One time on Usenet, Wayne Boatwright > said:
> On Fri 01 Feb 2008 02:13:37a, Little Malice told us...
>
> > One time on Usenet, Wayne Boatwright > said:
> >> On Thu 31 Jan 2008 10:31:18p, Sqwertz told us...
> >>
> >> > On Fri, 01 Feb 2008 05:23:15 GMT, Wayne Boatwright wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> On Thu 31 Jan 2008 10:12:46p, Sqwertz told us...
> >> >>
> >> >>> On Thu, 31 Jan 2008 20:10:02 -0600, Melba's Jammin' wrote:
> >> >>>
> >> >>>> When I make chili con carne,...
> >> >>>
> >> >>> Chile CON CARNE? What is this, 1950?
> >> >>
> >> >> Is there something wrong with 1950? I thuoght it was a very good
> >> >> year.
> >> >
> >> > I'm thinking it was more 60's and 70's now. Nowadays the terms
> >> > a Chili, Chili W/Beans, and Vegetarian Chili.
> >> >
> >> > "Chili con Carne" always reminds me of the 'Alice' episode where
> >> > Art Carney appears as Vera's cousin to promote Mel's chili.
> >> > I haven't seen the phrase actually used in practice for a decade
> >> > or three. We all know chili has meat! Always did.
> >> >
> >> > This is the kind of stuff that keeps me up at night, yaknow.
> >> >
> >> > -sw
> >>
> >> No, you can definitely include the 1950s in there. I have cookbooks
> >> from the period, as well as a couple of handwritten recipes and
> >> clippings from the same time that are call it Chili Con Carne. The
> >> earliest one, a recipe card from a friend of my mother's was from 1949.
> >
> > Here's an eBay image from a 1951 advertisement:
> >
> > http://auctionpix.us/sherblay/pics/21290a.jpg
>
> Yep, that's one of the things I remember. Not eating the canned, as mom
> always made it, but the products and recipes on the market at the time.
>
> > I'm not sure why I'm up so late looking at this stuff.
>
> Yeah, why are you up so late? Why am I up so early? Gad, I start work at
> 7:00 am, and it takes over an hour to get there. TGIF!

Right!

I was playing around on my computer, and once I get going, I forget
everything else. I got up to take Buddy to school and I'm at it
again. Color me sheepish...

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Jani in WA