On Wed 28 Sep 2005 12:55:36a, jmcquown wrote in rec.food.cooking:

>> I would add "chili beans" to my homemade chili, but I prefer kidney
>> beans over pinto beans. I really like the sauce part.
>>
> But the ones I buy are kidney beans, not pinto beans! And don't let
> anyone get into a political argument, they are Bush's chili beans!
> Sorry, they were available waaaay before the first man named Bush was
> president. Back in high school my friend Libby and I used to make up
> rhymes about the canned vegetables and beans in my mothers glass front
> pantry (yes, we were that bored!) in the 1970's and we made up, "Bush's
> Best Beans Went by Boat Bypassing Boston". I think we didn't like
> Boston baked beans. Hmmm. Teenage commentary on pantry contents, circa
> 1974. LOL

Wow, you must have been bored! :-) I dunno, they sure seem like pinto
beans to me, an softer than most kidney beans. When we lived in OH I used
to buy another brand of chili bean for David's chili that were HOT. They
were definitely pintos. Can't get them here.

>> When I make chili I have to make two pots. David wants his very
>> plain, but he likes the chili beans in it. I put lots of "stuff" in
>> my chili, but not the chili beans.
>
> They aren't very spicy. They just add a little "something". Took me
> years to discover them, too.

No, not very spicy, but it's that *flavor*.


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