I made grown up chili for my son's school's "chili cook off." He
comes home from school today to inform me that only the kids will be
voting. Of course, some kids eat some pretty hot stuff these days.
Lots of red chilies in there, cumin, black pepper, salt, a little
garlic, lean bottom round fried in rendered beef fat, and long, slow
simmered with red kidney beans. No tomato, no onion.
If I'd have known only the kids were voting, I'd have used a few less
chiles, but I really wasn't so much trying to win as to make something
yummy.

--Bryan

On Feb 16, 1:28*pm, Food Snob® > wrote:
> I made grown up chili for my son's school's "chili cook off." *He
> comes home from school today to inform me that only the kids will be
> voting. *Of course, some kids eat some pretty hot stuff these days.
> Lots of red chilies in there, cumin, black pepper, salt, a little
> garlic, lean bottom round fried in rendered beef fat, and long, slow
> simmered with red kidney beans. *No tomato, no onion.
> If I'd have known only the kids were voting, I'd have used a few less
> chiles, but I really wasn't so much trying to win as to make something
> yummy.
>
> --Bryan

What...no habeneros?? You wussy.

On Feb 16, 1:28*pm, Food Snob® > wrote:
> I made grown up chili for my son's school's "chili cook off." *He
> comes home from school today to inform me that only the kids will be
> voting. *Of course, some kids eat some pretty hot stuff these days.
> Lots of red chilies in there, cumin, black pepper, salt, a little
> garlic, lean bottom round fried in rendered beef fat, and long, slow
> simmered with red kidney beans. *No tomato, no onion.
> If I'd have known only the kids were voting, I'd have used a few less
> chiles, but I really wasn't so much trying to win as to make something
> yummy.
>
> --Bryan

share the recipe???

On Feb 16, 3:34*pm, Chemo the Clown > wrote:
> On Feb 16, 1:28*pm, Food Snob® > wrote:
>
> > I made grown up chili for my son's school's "chili cook off." *He
> > comes home from school today to inform me that only the kids will be
> > voting. *Of course, some kids eat some pretty hot stuff these days.
> > Lots of red chilies in there, cumin, black pepper, salt, a little
> > garlic, lean bottom round fried in rendered beef fat, and long, slow
> > simmered with red kidney beans. *No tomato, no onion.
> > If I'd have known only the kids were voting, I'd have used a few less
> > chiles, but I really wasn't so much trying to win as to make something
> > yummy.
>
> > --Bryan
>
> What...no habeneros?? You wussy.

I don't like the taste of habaneros. I used quite a few red
jalapenos.

--Bryan

ImStillMags wrote:
> On Feb 16, 1:28 pm, Food Snob® > wrote:
>
>> I made grown up chili for my son's school's "chili cook off." He
>> comes home from school today to inform me that only the kids will be
>> voting. Of course, some kids eat some pretty hot stuff these days.
>> Lots of red chilies in there, cumin, black pepper, salt, a little
>> garlic, lean bottom round fried in rendered beef fat, and long, slow
>> simmered with red kidney beans. No tomato, no onion.
>> If I'd have known only the kids were voting, I'd have used a few less
>> chiles, but I really wasn't so much trying to win as to make something
>> yummy.
>>
>> --Bryan
>>
>
> share the recipe???
>

Add tomatoes and onions and remove the beans. ;-)


Becca

On Feb 16, 4:52*pm, Food Snob® > wrote:
> On Feb 16, 3:34*pm, Chemo the Clown > wrote:
>
> > On Feb 16, 1:28*pm, Food Snob® > wrote:
>
> > > I made grown up chili for my son's school's "chili cook off." *He
> > > comes home from school today to inform me that only the kids will be
> > > voting. *Of course, some kids eat some pretty hot stuff these days.
> > > Lots of red chilies in there, cumin, black pepper, salt, a little
> > > garlic, lean bottom round fried in rendered beef fat, and long, slow
> > > simmered with red kidney beans. *No tomato, no onion.
> > > If I'd have known only the kids were voting, I'd have used a few less
> > > chiles, but I really wasn't so much trying to win as to make something
> > > yummy.
>
> > > --Bryan
>
> > What...no habeneros?? You wussy.
>
> I don't like the taste of habaneros. *I used quite a few red
> jalapenos.

Oh I love habaneros, if only they weren't so bloody HOT! If you can
get past the heat, the flavor is actually quite good. Kinda fruity and
yummy (while your tastebuds experience capsaicin on steroids!)

Yeah yeah, I know. Purecap! No flavor, all heat. Ick.

John Kuthe...

On Feb 16, 4:54*pm, Becca > wrote:
> ImStillMags wrote:
> > On Feb 16, 1:28 pm, Food Snob® > wrote:
>
> >> I made grown up chili for my son's school's "chili cook off." *He
> >> comes home from school today to inform me that only the kids will be
> >> voting. *Of course, some kids eat some pretty hot stuff these days.
> >> Lots of red chilies in there, cumin, black pepper, salt, a little
> >> garlic, lean bottom round fried in rendered beef fat, and long, slow
> >> simmered with red kidney beans. *No tomato, no onion.
> >> If I'd have known only the kids were voting, I'd have used a few less
> >> chiles, but I really wasn't so much trying to win as to make something
> >> yummy.
>
> >> --Bryan
>
> > share the recipe???

