James Silverton > wrote in message
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> blake wrote on Fri, 01 Feb 2008 20:13:37 GMT:
>
> bm> i always use small cubes instead of ground.
> bm> cook the onions (and maybe some garlic) 'til soft in the
> bm> meat and spice gunk, add to the pot. deglaze with some of
> bm> the beer you will add to the pot (or reserved from when you
> bm> put it in with the tomatoes)
>
> Be honest Blake! Open another bottle but I find both ground and
> cubed meat acceptable in chilli

Ab-so-f**kin'-lootly! One for the pot, another for the cook.

I prefer cubed but my MIL (and Sainted Mother(tm)) use/d ground
sirloin.

The Ranger