Subj : Re: Nat BBQ Ribz Day
To   : Sean Dennis
From : Dave Drum
Date : Sat Jul 09 2022 05:38:06

-=> Sean Dennis wrote to Dave Drum <=-

 DD> Death is a part of the cycle. You're just a pup. At 80 I scan the obit
 DD> page in my local (what's left of it) newspaper for people I know/knew.
 DD> And I note people younger than me have fallen off their twig. OTOH, my
 DD> good friend and fellow chilli cook, Les, is 85 and just got married to
 DD> a *much* younger woman (mid-60s).

 SD> If you're strong enough to handle a younger woman, you're doing well,
 SD> I'd guess. :D

I asked him what they were going to call the baby when it comes. Les
never missed a beat. "Viagra if it's a boy. Levitra or Cialis id it's 
a girl."

 DD> I is had several near misses including having my blood glucose crash to
 DD> the low 40s and having almost bled out (internally) due to an ulcer I
 DD> didn't know about that was caused by the Alleve I was taking for my
 DD> osteoarthritis pain.   FEH!

 SD> Like me and my heart attacks...stuff sneaks up on you.

And I hate surprises - especially nasty ones.

 DD> I'm just enjoying it as it goes on.

 SD> Once I get Social Security straighted out, I will be enjoying things a
 SD> lot more.

 SD> Your opinion on this chili recipe?

 SD> MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.06

 SD>       Title: LATIGO CHILI
 SD>  Categories: Chili, Tex-mex, Meats, Ethnic
 SD>       Yield: 20 Servings

It's actually a pretty decent (if "fiddly") recipe. I'd omit the beer
and cactus juice. And swap the allspice for a smaller dose of cinnamon.
Just enought the blend and enhance the other flavours. And maybe 
increase the cumin and garlic a bit. 

MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.06

      Title: Allegani Jani's Chilli
 Categories: Beeg, Vegetables, Herbs, Chilies
      Yield: 1 championship

      4 lb Stew beef, ground once
      3 lg Onions; chopped
      2 tb Oil
           Salt & pepper
      2 tb (heaping) cumin seed
      6 cl Garlic; mashed
     14 oz Can Hunt's tomatoes
      1 ts Sugar
      6 fl Oz beer
      2    Env chilli spice mix
      1 tb Mole paste * 
      1 ts Tabasco sauce
      1 ts Salt
      1 qt Water
      4    Jalapeno chilies; chopped
    1/2 c  Masa flour *

  * Available in the ethnic aisle of your groacery store
  or bodega/supermercado

  Brown meat and onions in oil.

  Season with salt & pepper.

  Using a molcajete (a Mexican grinding tool), grind cumin
  seeds and garlic with a little water.

  Add to meat.

  In a blender, combine tomatoes, sugar, beer, chilli
  spice/powder.

  Add to stew along with mole paste, Tabasco sauce, salt,
  water, and jalape+Xo peppers.

  Cook for 2 1/2 hours, stirring well from time to time.

  At the end of the cooking time, make a runny paste of
  masa water, adding it to the stew to thicken it.

  Stir the stew rapidly while adding the paste to keep it
  from getting lumpy.

  Cook 1/2 hour more.

  ICS World Championsip Recipe - 1974

  RECIPE FROM: https://chilicookoff.com

  Uncle Dirty Dave's Archives

MMMMM

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