I listed the ingredients, except for some masa flour. I never measure
anything, so a recipe would be difficult. Last night, I cut the fat
off the bottom round roast and rendered it. I cut the roast (maybe 2
pounds) into 1/2-3/4cm cubes and browned it thoroughly. Then I
browned three green jalapenos and three red jalapenos which were de-
seeded and de-veined, and chopped. I added this, with some water,
about two or three tablespoons of Penzey's ground cumin, one pressed
garlic clove and about a teaspoon of ground tellicherry to a crockpot
on high for about an hour, then turned on warm overnight. I soaked
the kidney beans overnight, then added them with more water in the
morning. I upped the heat to low for a few hours, then back to warm
all day. When I got home from work I turned it to high, and added
three more red chilies (it didn't seem hot enough) and a couple of
tablespoons of masa, and cooked on high for about another hour or hour
and a half.

>
> Add tomatoes and onions and remove the beans. *;-)

Removing the beans is OK, though they were nice, tender kidney beans,
but the stuff with tomatoes is a very different thing. I put less
much cumin in that, and that pretty much always gets beans.
The kids ate it happily. I could have--and wished I had--put even
more chilies in it, though the one thing that really would have
improved it was more salt. I'm used to making stuff under-salted
(because my wife likes things less salty than most folks do) then
adding salt, but there was no salt to add at the place I went to.
>
> Becca

--Bryan

On Feb 16, 5:39*pm, John Kuthe > wrote:
> On Feb 16, 4:52*pm, Food Snob® > wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> > On Feb 16, 3:34*pm, Chemo the Clown > wrote:
>
> > > On Feb 16, 1:28*pm, Food Snob® > wrote:
>
> > > > I made grown up chili for my son's school's "chili cook off." *He
> > > > comes home from school today to inform me that only the kids will be
> > > > voting. *Of course, some kids eat some pretty hot stuff these days.
> > > > Lots of red chilies in there, cumin, black pepper, salt, a little
> > > > garlic, lean bottom round fried in rendered beef fat, and long, slow
> > > > simmered with red kidney beans. *No tomato, no onion.
> > > > If I'd have known only the kids were voting, I'd have used a few less
> > > > chiles, but I really wasn't so much trying to win as to make something
> > > > yummy.
>
> > > > --Bryan
>
> > > What...no habeneros?? You wussy.
>
> > I don't like the taste of habaneros. *I used quite a few red
> > jalapenos.
>
> Oh I love habaneros, if only they weren't so bloody HOT! If you can
> get past the heat, the flavor is actually quite good. Kinda fruity and
> yummy (while your tastebuds experience capsaicin on steroids!)

You might like mangoes and guavas too, which is what habaneros kind of
taste like to me. There are *Capsicum chinense* varieties such as the
NuMex Suave, that have that fruity flavor w/o the blistering heat:
http://www.reimerseeds.com/numex-sua...ppers-red.aspx
>
> Yeah yeah, I know. Purecap! No flavor, all heat. Ick.

That's a different thing. PureCap is a useful food additive.
>
> John Kuthe...

--Bryan

On Feb 16, 2:54*pm, Becca > wrote:
> ImStillMags wrote:
> > On Feb 16, 1:28 pm, Food Snob® > wrote:
>
> >> I made grown up chili for my son's school's "chili cook off." *He
> >> comes home from school today to inform me that only the kids will be
> >> voting. *Of course, some kids eat some pretty hot stuff these days.
> >> Lots of red chilies in there, cumin, black pepper, salt, a little
> >> garlic, lean bottom round fried in rendered beef fat, and long, slow
> >> simmered with red kidney beans. *No tomato, no onion.
> >> If I'd have known only the kids were voting, I'd have used a few less
> >> chiles, but I really wasn't so much trying to win as to make something
> >> yummy.
>
> >> --Bryan
>
> > share the recipe???
>
> Add tomatoes and onions and remove the beans. *;-)
>
> Becca

Also, chipotle peppers and adobo sauce!

triolus wrote:
> On Feb 16, 2:54 pm, Becca > wrote:
>
>>
>> Add tomatoes and onions and remove the beans. ;-)
>>
>> Becca
>>
>
> Also, chipotle peppers and adobo sauce!
>

We made chili a few days ago, I added 1 chipotle in adobo sauce, but I
should have added more. I used more meat than usual. I also ran out of
Fiesta chili powder. I will have to see if they carry that here in
Louisiana, but I think they do.
http://www.fiestaspices.com/?page=chilipowder


Becca

On Feb 17, 2:49*pm, Becca > wrote:
> triolus wrote:
> > On Feb 16, 2:54 pm, Becca > wrote:
>
> >> Add tomatoes and onions and remove the beans. *;-)
>
> >> Becca
>
> > Also, chipotle peppers and adobo sauce!
>
> We made chili a few days ago, I added 1 chipotle in adobo sauce, but I
> should have added more. I used more meat than usual. *I also ran out of
> Fiesta chili powder. I will have to see if they carry that here in
> Louisiana, but I think they do. *http://www.fiestaspices.com/?page=chilipowder
>
> Becca

I usually toss in about 3 of the peppers and a good glob of the sauce.
It's very spicy, so be careful not to add too much, and wash your
hands afterward!

