My wife and I have been having a debate about Chili and she suggested I start a poll on it. She has made a couple batches of chili lately, and while very good, I told her that I prefer my chili without beans. I told her that traditionally Texas chili NEVER has beans in it. She grew up here most of her life, but she's from Nebraska so go figure. She got her chili recipe from her mom in Nebraska, which to me explains why there are beans in it. She seems to think that no matter where you are from Chili is supposed to include beans. So tell this poor misguided midwesterner how you're supposed to eat chili: Beans or No Beans? And feel free to post your favorite chili recipes. Try to include measurements with them, I'd like to try a couple out.
Spoken like a true yankee. No beans in Texas chili...ever. And I have the chili cookoff trophys to prove it.
My girlfriend and I have had this same argument many times and as stated before CHILI DOES NOT HAVE BEANS IN IT!!!!! People from other parts of the country AND especially people from Sweden would obviously not know better than us Texans. Where is T_J when you need a good CASE CLOSED!!
What a coincidence, I just cooked 3lbs of the stuff for the first time since the heat broke. With beans and more beans and may God have mercy on the people who spend any close quarter time with me the next few days. I will personally be responsible for signifigant global green house gas emissions and will be planting trees as penance in April. [derail]Also, there are no trees left in my yard after Rita so if anyone has any ideas what to plant I'd apreciate it. I'm looking for something with lots of shade. Pecan? Southern Magnolia? Sweetgum sucks so don't even go there gurl. I shouldn't post while intoxicated.
Real chili doesn't have beans...... If you enter a bowl of "chili" w/ beans into a chili contest, you'll be laughed out of the building.
Dayton,Ohio I can actually eat chili without beans, but given the option, I definitely would want beans
Perfectly acceptable to cook a pot of beans alongside your chili and serve them in the same bowl. Not acceptable to cook chili with beans in it. It's the State Dish, the freakin law. Don't mess with Texas. "Chili concocted outside of Texas is usually a weak, apologetic imitation of the real thing. One of the first things I do when I get home to Texas is to have a bowl of red. There is simply nothing better." -- LBJ "You burn some mesquite And when the coals get hot You bunk up some meat And you throw it on a pot. While some chile pods and garlic And comino and stuff Then you add a little salt Till there's just enough You can throw in some onions To make it smell good You can even add tomatoes If you feel like you should If you know beans about chili You know it didn't come from Mexico Chili was God's gift to Texas Or maybe it came from down below And chili doesn't go with damned macaroni And damned Yankees don't go with chili queens; And if you know beans about chili You know that chili has no beans" -- Anthem of the Terlingua International Chili Cookoff On October 5, 1952 at the Texas State Fair in Dallas, Texas. Mrs. F. G. Ventura of Dallas won the Texas State Fair contest and her recipe was declared the "Official State Fair of Texas Chili Recipe" and first ever "World Champion Chili Cook." Mrs. Ventura held her title as World Champions Chili Cook for fifteen years....It was a no-holds-barred affair as to ingredients, except that beans could not be used. The contestants numbered fifty-five with five judges. Judge Joe E. Cooper is quoted as saying: "Besides that, it'll take a lot of judges because after the first two or three spoonfuls of good, hot Texas-style chili, the fine edge wears off even an expert chili judge's taste buds... It'll be a hot job but one that no true Texan will shirk."
I like beans in my chili. Lots and lots of beans ... with fritos ... mmmmmmmmmm One of the best chilis i've ever made was with sirloin steak. Use the 2 alarm chili prepackaged mix ... you can pick it up in any grocery store.
Chili with beans is vile... beans in such a manly concoction simply ruins it!! Ever wonder why the term "beans" equates to "nothing"? As in "it don't amount to a hill of beans" and "you don't know beans"? That oughta tell you something about beans... no place for them in chili!
If anybody is looking for the absolute WORST chili in the world, go to Cincinnati, Ohio and eat at Skyline Chili. That **** is AWFUL. It has a cinnamon/chocolate taste to it. WTF??!?!?!? What's worse is that the locals love it.
