Re: Bad Attitude Chili--MasterCook format [was RE: [CH] Aromatic Chicken Stewed with Sweet and Hot Peppers]

=Mark (mstevens@exit109.com)
Wed, 30 Jul 2008 11:32:06 -0400

Yes, but without the narrative it's just not the same ("how many angels can do
the Cotton Eyed Joe on the head of a pin?").

On Tue, 29 Jul 2008 14:37:38 -0700, Riley J. McIntire wrote
> For the record, =Mark [mstevens@exit109.com] did write, on Tuesday,
>  July 29, 2008 7:35 AM:
> 
> > Since we are dusting off old stuff, here is a recipe that goes back a
> > decade or two...
> >
> > http://www.exit109.com/~mstevens/bad_attitude_chili_recipe.shtml
> >
> 
> That recipe has been around--I put it (as have others, but I like 
> mine best) in MasterCook format for those interested.
> 
> Riley
> --
> "To be interested in the changing seasons is a
> happier state of mind than to be hopelessly in
> love with spring." —George Santayana
> 
> * Exported from MasterCook *
> 
>                             Bad Attitude Chili
> 
> Recipe By     :Kit Anderson
> Serving Size  : 8     Preparation Time :0:00
> Categories    : Beans                           Beef
>                 Chiles                          Chili
> 
>   Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
> --------  ------------  --------------------------------
>   2             Pounds  Pork Roast -- cut in 1" cubes
>   2             Pounds  Ground Beef -- (You'll need the fat. This isn't
> health food.)
>      1/2           cup  Chile Powder -- (Your local supermarket 
> brand tastes like cardboard.)  1              Large  Onion -- HUGE-
> -roughly chopped  1               head  garlic -- minced  8          
>            New Mexico Green Chile -- roasted  1         Tablespoon 
>  Hot Paprika -- Hungarian (This is legal. Paprika is a chile.)  1    
>      Tablespoon  ground cumin  4                     Beef Bouillon Cubes
>   1        (28 Oz) Can  Crushed Tomatoes -- (Don't worry. You won't even
> know they are there.)
>   1             bottle  Beer -- amber Mexican beer  (Dos Equiis, 
> Noche Buena, or any Oktoberfest will do.)     1/4           cup  
> bourbon -- (This is one of those things that just happened.)  2      
>       squares  Baking Chocolate Squares -- bitter. (Not as weird as 
> it sounds.)                        salt to taste
> 
> Sautee 1/4 of the garlic and onions until translucent. Add 1/4 of 
> the meat, chile powder and brown. Salt the meat while cooking. Put 
> into your chili pot. Cast iron is best. Repeat until all the meat is 
> done.
> 
> Put the rest of the ingredients in you chili pot and simmer for for 
> a hour.
> 
> As in any recipe, the amount of ingredients is variable. Add more of
> anything you want, especially chiles.
> 
> Source:
>   "http://chile.netrelief.com/recipes/bad_attitude_chili_recipe.shtml"     
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> 
> Per Serving (excluding unknown items): 716 Calories; 47g Fat (58.9% calories
> from fat); 43g Protein; 31g Carbohydrate; 7g Dietary Fiber; 153mg
> Cholesterol; 582mg Sodium.  Exchanges: 1/2 Grain(Starch); 5 Lean 
> Meat; 4 1/2 Vegetable; 6 Fat.
> 
> Serving Ideas : See "Chili Beenz" for a side of beans.
> 
> NOTES : [Kit Anderson] This recipe comes from years of Friday afternoons
> dedicated to cards-beer-blow-off-steam sessions while at dental 
> school in south Texas. We used venison and pork, but any vertabrate 
> is fine.
> (Armadillo is not allowed in Texas as it is the Official State 
> Critter and has been granted asylum from the chili pot.) Vegetarian 
> chili? Is that like jumbo shrimp? Military intelligence? Legal 
> ethics? Painless dentist?
> 
> Chili is not supposed to be blow your head off hot. I have two 
> criteria for proper heat:
> 
>    1. I should sweat under my eyes.
> 
>    2. I should be able to eat the whole bowl without stopping to 
> cool off.
> 
> Nutr. Assoc. : 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0


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=Mark

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