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Default Barack Obama's Chili Recipe

Dan Abel wrote:
> In article >,
> sf > wrote:
>
>> On Wed, 21 Jan 2009 17:45:01 -0500, "Jean B." > wrote:
>>
>>> blake murphy wrote:
>>>> On Mon, 19 Jan 2009 13:42:34 -0500, Jean B. wrote:
>>>>> I have never had it in chili. I DO like vinegar, so it might be
>>>>> interesting.
>>>> it's not a noticeable taste of vinegar, just a muted note. i use a
>>>> tablespoon in a recipe for about a pound of beef (chunks, not ground).
>>>>
>>>> your pal,
>>>> blake
>>> By now, I both made and tried this. I really LIKED the vinegar.
>>> I didn't like the extra cumin and ended up adding ancho powder to
>>> compensate. Among other changes. Worth a repeat.

>> I like to put more of everything, but I've never tried (or even heard
>> of) vinegar. So, for those of us who don't measure... just a
>> "splash"? I prefer cider, does it require white vinegar?

>
> One splash. Red wine vinegar. Sometimes I use leftover red wine,
> several splashes.
>
> I made chili on Tuesday. Couldn't find any red wine vinegar, so I used
> white wine vinegar.
>

Heh! I was making the recipe and found I had almost NO red wine
vinegar. I had to augment it with a more esoteric RWV.

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Jean B.