A little birdie told me that Blair P. Houghton > said:

>Damsel in dis Dress > wrote:
>>A little birdie told me that Blair P. Houghton > said:
>>
>>>Make real chili without onions or beans or tomatoes, then
>>>when you serve it, serve it with chopped fresh onion and
>>>fresh seeded tomato and freshly grated cheese, and freshly
>>>cooked beans and a wedge of lime on the side.
>>
>>I made real chili once. Seemed more like a filling for a burrito than
>>something you'd eat from a bowl. I guess it's what you grow up with.
>
>You don't eat it straight. Put all that stuff on top,
>have bread or tortillas on the side, etc. And yes, it
>makes an excellent burrito filling; then it's called
>"Chile Colorado".
>
>You just don't cook tomatoes and beans in it, because that
>ruins it.
>
>>I'm also weird about spaghetti. Once the pasta and sauce are mixed
>>together, it becomes leftovers.
>
>Hmm...I put the sauce in a frying pan, add the al-dente
>spaghetti, and stir over medium heat until it's well
>mixed and the pasta has absorbed some of the sauce and
>the residual pasta water has thickened the rest.
>
> --Blair
> "Learned it from Alfredo."

You do to chili what I do to spaghetti, and vice versa. Personal
preference and all that jazz.

Carol
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Coming at you live, from beautiful Lake Woebegon