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Juju2bigdog
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10-27-2000

Wednesday, January 13, 2010 - 1:56 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Juju2bigdog a private message Print Post    
Wait a minute! Hasn't Texannie splained you can't put hamburger in chili???

Dfennessey
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07-25-2004

Wednesday, January 13, 2010 - 2:10 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Dfennessey a private message Print Post    
it doesn't sound like she put it in chile it sounds like she put them in a stew. Isn't stew different from chili?

Escapee
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06-15-2004

Wednesday, January 13, 2010 - 2:21 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Escapee a private message Print Post    
Hamburger (ground beef) doesn't go in Chili?

Escapee
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06-15-2004

Wednesday, January 13, 2010 - 2:25 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Escapee a private message Print Post    
Ok, stew does not have beans.

I have been to many a-chili cook offs and the winners had beans in them. Hence the name, Chili Beans. But what do I know, i am in northern california.

If you go to any store and buy a can of chili (no wait, bear with me) they all have beans, unless you purchase the more expensive can that is sans beans.

I make a mean chili, if I do say so myself. All fresh ingredients, right down to the cilantro from my garden, and yes I do put beans in it. Not canned beans either.

Texannie
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07-16-2001

Wednesday, January 13, 2010 - 2:47 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Texannie a private message Print Post    
LOL i was just trying to throw them a bone!

The great bean debate of '10!!!

Lexie_girl
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07-30-2004

Wednesday, January 13, 2010 - 3:06 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Lexie_girl a private message Print Post    
Escapee, while I'm sure you think your chili is fabulous... if it's got beans it ain't real chili!!!

If you click on any of the three links that Texannie posted at 4:55 p.m. yesterday from the three major chili competition organizations/societies, beans are forbidden in chili!

Texannie
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07-16-2001

Wednesday, January 13, 2010 - 3:25 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Texannie a private message Print Post    
psst...lexie, i think we are outnumbered! they are wrong, misguided and uninformed, but definitely more of them!

Dfennessey
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07-25-2004

Wednesday, January 13, 2010 - 3:27 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Dfennessey a private message Print Post    
Hey I am a Yankee, what do I know about Chili, it reminds me of that joke that was going around years ago about a Yankee that was a judge in a Chili contest. I laughed so hard I had tears I wish I could find it

Escapee
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06-15-2004

Wednesday, January 13, 2010 - 3:28 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Escapee a private message Print Post    
Oh sugar, it's chili, it's awesome chili, it's Real Chili.....I can gaurantee you that. But I think there is a difference between making Chili and making Chili Beans....hence the beans....

So I will concede and say I make AWESOME chili beans....roflmao

Hukdonreality
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09-29-2003

Wednesday, January 13, 2010 - 3:30 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Hukdonreality a private message Print Post    
omg, go look at the winning recipe from 2009's Chili Appreciation Society International, Inc that was cited above on Texannie's 4:55 p.m. post:

http://www.chili.org/mnadeau.html

pssst...it's made with ground beef, and not a single fresh ingredient! It's all powdered this, powdered that...

That's no cook, IMO!

ETA: um, it looks like all the "champs" cook that way!

Texannie
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07-16-2001

Wednesday, January 13, 2010 - 3:34 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Texannie a private message Print Post    
how do you have fresh dried spices??? LOL

Hukdonreality
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09-29-2003

Wednesday, January 13, 2010 - 3:36 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Hukdonreality a private message Print Post    
How about using some fresh hot peppers, sweet peppers, onions, tomatoes....

I'd much rather chop than pour. We New Yorkers like our knives

Texannie
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07-16-2001

Wednesday, January 13, 2010 - 3:44 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Texannie a private message Print Post    
looks like she made a pretty thick chili.
i use alot of dried spices in mine. my daugther hates tomatoes so i use tomato sauce too. if she isn't eating it, i use canned diced tomatoes, chopped jalepenos and cilantro along with my dried spices.

Hukdonreality
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09-29-2003

Wednesday, January 13, 2010 - 3:49 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Hukdonreality a private message Print Post    
Tex, we have to get along here. We're on Team Kate, remember that... lol!

