This month's Chili...

[Wing Nut]

Well, it's chili time again and this month I thought I'd try something different.

[ozzy72]

If you want proper Chili Pip you need to talk to Uncle Oso, he gave me a receipe that involved me tying a hot-water bottle to the back of the toilet door and leaving the toilet rolls in the freezer the night before. Lovely

Ozzy

[Oso]

Actually Pippen, that sounds pretty damn tasty!

Contrary to popular belief - I do not eat the scorched earth chili every time. Mainly cause no one else will eat it and I have to eat the whole pot myself.

Here's a few ideas if you would like.

Serve with Honey Cornbread sometime for variety.
Add a dash or two of liquid smoke, Hickory or Mesquite

Use a 6 pack of beer instead of just one. One in the chili, drink four while cooking and one to drink while eating. This is based on the assumption you are talking about 32oz cans.

[BFMF]

You're not gonna be serving this to your kids are you :-/

[Oso]

The alcohol cooks out Andrew and just leaves the flavor.

[BFMF]

but still, do you want kids enjoying the taste of alcohol?

[HerSELF]

Sorry to disappoint you Andrew but Abi loves the taste of wine, we water it down of course!!



Sarah

[Oso]

Andrew, it just provides an undertaste, the chili does not taste like beer.

I put a little beer on hamburgers as I grill them - they do not taste like beer but the flavor is altered in a good manner. I also use beer in my cheese soup. Same as using wine. Beef Burgundy does not taste like wine, just a little burgundy flavor, the alcohol taste is gone. Well ... depends on now much the cooks throws in.

[Wing Nut]

I will feed it to the 15 yo, but not the babies.

[Oso]

Tokillya and chili farts - uh oh!

Danger Will Robinson!

Uh, you don't smoke do you?

[Wing Nut]

To me, it won't really be MY chili until I figure out how to give it that chili flavor without using chili powder.  The idea is to come up with something unique and I'm pretty sure in the 1800's when chili was first invented, they couldn't just go down to Dominick's and pick up a can of spice.  Most cook-off recipes do not include it either, and I think it may be illegal.  Someday if I get it right I may enter it in a chili cook-off.  Not that I expect to get anywhere on my first few attempts, but hey, someone's got to win....