On Sun, 10 Jul 2011 14:04:30 -0600, Janet Bostwick
> wrote:

> On Sun, 10 Jul 2011 14:21:16 -0400, "jmcquown" >
> wrote:
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> >
> >I think you're right! It was a Campbell's soup recipe! My mother cooked
> >with a lot of Campbell's tomato soup. That's how she made her chili. It
> >was the blandest chili I ever tasted. Mom grew up in Ohio; apparently they
> >didn't believe in spices.
> >
> People in the mid-west didn't back then. My mom used salt and pepper.

Mine must have been downright progressive. She used powdered garlic &
dried oregano in spaghetti sauce (which was tomato sauce from a can)
and put summer savory on her roast beef.

I remember the first time I ate chili. My mother's friend brought
over a pot made with hamburger and red kidney beans. It was
delicious, but every bite brought tears to my eyes and I had to drink
milk or maybe it was water with every bite. I don't know if she over
seasoned it or if my taste buds just weren't used to what little heat
there was. I only know we requested it after that and the subsequent
chili my mother made wasn't too hot.

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