortment of spices (cumin, cloves, allspice) and tomato paste, among other ingredients, into a sludge-like concoction.
“It almost has a moussaka-like quality to it,” O’Brien says. Others say it looks like diarrhea. (You can read more about the Greek history of Cincinnati-style chili here.)
Some recipes, like the one by Meggan Hill, the executive chef and head of the Culinary Hill Test Kitchen, include apple cider vinegar, chicken broth, brown sugar, and garlic. Regardless of how it’s made, oyster crackers are thrown in to soak up the juices.
“It is so unique,” O’Brien says. “You have to forget the word ‘chili’ because there’s no other style of chili you can compare it to.”
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Oh yeah. Whenever I think “Chili” I think “Cincinnati”. You bet. /s
What was that old salsa commercial?
“Where was this salsa made?”
“New York.”
“Get the rope.”
If the peppers aren’t from New Mexico, then it isn’t chili.
Cincinnati chili is a regional thing.
But a long respected variant here in the midwest.
I’ve had it, it’s ok, but it ISN’T CHILI!
We’ve had it. Enjoyed it. 3-way, 5-way. But not our go-to way of doing chili.
Please add me to the Cincinnati Chili ping list.
Go Skyline! Go Bengals!
“For some of the most sin-cere and mon-u-mental thirsts of all time.”
I’ve seen chili on rice here as well.
It’s a po people thang.
I know where you’re coming from, but consider this.
If chili with meat and without beans was the original, why is it known as chili con carne?
Chili with beans would be known as chili con frijoles.
Don’t forget Dixie in Newport. 6-way with Garlic. All good though.
What restaurant is that?
First time my wife invited me over for dinner with her family way back in 1990, they promised my favorite meal, spaghetti. What they called spaghetti was actually Cincinnati chili. I was so disgusted by the bait and switch I had two extra helpings.
LOL!!!
Well, I had grilled monkey once in Muscat Oman...
I’ve had lots of mystery meat :)
LOL. Amen.
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