none taken. i didn't add my normal amount of jalapeno's and habenero juice that i usually use in my chili. but at the last minute, i thought i'd have a better chance with the judge by not catching his throat on fire.
in hindsight, one should always go with his/her first choice. ;)

The issue is im constantly coming in 2nd or 3rd, im looking for an edge to put it over the top. But you are right, if I screw with it it may go down.

Dark molasses.

this would be a stew

Thats alot like what happened to me this year as well, the bitch used a cookie cutter taco soup recipe, used Chicken instead of beef, a chilli spice packet instead of a taco spice packet. A bunch of canned shit was all. Had I lost to some of the good recipes it would not have bothered me. I thought some of the other pots were damn good but the one that won was lame. Another case of Judge fail. Probably a bunch of balless red meat haters.

That's what I was thinking but it is his birthday.

Real chili is made with tri tip, no beans and red sauce~

I make the bomb ass chili, so I should know!

edit; all needs to be made from scratch, jalepenos, tomatoes etc, no canned sauce or paste.

Canned sauce and/or paste is better than out of season tomatoes.

I have never thought of it like that, but Im not sure I can bring myself to use canned stuff.

Probably better than most of the dyed, unripe crap grocery stores sell too.

I was making a pot of chili a while back and while it was cooking I thought I'd do a little research on it. I found it interesting how the cooks who worked the cattle drives would plant small gardens of herbs and spices along the trail so they'd always be available for use. I also thought the chili wagons the women would pull in the square down in San Antonio was pretty cool. Gave me an idea for a business.

Down here(Springfield) we have things like the Taco Wagon to eat at. They have a small trailer they tow behind a car. They find a location and set up and do business. There's also the BBQ Bus. That things scares me because it looks like the smoker is sitting right above the gas tank. :eek: There's also more then those two around. Anyways I thought I could do the same thing with chili. Philly's Chili Wagon! :shrug:

That's red chili sauce and meat. What makes it a stew?

I want to have your babies.

big chunks,no beans

add a couple chunks of veggies(potatoe and carrot) and it's basic stew


chunky meat in sauce???