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"Melba's Jammin'" > wrote in message
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> In article >,
> Sqwertz > wrote:
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>> On Thu, 31 Jan 2008 20:10:02 -0600, Melba's Jammin' wrote:
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>> > When I make chili con carne,...

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>> Chile CON CARNE? What is this, 1950?
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>> -sw

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> I thought you'd like that, Sweetums. When I was a kitten, that's what
> it was called. And when I studied Espaņol con los seņores Sanchez y
> Saucedo y la estimada seņora Elvira Wright, I learned that chili is the
> pepper and Chile is the country en sud america.
>
> And it wasn't 1950; it was 1957.


Except Chile is offically capsicum pepper in NM, chili is that meat stew
Texicans eat, and Chilli is British via India.

Chile con carne y frijoles: a chile sauce with meat and beans

1952