On 1/24/2013 5:05 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
> "dsi1" > wrote in message
> ...
>> You should make chili next year - give others a chance at calling your
>> chili nasty. I don't believe that I can recall eating other people's chili
>> before. As a general rule, folks don't make much chili around here. The
>> last chili I made was in a rice cooker. It was OK.
>
> I have had plenty of restaurant chili that was bad, to me. Others might
> have liked it but it wasn't to my taste. Perhaps this is because I grew up
> eating Nalley's chili from a can. I guess I expected chili to taste in some
> way like that. The stuff I make at home doesn't always taste like that,
> especially since I often make it with no meat. I do like it flavorful. I
> do sometimes like a bit of heat. But just a bit. I don't like it so spicy
> that it burns my mouth. If I have meat in it, it has to be ground beef. I
> have had it with sausage. I don't like steak in it either. I don't like
> weird beans in it like black eyed peas. For as much as I like them, I don't
> think they belong in chili. I really prefer kidney beans as the beans of
> choice. But I also make a three bean chili with three assorted canned beans
> and a can of corn. With this, I can eat pretty much any bean. But for a
> bean and meat chili, I prefer the flavor of kidney beans. My MIL made chili
> with no meat whatever. It was good. My mom used to make brick chili.
> Can't remember if she put beans in it or not. I liked that too but it was
> greasy. More recently I had some that came from TX. It came with my
> tamales and the intent was to pour it over them. I didn't like it at all.
> Had a weird, strong flavor to me. I loved the tamales though! But husband
> did not.
>
>

Chili seems to be an emotional issue with people. Why is a mystery. I
have seen the devastation that occurs when two chili cultures clash and
it ain't pretty. The subject of chili is like religion or the politics
of the food world. As it goes, I don't believe in chili. Things go a lot
smoother that way.