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The best chili ever
The Detroit Free Press ^ | October 2, 2001 | SUSAN SELASKY

Posted on 10/02/2001 12:48:56 PM PDT by Willie Green

Edited on 05/07/2004 7:12:05 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

Making a great bowl of chili is a personal thing. Given its status as fall's greatest comfort food, that's the way it should be.

Several Free Press staffers, in fact, piped up about their chili preferences after sampling this week's recipes. One boasted that his is the best, bar none. He turned coy, though, when quizzed why, offering only that he uses six kinds of meat and lets it simmer all day.


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To: proudofthesouth
Skyline Chili! I feel all misty and nostalgic now. Thanks for the memories....
101 posted on 10/02/2001 7:20:25 PM PDT by father_elijah
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To: ProudFossil
Chili rule #1 No chili powder! natural spices especially cumin.

Chili rule #2 No hamberquesa only cubed good quality beef or venison.

Chili rule #3 Masa flour,got to have it.

I personally like pintos in it but realize I am not a purist.

Also like chopped onion or jalapeno to put on top,maybe some cilantro.

Good eating!

102 posted on 10/02/2001 7:40:25 PM PDT by tet68
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To: tet68
I am going to try your masa flour. I have never heard of using that. I have used chocolate in red chili. Isn't it interesting how chili ALWAYS results in large discussions, much more than any other type of food (except for the best ice cream or chocolate).
103 posted on 10/02/2001 7:47:39 PM PDT by ProudFossil
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To: ProudFossil
Always remember,no matter how good it is,it's always better the next day.

Oh and don't forget to eat some ice cream afterward.

That's so the next day you can be sitting on the throne,
thinking,"Come ON ice cream!"

104 posted on 10/02/2001 7:52:19 PM PDT by tet68
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To: ATOMIC_PUNK
I'm going to Cincinnati on vacation tomorrow. What else shouldn't I miss?
105 posted on 10/02/2001 8:45:57 PM PDT by bleudevil
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To: carlo3b
Is this for real? IIRC Habanero peppers are only about 600,000 Scoville Units!
106 posted on 10/02/2001 9:18:19 PM PDT by 185JHP
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To: strictlyaminorleaguer
I have not tried Price Hill nor Camp Washington (and the sad part is that I lived about a half mile from Price Hill Chili a few years ago).

10 days until basketball practice starts. Looking forward to another exciting year of Musketeer basketball.

107 posted on 10/03/2001 5:01:01 AM PDT by Corporate Law
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To: Don Joe
Tuong Ot Sriracha.

You speak the truth, o wise one.

108 posted on 10/03/2001 5:08:46 AM PDT by AppyPappy
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To: Willie Green
CHICKEN Chili?! And all this time I thought you were a real American...
109 posted on 10/03/2001 5:13:33 AM PDT by HalfIrish
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To: lds23
I've grown almost every pepper and serranos have the best flavor. They are also the most prolific. People have recommended "bird peppers"(pequin?) but I can't find them anywhere. Hab's change the flavor of the food too much although freezing them will calm that behavior. I tried to grow peppers this year and the deer ate every plant. My Worthless bunch of hounds probably watched them.
110 posted on 10/03/2001 5:14:48 AM PDT by AppyPappy
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To: HalfIrish
The Texans are the only people anal about chili.

Hey, gang, let's have a cookoff!!!

111 posted on 10/03/2001 5:16:19 AM PDT by AppyPappy
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To: Don Joe
Their sample pack is only $7. It is heaven.
112 posted on 10/03/2001 5:18:49 AM PDT by AppyPappy
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To: Willie Green
Here's my own chili recipe for hurried moms and fussy kids. My kids love it, and it's so easy.

2# ground beef
1 large onion chopped (preferably one pkg. frozen chopped)
1-2 cloves garlic, optional
1 pkg. taco seasoning, preferably Taco Bell brand
1 lg. can tomato juice (preferably Red Gold - not from concentrate)
1 16 oz. can tomato sauce
1 16 oz. can light red kidney beans, optional
1 T butter

Brown the ground beef. Drain. Add the onion and cook completely (add small amount of water if necessary to keep meat from browning or sticking to bottom of pan.) Add crushed garlic before onion is completely done. Add taco seasoning, mix well. Add the tomato juice and sauce, stir well. Add the beans if you choose. Simmer over low heat for 10-15 min., or as long as you like. Turn off heat, add butter before serving, stir in.

The reason I don't brown my onion with my meat is because you loose all the flavor when you drain your meat. There is enough grease in the pan to brown the onion without overbrowning or burning either the meat or onion.

NOTE: If your kids or you don't like beans, throw them in a food processor with some of the liquid and stir some or all of it to the chili. It will thicken the chili a little. Beans are an excellent source of protein.

113 posted on 10/03/2001 5:48:15 AM PDT by FrdmLvr
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To: tex-oma
She has seen one of those before!
114 posted on 10/03/2001 6:09:32 AM PDT by jdub
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To: FrdmLvr
Soubds great, but what you are describing here is bean soup. Chili does not contain beans.
115 posted on 10/03/2001 8:24:01 AM PDT by B-Chan
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To: TXBubba
Hey, does anyone know if the Texas Chilli Parlor is still open in Austin? It used to be my regular hang-out when I was in college at UT back in 79-83. The first time I walked into the joint, I knew it was a somewhere that I'd come back to.

This place had wooden picnic tables (the big ones like at camp grounds) with a big basket of saltine crackers and a seperate one with jalapenos like some places put out the condiments. On the wall was a big menu that started off with the "wimpy" types of chilli and ran up to the famous "XXX" style. Being a stupid, naive youngster, I got the XXX the first time. A bowl of deep brown/red sauce with big chunks of steak, a pile of onions on top and a bowl of shredded cheese on the side showed up at my table. That first bite is still in my memory because I downed a half a tall draft beer to put the fire out. As the old saying goes, "if it doesn't burn twice, it ain't hot enough!!!"

116 posted on 10/03/2001 8:50:40 AM PDT by AD-15
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To: AD-15
I remember that place too, but I haven't been down in those neck of the woods for awhile...
117 posted on 10/03/2001 9:35:01 AM PDT by jettester
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To: Willie Green
bump and mark
118 posted on 10/03/2001 9:46:41 AM PDT by don-o
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To: ProudFossil
I've got a chili recipe, cut from a Southern Living article done in the early-to-mid 1960s about a man who had won 20+ years of chili cookoffs in Texas, i.e., NO BEANS, JUST MEAT ...

Both masa & dark chocolate are added in the last 20 minutes of simmering.

... Makes ALL the difference in the world!

120 posted on 10/03/2001 9:58:32 AM PDT by That Poppins Woman
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