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Default A really dumb chili question?

In article >, guy klose >
wrote:

> One day, in a small company cafeteria, a sign said "Chili con Carne (with
> beans)". A guy in front of me
> asked the cafeteria guy, "isn't that redundant? Chili 'with beans' with
> beans?" The cafeteria guy
> stared at me for a second (like, "what a dope") and then said "'con carne'
> means 'with meat', so it
> is chili with meat with beans." I added that chili started out as a stew of
> chilis, and meat was
> added later, but the guy's brain had already checked out.
>


With beans would be con Frijole's?
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