In article 4>,
Wayne Boatwright > wrote:

> Oh pshaw, on Fri 09 Nov 2007 06:46:31p, Melba's Jammin' meant to say...
>
> > In article om>,
> > Bobo Bonobo(R) > wrote:
> >
> >> On Nov 9, 7:20 pm, Melba's Jammin' > wrote:
> >> > Sooner, rather than later.
> >> > Thanks.
> >> > I would prefer a recipe that's tried and true and not especially
> >> > complicated nor requiring especially unusual ingredients.
> >>
> >> Sub TVP for the beef and add a pinch of MSG to your regular chili.
> >>
> >> > -Barb
> >>
> >> --Bryan, who suspects vegetarians of being species traitors
> >
> > Thanks, but I don't think that is appropriate in this situation. The
> > vegetarians are so because of their religious beliefs and I'm not
> > looking to substitute TVP to make a "meat-like" chili. Thanks for a
> > response, though.
>
> Chili, as known to most folks in the US, is almost by definition, made with
> a significant amount of meat. Personally, I think your target needs to be
> an entirely other dish, especially if emulating a "meat-like" chili seems a
> bad idea. Given your reasoning, I'm not sure why the vegetarians in
> question would even want "chili". I don't get it.

I don't know that they'd "want" chili, either. It is, however, what's
being served and those folks who are planned and are preparing the meal
wish to provide a chili made with meat and a chili made without meat in
order to accommodate the dietary restrictions of some of the diners.
They didn't ask my opinion of their decision to serve chilis although I
do think it's a fine plan. They just asked me for a recipe for a
meatless one.
--
-Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ
Notes about our meals in Tuscany have been posted to
http://www.jamlady.eboard.com; 10-16-2007