Re: [CH] Another letdown - Hormel "Hot" w/Beans
Dave Drum (xrated@famvid.com)
Sat, 22 Jul 2000 20:38:15 -0500
radiorlg@att.net wrote:
> When I was at the supermarket today I spotted something
> that sounded so good, thought I would buy a can and have
> it on my hotdog for lunch. Well, I bought it.
> Hormel "Hot" Chili with Beans
> Well, I opened the can, heated it up and put it on my
> hotdog and... BOY was I disappointed. Even DH thought it
> had no heat. He said he had one bite that was a bit hot,
> but really nothing. I felt the same way. Jalapenos, green
> chiles and chili powder are all on the label and there
> was NO noticable heat. I am writing Hormel. I want my
> money back and I'm going to give them a piece of my mind.
Your first mistake was thinking that Hormel would know anything about
chilli. The company that makes SPAM (which is a great goodness) is not
going to be making edible chilli, let alone anything with heat in it.
They come from lutefisk and Norwegian bachelor farmer land.
Hormel chilli is nearly as bad as Armour, Stagg or Wolf Brand - none of
which is fit to eat. The only chilli in a can that I have found worthy
of eating, much less buying are Chilli Man (originated by two time World
Champion Joe DeFrates) a product of the Milnot Corp (still - the gummint
anti-trust folks spit-up on their purchase by Heinz) and Ray's Chilli
(originated by Joe's uncle Ray Defrates - who won no world titles but
did teach Joe the chilli biz) from Ray's Brand Products.
Ray's and Chilli Man both make a "Coney Island" Hot Dog Sauce - which
essentially is their chilli sans beans and in a small can. Chilli Man
makes a chilli which is claimed to be hot... and it has a speck more
heat (cayenne, I think) than their standard chilli. But, nowhere near CH
levels - even for those of the pepper wuss nomenclature.
Those who would read this and dissent from my dismissal of their
favourite canned chilli as unfit to eat may send a can or two to my
snail-mail address where it will be tested and reported upon. Do not
send Armour, Hormel, Stagg or Wolf Cookies^h^h^h^h^h^h^h Brand in any of
their iterations... I have tried them and found them lacking severely.
Others I have tried and rejected (in the interests of saving your
postage on pre-jects) include Steak & Shake, Cactus Annie's, Lady Lee,
Just Rite, Jack-A-Lope Chili (sic), Taylor's, Ann Page, Round-up, Cowboy
Bob's... among others. Also Empress and Skyline which are Cincinatti
Chilli and while OK in a can are pale representations of their
chilli-parlour selves and are so loaded with Allspice as to be outside
the chilli mainstream. <GGG>
My advice to you, Risa, is to get a good grade of Hot Dog sauce (meat
only please) and kick it up a notch or three with Trappey's Red Devil or
other favourite hot condiment.
ENJOY!!!
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