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If one is needing chile, but they are in a chile free zone like we are, then they can do what we do . . . .

Order it from New Mexico Connection.

We even order frozen green from them in 1 pound packs

LouisB,

Fwiw, you're correct about NM Green Chile Stew. = Great dish that was invented by the Navaho people, mostly using mutton or horsemeat. - The DINE call it: "Green Stew", btw.
(Even born & bred New Mexicans will admit that it's NOT the same thing as Chili.)


We Texicans make a similar dish with beef & call it: Caldo de res.

yours, tex

Lotta people think their chili recipe or description of chili is the final word on chili. It ain't.

People from all over the country define and make it different ways. Aren't too many ways I won't eat and enjoy it.

Ground meat and tomato sauce over pasta is not one I would enjoy as "chili". (Cincinatti).

local dirt,

WORSE than that, some places in Cincinnati actually put CHOCOLATE in whatever that it is, that they call "chili" "chilii" or "chilee" & serve it over spaghetti.
(They cannot up there even seem to agree on the spelling.)

yours, tex.

Wow, read this thread to late !

Made some on the weekend & I "mistakenly" put 3 kinds of beans in it.

Guess I'll have to feed it to the dog.

NOT !!!!

We may have touched on this broke Paul. making chili near Dryden without imported ingredients would be hard for me.

PS, if you feed the soup to the dog, stay a ways away, or upwind.

New 2 99s,

Feel FREE to put anything in your dish, that you choose, EH.. = We wild/rebellious TEXICANS just will chuckle, IF you call it "real chili".

Btw, putting 3 kinds of beans in your dish is GUARANTEED to keep the skunks out of camp & maybe out of the Province. = CHUCKLE..

yours, tex

It's good to know you're not mean to your dog.

Beans/no beans it's all good. No pinky extended here.

Ate my first bowl of "Red" in Dennison, Texas in 1966 & it sure wasn't my last!! But I'll have to admit when I make chili I add beans, who doesn't like beans & chili is just one of those dishes that people add different ingredients to, just like adjusting the amount of heat in their "Red". All Good!!

Dick

Our's usually has beans, but I have had some great stuff with no beans..

But you're ok with someone putting some chili powder in a pot of ground chicken and beans "identifying" their recipe as Chili?

We need a jug of Burbon and a long talk LD,

None of it is authentic unless you use goat anyway.....

I've read that.
Steve Bodio has a good history on real chili in one of his books.
He says it was basically trail grub made with any meat that could be had cooked with chili's.
Not because mesicans hated beans but because they didn't have any.

I make a damn good white chili. But, i don't prefer it.