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bruce bowser

On Thursday, June 3, 2021 at 2:12:20 AM UTC-4, wrote:
> On Thursday, June 3, 2021 at 12:03:28 AM UTC-5, Michael Trew wrote:
> >
> > I made my typically chili con carne from my pre-war Better Homes/Gardens
> > cook book, but I decided to nix half of the cost of the dish and make it
> > without ground beef this time; vegetarian if you will. Substituted
> > butter/olive oil for the fat and started off frying garlic/onions, then
> > adding crushed tomatoes, green pepper and seasoning; finally lots of
> > kidney/pinto/black beans.
> >
> > Honestly, I didn't feel that it was missing much of anything without the
> > ground beef... it maybe halved the cost, which was a nice bonus. Other
> > than adding a lot of beans, does anyone have useful tips on "vegetarian
> > chili"?
> >
> Dump it over cornbread and just call it what it is; beans and cornbread.

Hell. That new Beyond Meat and Morning Star farms immitation ground beef and sausage and even hot dogs are OK. I like pork or beef chili with cheese and hot peppers.