Wayne Boatwright wrote:

> On Wed 28 Sep 2005 06:27:43a, Becca wrote in rec.food.cooking:
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>>Wayne Boatwright wrote:
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>>>The flavor found in canned chili and in canned "chili beans" eludes
>>>me.
>>>
>>>When I make my own chili recipe it's flavored with onion, garlic,
>>>chili powder, cumin, coriander, Mexican oregano and a bay leaf. It's
>>>a good basic chili and we like it.
>>
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>>It could be the amount of the spices you are using. For every 3 pounds
>>of meat, I use 1 tablespoon ground cumin and 6 tablespoons chili powder,
>>then I season according to taste.
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>>If I were to guess, I would say you are not using enough cumin.
>>
>>Becca
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> Thanks, Becca. I'll up the cumin the next time.
>


I agree with the cumin. Canned chili has way too much of it. I thought
you had already tried that and it still wasn't right. (but try adding a
little msg, even though the chili can doesn't say msg in the ingredients
list)