Originally Posted by kcoTiger

Those of you saying that chili without beans is just soup, have never had real chili then. The stuff I eat is no form of meat sauce, as I make both. My beans always are slow-cooked with a ham steak, my meat sauce is a sauce, and my chili is chili. It's not soup, it's not stew, it's not sauce. It's chili. If it has beans in it, then it's chili with beans--not chili. And like Gary's, it will clear your sinuses. Cornbread is eaten with beans, not chili. Chili is eaten with corn tortillas around here, and where I grew up (El Paso).

Poor, misguided, food-ignorant people.

Originally Posted by AlsCobra

I make a different chili for hot dogs. Not hot and more tomato. I make regular chili with beans though. Last year I made it a couple times with ground smoked sausage and andouille which was great. Still had beans of course. I usually eat mine with crackers and grated cheese also.

Originally Posted by Rather B.Blown

I eat my chili with crackers crumbled in it, sometimes with a little shredded cheddar on top. If I eat it over rice I don't put crackers in it, but I like a piece of buttered cornbread on the side.

Now something most find weird, I like a peanut butter and jelly sandwich with a bowl of chili and a glass of milk. I guess its from when I was a kid, when they served chili for lunch at school they always served a peanut butter sandwich with it (the kind of peanut butter with honey mixed in it).

Originally Posted by AlsCobra

Is the chili without beans eaten over pasta or something? Just sounds like meat sauce to me.

Originally Posted by 2k7gtcs

I love gumbo. And yes definitely with rice but I'd eat it without rice too.

We're not to big on rice in these parts unless its Spanish rice of course but its not integral like in Cajun cuisine.

Cajun cuisine is special and I love it like I love Mexican food. I'm jealous you get to live there and eat it all the time and think nothing of it as being something special like it is here. The trinity is a fine thing.

Originally Posted by 2k7gtcs

It's not weird.

My mother used to serve us leftover chili with butter bread. To this day when I eat it I crave butter bread too.

I'd say I want some chili but its 100 degrees outside and that's just too **** hot for chili weather.

Originally Posted by AlsCobra

Getting off the subject slightly, is stew served over rice? Down here just about everything is over rice. Just wondering. I heard about Yankees not using rice. Soup doesn't have rice but gumbo(which is still soup) has rice in it.

Originally Posted by cdynaco

Midwest stew has beef, cel, potatoes, carrots, onions, in a bowl. Some add stewed tomatoes but I don't like that. I will put diced sun dried tomatoes sometimes but that's it. Great with french bread on the side.
Never mix potatoes and rice. That's just a starch bomb. It doesn't make a protein like beans & rice combo.

Originally Posted by 2k7gtcs

Of course when I was a kid and we were less fortunate I'd eat a cheese sandwich as a meal and love it. Just the white bread, mayo, and (1) Kraft single slice.

Originally Posted by AlsCobra

We will do the same thing but add a dark roux to the mix to darken and thicken it up. Also adds a great flavor. There no adding cornstarch as a thickening agent here.

Originally Posted by Rather B.Blown

Somebody brought me a home made sweet potato pie. Can't wait to have a piece after while with some whipped cream on top.

Originally Posted by Rather B.Blown

I eat my chili with crackers crumbled in it, sometimes with a little shredded cheddar on top. If I eat it over rice I don't put crackers in it, but I like a piece of buttered cornbread on the side.

Now something most find weird, I like a peanut butter and jelly sandwich with a bowl of chili and a glass of milk. I guess its from when I was a kid, when they served chili for lunch at school they always served a peanut butter sandwich with it (the kind of peanut butter with honey mixed in it).

Originally Posted by Blue Notch

I put cheddar and honey in my chili and sometimes even sour cream. Like I need to be anymore weird.

Originally Posted by Scothew

Steamed some shrimp and scallops

Originally Posted by Blue Notch

I put cheddar and honey in my chili and sometimes even sour cream. Like I need to be anymore weird.

Originally Posted by 08GTCandyApple

Did you like the shrimp steamed?

I've never heard of honey in chili. I put some grape jelly in mine though

Originally Posted by 08GTCandyApple

Did you like the shrimp steamed?

I've never heard of honey in chili. I put some grape jelly in mine though