Subj : Chili beans
To   : SHAWN HIGHFIELD
From : JIM WELLER
Date : Sun Jul 24 2022 19:34:00

-=> Quoting Shawn Highfield to Dave Drum <=-

 SH> My uncle "Tex" was a Taxan, and he always said beans didn't
 SH> belong in chilli.

Yeah, they belong under it!

Roslind's dad was an Alberta French Canadian, just one generation
away from France; he used to make a beanless chili. He might have
been the only Canadian to do so in the old days but we are unaware
that he ever met a Texan. There were lots in the central and south
Alberta oil patch after Leduc blew in, in 1947, but he was a Hudson
Bay man trading throughout northern Alberta and the NWT.

Roslind likes mild, beanless chili made with little or no cumin so
while she's making that I make a batch of very spicy beans with lots
of cumin separately and mix them together in my bowl.

Kidney beans are OK and easy to find but my favourite beans for
chili are those small Mexican red ones that are elliptical not
kidney shaped, dark red coloured and have a cooked texture that is
smooth, creamy and tender as opposed to dry, firm and meaty. But
they aren't as common, at least not around here.

Cheers

Jim

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