On 6/4/2021 12:08 PM, 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.

I think I will try corn kernels next time. Carrots will add too much
sweetness.