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To: Willie Green
I almost didn't read this when I saw it was from a Detroit paper. After living there I can say it is home of the worst chili ever. And the BBQ in Detroit makes the chili look good. But the article wasn't that bad.
7 posted on 10/02/2001 12:53:32 PM PDT by TXBubba
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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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