Chili, beans or no beans?

[dbostedo]

Don't underestimate the power of Cheez-Whiz.....
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Especially in this application:

Don't get me wrong... I like real cheeses too. But there's a place for junk cheese too!

 

[scott43]

Especially in this application:

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Don't get me wrong... I like real cheeses too. But there's a place or junk cheese too!

100%!!!

 

[Andy Mink]

Especially in this application:

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Don't get me wrong... I like real cheeses too. But there's a place for junk cheese too!

Spray cheese for the win!

 

[Andy Mink]

Yeah, back bacon is kind of a small, tentative step in the right direction.

This is bacon!
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There's no fat on that. That is ham or ham-like product.

 

[dbostedo]

Spray cheese for the win!

Spray cheese? Now you've gone too far....

 

[Andy Mink]

Spray cheese? Now you've gone too far....

Pairs nicely with Chicken in a Biskit

 

[dbostedo]

Chicken in a Biskit

I have no idea what that is...

 

[Andy Mink]

I have no idea what that is...

 

[Marker]

Especially in this application:

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Don't get me wrong... I like real cheeses too. But there's a place for junk cheese too!

I prefer provolone on my cheese steaks a la Geno's, not Pat's, but my son is a wiz wit guy.

 

[chilehed]

Snow is coming down pretty good in Texas right now, good time to cook a batch of chili. Texans love to argue about beans or no beans in your chili, I just wonder is this a Texas debate or nation or even global debate? No beans for me in my chili.

Chile con carne with beans is an oxymoron. There is no such thing, just as there is no such thing as a hot fudge sundae with bananas, strawberries and pineapple. The moment beans hit the pot, whatever you're cooking has turned into something else; that something else might be very good to eat, but it's not chili. Most of what is passed off as chili in the US is actually a delicately seasoned beef stew, similar to Elizabeth Taylor's favorite, and it has very little (if any) chile picante in it. You can't have "chiles with meat" if you don't really use any chiles.

I like both Elizabeth Taylor and her favorite stew very much, but neither of them are chili.

None of what I've said here is mere opinion, it is objective fact.

 

[T-Square]

Beans, what the hell are beans? I was stationed in Texas for three years, beans in chili are sacrilegious. A good bowl of red is a good meat dish.

 

[Tom K.]

The moment beans hit the pot, whatever you're cooking has turned into something else; that something else might be very good to eat, but it's not chili.

None of what I've said here is mere opinion, it is objective fact.

Beans, what the hell are beans? I was stationed in Texas for three years, beans in chili are sacrilegious. A good bowl of red is a good meat dish.

Finally, we are approaching helmet -- perhaps even edge bevel -- thread levels!

 

[coskigirl]

I just made chili this week. It has ground beef, cranberry beans (cooked from dry), kidney beans (canned), and hominy. It’s delicious.

 

[tromano]

Yes beans, but they are a mix in with the finished chili, not cooked with the chili.

 

[Tom K.]

I just made chili this week. It has ground beef, cranberry beans (cooked from dry), kidney beans (canned), and hominy. It’s delicious.

Yum!

If you like hominy, you gotta try making posole (if you haven't already).

 

[coskigirl]

Yum!

If you like hominy, you gotta try making posole (if you haven't already).

I haven’t made it but since I went high school and college in New Mexico I’ve eaten a lot of it. I prefer red posole and still dream of the bowls I had at a place I worked in college.

 

[chilehed]

Finally, we are approaching helmet -- perhaps even edge bevel -- thread levels!

Oh, the helmet and edge bevel discussions got nothin' on chili arguments!

For my part I've always wanted to make a SOB stew, but I can't find marguts to save my life.

 

[Lorenzzo]

In threads like this, and Tex's threads, posters should be required to include their BMI.

24.1

 

[cantunamunch]

..sour cream

Where there's sour cream, there's going to be beets.

Thread Drift: Who has family members who like do fancify veggies to try to make them special? Like fancy toys that turn zucchini into fusili? Or cauliflower mashed potatoes? Or squash spaghetti??? Can we just have normal veggies please??!? Veggies are not pasta!!!! You're not fooling anyone!!!!

Heh. Set them the task of making okra edible. That will teach them.

In threads like this, and Tex's threads, posters should be required to include their BMI.

24.1

OK, but if someone posts 34.7 does that give them more or less win in threads like this?

 

[teejaywhy]

Chile con carne with beans is an oxymoron. There is no such thing, just as there is no such thing as a hot fudge sundae with bananas, strawberries and pineapple. The moment beans hit the pot, whatever you're cooking has turned into something else; that something else might be very good to eat, but it's not chili. Most of what is passed off as chili in the US is actually a delicately seasoned beef stew, similar to Elizabeth Taylor's favorite, and it has very little (if any) chile picante in it. You can't have "chiles with meat" if you don't really use any chiles.

I like both Elizabeth Taylor and her favorite stew very much, but neither of them are chili.

None of what I've said here is mere opinion, it is objective fact.

We can assume your authority given your username. But given your location of Michigan, some doubts may arise.