On Sun, 06 Jun 2021 10:50:22 -0500, "cshenk"
> wrote:

>John Lorbal wrote:
>
>> 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.
>
>I saw that later. Agree. Unless you live in Texas and think Chili can
>only be made 'one way', there's a lot of room.
>
>I sometimes make a 'white chili' with white beans, white pepper,
>Anaheim or Banana peppers, mushrooms, and if I can find them, crawfish
>tails.
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