Chili Debate Inside

[karinothing]

Aug 28, 2012 12:20:37 GMT -5 womet said:

Thanks for the recipe Kari. I'll have to try that sometime soon.

No problem! It is really good. Sometimes I change the dry chili mixture becuase they aren't all available at my store, but everything I have done is good.

[chia]

I love goulash (meat/noodle/tomato sauce/other stuff) - I've never heard it called American chop suey!

Now that I have a Hungarian SIL, I can't call it goulash anymore, though. LOL. Her "goulash" is a soup/stew.

[Deleted]

FWIW, I think other kinds of "chili" can be tasty. This is, in some ways, like a Chicago v. New York pizza debate.

[isabel]

I'm from Texas, but my parents are from Ohio and Michigan (respectively), so they always put beans in when they made chili. DH (then boyfriend) still recalls making chili for the first time and me asking him really sheepishly if we could put beans in it. I know it's not traditional, especially in Texas, but I love it anyway. DH makes awesome, untraditional chili. We also put it over spaghetti pretty often. I'm a bad Texan.

[aspentosh]

My chili has meat, beans, veggies. Bam.

[mrsstephm]

Aug 28, 2012 11:52:27 GMT -5 @misoangry said:

I don't care what's in chili as long as it tastes good.

Well, I don't want human meat in there.

That's about it.

How did this post get to 2 pages without someone commenting about the hilariousness that is this comment? I actually laughed out loud.

[Kore]

Aug 28, 2012 12:24:24 GMT -5 chia said:

I love goulash (meat/noodle/tomato sauce/other stuff) - I've never heard it called American chop suey!

Now that I have a Hungarian SIL, I can't call it goulash anymore, though. LOL. Her "goulash" is a soup/stew.

Mmm. Goulash. I've never heard it called American chop suey.

[karinothing]

Aug 28, 2012 13:10:14 GMT -5 mrsstephm said:

Aug 28, 2012 11:52:27 GMT -5 @misoangry said:

I don't care what's in chili as long as it tastes good.

Well, I don't want human meat in there.

That's about it.

How did this post get to 2 pages without someone commenting about the hilariousness that is this comment? I actually laughed out loud.

Ha, did you read my Wiki fact?! Apparently REAL chili has human meat in it

[nonsenseabound]

[Priya has made some homemade chili, albeit with beans, which is counter to the Texan definition of chili - Sheldon is Texan - and the fact is fodder for know-it-all Sheldon]
Priya: Would you like some homemade chili?
Sheldon Cooper: Are there beans in it?
Priya: Yes?
Sheldon Cooper: Then it's not chili. Real chili has no beans in it, but you're from a foreign land, so your ignorance is forgiven.
Priya: [Sheldon tries some of Priya's chili]
Sheldon Cooper: Mmmm, this is good... whatever it is.

[jene]

I love chilli with beans. I am going to have to make chilli this weekend now.

[lishie]

I consider chili without beans a spicy pasta sauce. Beans all the way.

[UnderProtest]

Chili belongs over spaghetti with a massive heap of shredded cheddar cheese on it. With oyster crackers on the side. And only Skyline chili is good, forget any other "Cincinnati" chili.

[Wines Not Whines]

I like all kinds of chili, but some kinds of chili seem more like beef stew to me, except they don't have vegetables. I feel kind of weird eating a huge bowl of meat with sauce and nothing else.

If I'm eating ground beef chili, I like having beans in it. I feel like it makes it slightly healthier. Maybe I'm deluding myself.

[karinothing]

Aug 28, 2012 13:43:45 GMT -5 lishie said:

I consider chili without beans a spicy pasta sauce. Beans all the way.

See, again this is becuase you are thinking of ground meat chili! I swear I am inviting all of MM over to my house to eat chili so they can see.

Plus you aren't just eating a bowl of meat. It is eaten with tortillas. Who do you think invented chili anyway

[wedbliss5]

Aug 28, 2012 14:12:03 GMT -5 karinothing said:

Aug 28, 2012 13:43:45 GMT -5 lishie said:

I consider chili without beans a spicy pasta sauce. Beans all the way.

See, again this is becuase you are thinking of ground meat chili! I swear I am inviting all of MM over to my house to eat chili so they can see.

Plus you aren't just eating a bowl of meat. It is eaten when tortillas. Who do you think invented chili anyway

I'm IN!!!

[hamster]

Aug 28, 2012 12:13:45 GMT -5 karinothing said:

Aug 28, 2012 12:08:59 GMT -5 womet said:

Seriously, this sounds so good. Can I come over the next time you make it?

Ha ha sure. I took my recipe from The Homesick Texan for both the chili and tortillas (and yes it has cinnamon in it).

homesicktexan.blogspot.com/2009/02/more-precise-texas-chili-recipe.html

homesicktexan.blogspot.com/2007/03/and-end-to-my-quest-flour-tortillas.html

Oh man. This is so going on my "too be made" list.

Too bad we made a HUGE batch of the bean variety yesterday. But it has smoked brisket for the meat, so I suppose it'll do.