Hukdonreality
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09-29-2003

Wednesday, January 13, 2010 - 3:50 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Hukdonreality a private message Print Post    
What do you suppose a "champion" like her would do during the cook-off? O.k., so she browns the ground beef, then what? How long does it take to open a spice jar and yank out a Tbl of this and a tsp of that? I wanna see chopping, major chopping!

Texannie
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07-16-2001

Wednesday, January 13, 2010 - 5:04 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Texannie a private message Print Post    
ROFL!!!! Huk'd. I am sort of surprised she published her recipe. I know usually it's a very guarded secret! Lots of times it's a combination of the spices and how long it's cooked that makes the biggest difference. Kind of like when you are cooking brisket. It's not so much that I am doing alot of work, but the combination of flavors I have put together and how long/slow I cook it that makes it so yummy.

Escapee
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06-15-2004

Wednesday, January 13, 2010 - 5:21 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Escapee a private message Print Post    
So, uh, you wanna share that brisket recipe?

Teachmichigan
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07-22-2001

Wednesday, January 13, 2010 - 5:21 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Teachmichigan a private message Print Post    
Homemade corn tortillas - with carne asada, onions, cilantro and lime.

The tortillas would have been great in chili both with AND without beans! LOL (didn't want to get left out of the great Chili debate! :-) )

Lexie_girl
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07-30-2004

Wednesday, January 13, 2010 - 5:30 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Lexie_girl a private message Print Post    
Texannie, I know we're outnumbered here, but I'm not going down without a fight!!!

I noticed that a lot of those winning recipes were very "brand" specific about the ingredients. When I used to judge at the Louisiana Oilfield Chili Appreciation Society cook-offs, it is all about the seasoning and texture of the chili. It didn't matter how you got there, i.e. dried spices or fresh spices, just as long as you didn't make the judges want to spit out your chili during the judging.

Texannie
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07-16-2001

Wednesday, January 13, 2010 - 5:35 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Texannie a private message Print Post    
sounds yummy teach!
LOL Lexie...you go girl!

Escapee, I use a mixture of Fiesta brand brisket rub, liquid smoke, Allegro Original Marinade and a whole lot of black pepper. I make a paste and rub it all over the brisket. Wrap in foil and let it marinade overnight. I take it out the next day, unwrap, put into a shallow pan, cover with foil. let it get to room temp and the put it in the oven at 225 for 6 hours.
now if i am really wanting to be fancy, when done, i take it out of the oven, cover in barbecue sauce (Stubbs), wrap it tightly in foil and then refridgerate overnight. Next day, let it come to room temp again, bake at 225 for 1 hour.

Lexie_girl
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07-30-2004

Wednesday, January 13, 2010 - 5:41 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Lexie_girl a private message Print Post    
Crap, no Fiesta grocery stores in N.O.

Mamie316
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07-08-2003

Wednesday, January 13, 2010 - 5:42 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mamie316 a private message Print Post    
It's my mom's 85th birthday today so I went over earlier and put a pork roast in the slow cooker with an apricot sauce. I'm going to make some mashed potatoes and salad to bring over too.

Sia
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03-10-2002

Wednesday, January 13, 2010 - 6:40 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Sia a private message Print Post    
Mmmm, Mamie, that sounds great! I have a beef roast waiting (uncooked) in the back porch fridge, but tonight I had a bowl of Cap'n Crunch cereal with 2% milk. It was so delicious, but it really does a number on the lining of my mouth. The sharp corners of the pieces of cereal are too rough for me!

Texannie
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07-16-2001

Wednesday, January 13, 2010 - 6:44 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Texannie a private message Print Post    
No, it's not from Fiesta grocery stores, it's Fiesta brand. I find it at Kroger (among other stores)
http://www.fiestaspices.com/

Hukdonreality
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09-29-2003

Wednesday, January 13, 2010 - 6:58 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Hukdonreality a private message Print Post    
Oh boy, that brisket rub contains Propylene Glycol! Yum! (A cosmetic form of mineral oil found in automatic brake and hydraulic fluid and industrial antifreeze)

OOh, it's also got TBHQ, an antioxidant derived from petroleum.

And here you were, all aflutter about beans!

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