On Dec 12, 10:09*am, "Jean B." > wrote:
> blake murphy wrote:
> > On Sat, 12 Dec 2009 09:05:00 -0500, Jean B. wrote:
>
> >> Wayne Boatwright wrote:
> >>> chili... *David's preference for thin and rather plain, and mine so filled
> >>> with ingredients and seasonings you can easily stand a spoon up in it..
>
> >>> It was a "frigid" 39 degrees when I got up this morning! *:-)
>
> >> Yup, it's chili weather here, too. *We finished up some "Obama
> >> Chili" which I had in thee freezer. *This batch improved with age,
> >> as chili does, but it wasn't as good as the first batch. *I think
> >> that's because in batch one, I used normal beans (I forget
> >> which--need to look back at the recipe) and I was running out of
> >> red wine vinegar and used Chardonnay vinegar. *In the second
> >> batch, I tried soy beans and used normal red wine vinegar. *It
> >> tasted too vinegary. *(I am still getting used to putting a bit of
> >> that in chili.)
>
> > i use one tablespoon of cider vinegar in a chili batch with a pound of meat
> > and a pound (roughly) canned kidney beans (or dried equivalent). *i'm
> > guessing the chardonnay v. is milder.
>
> > your pal,
> > blake
>
> I suspect you are correct. *I should also have said I need to look
> back at what I jotted on the recipe--and not at the recipe. *I
> tend to jot things down when I cook "just in case" something turns
> out exceptionally well!
>
> --
> Jean B.

Same here! I have a small notebook of stuff i've 'concocted' over the
last year, and/or modifications to established recipes that tailor
them more to my tastes.

-J