On Tuesday, March 21, 2017 at 9:54:36 AM UTC-4, Dave Smith wrote:
> On 2017-03-21 6:15 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> > On Monday, March 20, 2017 at 7:58:37 PM UTC-4, Dave Smith wrote:
> >> On 2017-03-20 4:35 PM, Ron S. wrote:
> >>> On Mon, 20 Mar 2017 15:29:23 -0400, Dave Smith wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> On 2017-03-20 2:01 PM, Ron S. wrote:
> >>>>> On Sat, 18 Mar 2017 18:39:28 -0400, Dave Smith wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>>> The chili was served in a bowl with bread, also on top of fries or
> >>>>>> spaghetti. I have been to a number of restaurants that have been
> >>>>>> featured in this show and thoroughly enjoyed them, but this place does
> >>>>>> not appeal at all.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> What restaurant and episode was this? I'm very familiar with this show
> >>>>> and the only show I recall where they've ever made chilli was when
> >>>>> they visited Elgin Street Cafe in Ottawa. They use beans, chili
> >>>>> powder, and tomato sauce in their chilli. They also serve it all the
> >>>>> ways you mentioned and the guy never says anything about "hating
> >>>>> vegetables". You can see the episode he
> >>>>>
> >>>>> http://www.foodnetwork.ca/shows/you-...?v=64716867804
> >>>>
> >>>> I only had to watch the first minute of that to know it was a different
> >>>> episode because he added beans to the chili.
> >>>
> >>> All the episodes are online. I checked the two episodes that aired
> >>> right before you posted this and neither of those episodes made
> >>> chilli. So this mysterious restaurant, chilli, and episode all seem to
> >>> be enigmas of sorts. Since you said you would never go to this
> >>> restaurant, you must at least remember the name of it, yes?
> >>
> >>
> >> Try this one:
> >> http://www.foodnetwork.ca/shows/you-...?v=64726083799
> >
> > Sadly, the video cannot be viewed outside of Canada.

My manners were insufficiently well attached this morning. Thank
you for going to the effort to find the video.

> >> it is the res top in Winnipeg. The "chili" is 20 pounds of ground meat,
> >> chili powder, salt pepper, garlic powder, paprika and a little bit of
> >> cinnamon.
> >
> > Sounds like chili to me. Why the ironic quote marks?
>
> Because it was more of a multi purpose meat sauce. He put it in a bowl
> and sold it as chili, on spaghetti, in monster burgers and on fries.

Fair enough. I've been living with a man from Cincinnati for 30-odd
(very odd, at times) years. Chili on spaghetti isn't noteworthy to
me. I got multiple hits (including a Wikipedia page) for
chili burger, and chili cheese fries certainly have a big following.

The only thing he forgot was to put it on a hot dog and call it
a Coney.

> > Sure, it's
> > kind of boring-sounding, but it fulfills the definition of
> > "chile con carne". There's "chile" in the chili powder, and
> > there's "carne". Everything else is a matter of personal taste.
> >
> > It's probably very much like the diner chili I grew up with. Pair
> > it with oyster crackers for the full mid-20th-Century Midwestern
> > experience.
>
> Yep, that's what it sounds like, and that's why it surprised me to see
> it featured in this show.

You've definitely got a point there. Unless you're going to
outfit your place with deliberately retro stuff and make a big
deal out of it, there's probably no point in taking boring old
chili to television.

Cindy Hamilton