On Wed, 22 Nov 2017 08:28:54 -0500, pltrgyst > wrote:

>
> > Champs Chili for Fifty
> > Serves 50
> >
> > This one serves the whole crowd. Although chili purists would
> > disagree, you may substitute 12 pounds of lean ground beef, ground
> > pork, hot sausage or pork sausage (or a mixture) as a substitute for
> > the lean chuck
> >
> > 1/2 cup canola oil
> > 5 medium onions, diced
> > 3 medium green peppers, seeded and diced
> > 3 large stalks celery, diced
> > 2 small Jalapeño peppers or to taste, seeded and minced
> > 15 lbs. lean chuck, coarsely ground.
> > 4 cloves garlic, chopped
> > 7-oz can diced green chiles mm
> > 2 28-oz cans stewed tomatoes
> > 2 15-oz. cans tomato sauce
> > 2 6-oz. tomato paste
> > 1/2 cup chili powder, more or less to taste
> > 3½ tablespoons cumin
> > Tabasco sauce to taste
> > 12 oz. beer, dark preferred
> > 5 bay leaves
> > Water to cover
> > Coarsely ground black and Kosher salt to taste
>
>IMO, that's going to have pretty anemic flavor -- except for the
>overwhelming amount of tomato. I'd use beef stock in place of the two
>cans of tomato sauce.
>
>The rule of thumb for either Penzey's Medium or Penzey's mild chili
>powder is 1/4 cup for each two pounds of meat.
>
>And I agree with others that the garlic needs to be doubled.
>
>I do mine Texas-style, with 2/3 of the meat in 1/2 inch cubes.
>
>And the presence of beans is a religious argument. 8 I personally add
>only one small can of baked beans for 5-6 pounds of meat -- a token
>amount that serves primarily as a thickener.
>
>-- Larry

My mother would have pressure cooked a beef soup bone to provide the
liquid for chili. I personally don't add any additional liquid. I
add the stewed or diced tomatoes first to everything and then
determine by taste and looks whether I want to add any tomato paste or
tomato sauce. Lucretia has been cooking a long time.. I'm sure that
she will get into cook's mode and judge as she goes along and
everything will come out really good.
Go Lucretia! Proud of you for taking on a foreign dish ;-)
Janet US