[mrshandy]

Aug 28, 2012 14:12:03 GMT -5 karinothing said:

Aug 28, 2012 13:43:45 GMT -5 lishie said:

I consider chili without beans a spicy pasta sauce. Beans all the way.

See, again this is becuase you are thinking of ground meat chili! I swear I am inviting all of MM over to my house to eat chili so they can see.

Plus you aren't just eating a bowl of meat. It is eaten with tortillas. Who do you think invented chili anyway

I'm so in. I will bring the beer. Are we allowed to drink beer with our chili?

[karinothing]

Aug 28, 2012 14:25:20 GMT -5 mrshandy said:

Aug 28, 2012 14:12:03 GMT -5 karinothing said:

See, again this is becuase you are thinking of ground meat chili! I swear I am inviting all of MM over to my house to eat chili so they can see.

Plus you aren't just eating a bowl of meat. It is eaten with tortillas. Who do you think invented chili anyway

I'm so in. I will bring the beer. Are we allowed to drink beer with our chili?

ha ha yes. It is even made with a bottle of beer

[Deleted]

Aug 28, 2012 14:29:07 GMT -5 karinothing said:

Aug 28, 2012 14:25:20 GMT -5 mrshandy said:

I'm so in. I will bring the beer. Are we allowed to drink beer with our chili?

ha ha yes. It is even made with a bottle of beer

I wonder what kind of cocktails go best with chili.

It's only been 10 days since I made it official, but the thought of life without beer makes me .

[UnderProtest]

Aug 28, 2012 14:38:26 GMT -5 @angryharpy said:

Aug 28, 2012 14:29:07 GMT -5 karinothing said:

ha ha yes. It is even made with a bottle of beer

I wonder what kind of cocktails go best with chili.

It's only been 10 days since I made it official, but the thought of life without beer makes me .

Did I miss an announcement? Why are you giving up beer?

[Deleted]

Aug 28, 2012 14:44:21 GMT -5 UnderProtest said:

Did I miss an announcement? Why are you giving up beer?

NOT pregnant (hence the question about cocktails). Beer makes me feel really bad. If I have one beer, I can eat half my meal, and I'll have a distended stomach and be in pain for hours. It's very sad.

[Kore]

Aug 28, 2012 13:27:49 GMT -5 karinothing said:

Aug 28, 2012 13:10:14 GMT -5 mrsstephm said:

How did this post get to 2 pages without someone commenting about the hilariousness that is this comment? I actually laughed out loud.

Ha, did you read my Wiki fact?! Apparently REAL chili has human meat in it

And tomatoes

[cjeanette]

In my world there are more saltines and cheese in my chili than actual chili. Perhaps that the my grandma's depression-era version. No beans though.

[agnes]

The only time I've heard that "real chili" doesn't have beans has been on here (or rather the Nest when it first came up).

My whole life chili has had beans in it.

MH's chili is awwwwwesome. The main ingredients are 3 different kind of beans, ground meat, tomatoes, bell peppers, chilis, corn, and sometimes beer.

[Deleted]

Screw you people. I have PMS and now I'm going to go home and beast on a whole pot of chili.

[grk2012]

Aug 28, 2012 14:47:23 GMT -5 @angryharpy said:

Aug 28, 2012 14:44:21 GMT -5 UnderProtest said:

Did I miss an announcement? Why are you giving up beer?

NOT pregnant (hence the question about cocktails). Beer makes me feel really bad. If I have one beer, I can eat half my meal, and I'll have a distended stomach and be in pain for hours. It's very sad.

Try a gluten free beer.

[Cheerio]

Here's a (possibly) odd question:

Does anyone eat cinnamon rolls with their chili? Is this a regional thing, too? We always ate cinnamon rolls with our chili growing up but DH thinks it's crazy.

And our chili has beans in it.

[karinothing]

Aug 28, 2012 16:13:28 GMT -5 Cheerio said:

Here's a (possibly) odd question:

Does anyone eat cinnamon rolls with their chili? Is this a regional thing, too? We always ate cinnamon rolls with our chili growing up but DH thinks it's crazy.

And our chili has beans in it.

Ha, never ate cinnamon rolls with chili. But I guess it kind of makes sense since I put cinnamon in my chili....kind of.

DH eats saltines with enchiladas, which I think is odd.

[Deleted]

Aug 28, 2012 15:58:13 GMT -5 grk2012 said:

Aug 28, 2012 14:47:23 GMT -5 @angryharpy said:

NOT pregnant (hence the question about cocktails). Beer makes me feel really bad. If I have one beer, I can eat half my meal, and I'll have a distended stomach and be in pain for hours. It's very sad.

Try a gluten free beer.

I have. It is the only beer I can drink. I don't mind it, and I will probably drink it this weekend at the baseball game because GF beer is $5.50 and a cocktail is $9. But overall, I prefer cocktails to GF beer.

[Deleted]

I am totally making chilling right now, ground turkey, black beans, tomatos, & I bought the spice packet ( shame) it's gonna be delish. We should have a mm chili cookoff.