On Feb 16, 8:40*pm, Food Snob® > wrote:
> On Feb 16, 5:39*pm, John Kuthe > wrote:
>
>
>
> > On Feb 16, 4:52*pm, Food Snob® > wrote:
>
> > > On Feb 16, 3:34*pm, Chemo the Clown > wrote:
>
> > > > On Feb 16, 1:28*pm, Food Snob® > wrote:
>
> > > > > I made grown up chili for my son's school's "chili cook off." *He
> > > > > comes home from school today to inform me that only the kids will be
> > > > > voting. *Of course, some kids eat some pretty hot stuff these days.
> > > > > Lots of red chilies in there, cumin, black pepper, salt, a little
> > > > > garlic, lean bottom round fried in rendered beef fat, and long, slow
> > > > > simmered with red kidney beans. *No tomato, no onion.
> > > > > If I'd have known only the kids were voting, I'd have used a few less
> > > > > chiles, but I really wasn't so much trying to win as to make something
> > > > > yummy.
>
> > > > > --Bryan
>
> > > > What...no habeneros?? You wussy.
>
> > > I don't like the taste of habaneros. *I used quite a few red
> > > jalapenos.
>
> > Oh I love habaneros, if only they weren't so bloody HOT! If you can
> > get past the heat, the flavor is actually quite good. Kinda fruity and
> > yummy (while your tastebuds experience capsaicin on steroids!)
>
> You might like mangoes and guavas too, which is what habaneros kind of
> taste like to me....
[chop]

I LOVE mangos! I eat one a day as part of my nutritious breakfast.
YUM! Mmmmmmm!

The mangoes I've been buying at the Market in The Loop have been quite
excellent recently too. A little underripe but that;'s OK, they ripen
up as they sit out at room temp.

John Kuthe...

"Food Snob®" > wrote in message
...
>I made grown up chili for my son's school's "chili cook off." He
> comes home from school today to inform me that only the kids will be
> voting. Of course, some kids eat some pretty hot stuff these days.
> Lots of red chilies in there, cumin, black pepper, salt, a little
> garlic, lean bottom round fried in rendered beef fat, and long, slow
> simmered with red kidney beans. No tomato, no onion.
> If I'd have known only the kids were voting, I'd have used a few less
> chiles, but I really wasn't so much trying to win as to make something
> yummy.
>
> --Bryan

Well, did the kids like it?
-ginny

On Sun, 21 Feb 2010 21:28:33 -0600, BubbaBob wrote:

> Food Snob® > wrote:
>
>> http://www.reimerseeds.com/numex-sua...ppers-red.aspx
>
> This is a bad idea. If you make a pepper wimpy without any way to visually
> distinguish it from the original, the supermarkets will stock the wimpy
> ones only and you won't be able to find the good ones. This happened to
> Jalapeños about 20 years ago when Texas A&M bred their crappy weak
> Jalapeño. Now you can't tell what you're buying. I've switched entirely to
> Serranos as a substitute, as they haven't adulterated those yet.
>
> Texas A&M caught a lot of flack from chile lovers over that and apparently
> they've learned their lesson. They have a cooler habanero coming out but
> they've bred it to be almost white in color so everyone can tell the
> difference.

if you want the dope on pepper breeding, amal naj is your man:

Peppers: A Story of Hot Pursuits

<http://www.amazon.com/Peppers-Story-Pursuits-Amal-Naj/dp/0679744274/ref=sr_1_8?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1266858823&sr=1-8>

an entertaining (and comprehensive, as far as i can tell) book.

your pal,
blake

On Feb 19, 12:35*am, "Virginia Tadrzynski" > wrote:
> "Food Snob®" > wrote in message
>
> ...
>
> >I made grown up chili for my son's school's "chili cook off." *He
> > comes home from school today to inform me that only the kids will be
> > voting. *Of course, some kids eat some pretty hot stuff these days.
> > Lots of red chilies in there, cumin, black pepper, salt, a little
> > garlic, lean bottom round fried in rendered beef fat, and long, slow
> > simmered with red kidney beans. *No tomato, no onion.
> > If I'd have known only the kids were voting, I'd have used a few less
> > chiles, but I really wasn't so much trying to win as to make something
> > yummy.
>
> > --Bryan
>
> Well, did the kids like it?

They seemed to. The highest vote getters were all ones who had lots
of add ons, cheese and such.

> -ginny

--Bryan