Describing chili as a bean dish is somewhat like describing a 4T with
28-48 zoom by listing what's inscribed on the skylight filter...
Chili is a meat dish. beans are purely optional, and speaking as a
Texan, a corruption of the true form of chili.
The usual meat is beef, ground somewhat coarser than the normal
hamburger texture. Other valid meats are sometimes added as well, such
as venison, rattlesnake, or whatever the hunter managed to bring in. And
in the "reproduction" category, there are even vegetarian versions.
Other ingredients: chili peppers, masa (a coarse flour), tomatoes,
various spices, and lots of time spent simmering.
For an ok version, check out a bowl of red at <a
href="http://www.chilis.com/";>Chili's restaurant</a>.
Also see <a href="http://www.io.com/~wallen/chili.html";>Wayne Allen's
Chili page</a>, but for the utterly chili besotted, there's <a
href="http://www.abowlofred.com/index.html";>The Annual Chili cookoff in
Terlingua, Texas</a>.
Thanks, Steve Goss, Dallas Tx usa
siddiq wrote:
err, would anyone mind telling me what exactly chili is? all i can fathom (from watching the simpsons!) is that it's some sort of bean dish, cooked, and the hotter the better? what else is in it? i do know that while in texas, my
uncle made this awesome thingy, all sorts of beans, slow cooked, thick and chunky, goes well with crusty bread on a chilly night. wasn't very hot, but nutritious up the wazoo
/S
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