Marc Wolfe > wrote in message
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> "The Ranger" > wrote in message
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> > Texas Beef Chili with Poblanos and Beer
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> AFAICT, and have been told by Texans,

Yeah, they are generally rather intractable and view New Ideas as
suspicious... But the recipe is from Fine Cooking so you'll have to take
it up with that editor.

> cloves don't enter into it.

Blood fueds have started with less offensive remarks. My father-unit
would have been the first t' cuff some ignorant import for suggesting he
couldn't add garlic to his chili.

> And the OO should be lard.

Without a doubt, you're right but how many use it these daze?

The Ranger
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