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Janet

In article >,
says...
>
> On 10/15/2013 9:13 AM, Ophelia wrote:
> >
> > "Steve Freides" > wrote in message
> > ...
> >> Julie Bove wrote:
> >>> I am watching a show called Taste This. Not sure who the male chef
> >>> is but he is doing pub food. He made chili. Said that every pub in
> >>> Scotland serves a good chili. I did not know this! He made it in a
> >>> skillet and said that you start with a good chili oil which you can
> >>> make yourself. He sprayed it from a bottle. From there he lost me.
> >>> He used sausages and other meats in there and said that he will not
> >>> use kidney beans because they have a tough outside. I can't remember
> >>> now what beans he used. Maybe black. I just sat there thinking...
> >>> They do not! Have a tough outside that is. They re my favorite
> >>> beans for chili. He also topped the finished chili with cubes of 1-5
> >>> year aged sharp cheddar. His chili does not look like any chili I've
> >>> seen.
> >>> But my question is... What is chili oil? And do you put it in your
> >>> chili?
> >>
> >> I don't think chili oil has anything to do with what most of us think
> >> of as chili - chili oil is Chinese, at least what I've used. Not that
> >> you couldn't use it in chili...
> >
> > Does it contain chili from peppers?
> >
> >
> It would seem so. And definitely not what I would consider "Scottish
> cooking". Once again, some people listen too much to what television
> "chefs" have to say.

Having lived in Scotland for over 40 years I was curious enough about
his claim , to look up the TV program (and chef).Chef Joseph is an
American and I would bet he has never been to Scotland. If he had he
would know chili is certainly not served in every Scottish pub.

As for his recipe, I've never encountered such a mishmash anywhere in
Britain . So don't go blaming Scotland for that "sausage, chili oil, and
cubes of cheese" crap. The common version of the dish here, is made with
beef, onion, tomatoes, chili, kidney beans, garlic and herbs.

Janet UK