[Shermy]

Thanks for the recipe and your advice at post # 40.

[AnAmericanMother]

No problem. Been cooking for 37 years. I'm teaching my son and daughter, but the more people that learn the stuff it takes 37 years to figure out on your own, the better! :-)

BTW, homemade chili tonight based on the Joy's recipe but "vergrossert und verbessert" (enlarged and improved, as the old East Side Yiddish theater proclaimed of their version of King Lear). It's a snap, and it sure tastes better than those "kits" they sell in the supermarket. Cheaper, too.