On Friday, June 4, 2021 at 8:30:07 PM UTC-4, cshenk wrote:
> John Lorbal wrote:
> > On Friday, June 4, 2021 at 11:39:06 AM UTC-4, Michael Trew wrote:
> > > On 6/3/2021 3:50 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
> > > > On Thu, 03 Jun 2021 08:15:39 -0600, US
> > > > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > >> On Thu, 03 Jun 2021 01:03:27 -0400, Michael
> > > > >> 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"?
> > > >>
> > > >> There are many, many recipes (of all kinds) for vegetarian chili
> > > on >> the Internet.
> > > >
> > > > Ok, that's the end of RFC. It's all on the Internet already. ou
> > > >
> > > Agreed... I'd much rather read posts of people sharing ideas about
> > > FOOD, as opposed to more "they're here" or Kuthe garbage.
> > > Otherwise, why is anyone here?
> > >
> > > Then again, I suppose another purpose of Usenet is to harass
> > > others... lol
> > You could also try corn kernels in your veggie chili. I have a zany
> > idea. Why not just toss in some whole corn on the cobs?
> > That might be fun. When done, let them cool a bit, and then spoon
> > some chili on the bite you're going to take. Messy but different.
> > Corn is these days a tad too sweet for me though; peas? Same thing.
> > Carrots? Maybe.
> Why not add mushrooms and let it be what it is? The mushrooms will cook
> to a toothsome bit that the meat added.
My first reply to this thread, I recommended mushrooms. I'm just throwing other
ideas out there.