Big Ds G string
TDPRI Member
I’m partial to our local award-winning brand Chilli Man. Locally it’s spelled Chilli, instead of chili, after the owner of Dew Chilli Parlor misspelled it on his sign in the early 1900’s.
Is there a really decent canned chili?
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CCK1
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There's not really a good one. The best I've found is Wolf brand. Not sure how available it is outside the Southeastern United States, but it isn't bad.
McGoldTopp
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bgmacaw
Doctor of Teleocity
This whole thread is just a substitute for the, "Is there any SS amp that sound like real tubes?" thread.
THBS, I can enjoy most anything called chili, made with real meat , even the stuff that has beans, noodles, tomatoes, etc., etc. I am partial to tournament chili. I took fourth place in the New England Open once.
THBS, I can enjoy most anything called chili, made with real meat , even the stuff that has beans, noodles, tomatoes, etc., etc. I am partial to tournament chili. I took fourth place in the New England Open once.
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HomeOffisRockstar
TDPRI Member
Buy a canning stock pot and some mason jars.
Make extra of your favorite chili.
Read up on how to properly can meats.
Eat some, can some.
Make extra of your favorite chili.
Read up on how to properly can meats.
Eat some, can some.
I respectfully disagree. Oregano is an important ingredient in many Mexican/Tex Mex foods. If you added cumin and it doesn't taste right, it's probably missing oregano.
That stated, only a small amount should be used, especially in chili.
And you are welcome to do so. There are lots of different kind of chili out there, but I only like one of them, mine. Discussions about chili can be essentially religious.
CCK1
Tele-Afflicted
I have nothing against oats, rolled, steel cut, or otherwise, but oats have no place in chili. Regardless of the oats, the Wolf ain't bad, but you have to realize we're talking canned chili here. None of it is great. It's sorta' like the Hal Bynum and Dave Kirby song made popular by Johnny Cash "There Ain't No Good Chain Gang".
I do not put oregano in my chili. But I do put Ancho in my spaghetti sauce.
I think it’s another regional thing that has migrated. Where I grew up in Texas, cornbread was not sweet. When we visited my grandparents in South Carolina, it was.
Oh yeah, definitely. For use on hot dogs I want that old-school drive-in dog stuff. The runny stuff that comes in a can for 99 cents that just says “hot dog chili” on it. Nothing else will do.
buster poser
Poster Extraordinaire
Same, cannot abide the angelfood cake variety, just gross. Running joke when I dine out with the old man, who raised me right and also despises it.
Mostly tongue in cheek with the no-beans thing. I pretend to be fussy about it, but I am way more provincial about chile peppers. Chili is just one of those words that describes something different and deeply held to a lot of people, like "rock guitar," etc.
E5RSY
Doctor of Teleocity
In Texas we grew up on Wolf Brand (sans beans). It passed muster every time. Of course, that was decades ago...don't know if the formula/recipe is still the same. I think it was still the original stand-alone company back then, too.
When we couldn't get Wolf Brand, there was a brand called Iron Kettle we also loved. Can't seem to currently find any sign of it on the interwebs, though.
When we couldn't get Wolf Brand, there was a brand called Iron Kettle we also loved. Can't seem to currently find any sign of it on the interwebs, though.
This is about like asking about jarred spaghetti sauce. At least with spaghetti sauce, you can doctor it with some fresh (or semi dried) herbs and fresh garlic.
You can't really 'fix' canned chili. Although admittedly, I don't know that I've ever really tried.
Chili has so many styles that it's practically impossible to please everybody.
You can't really 'fix' canned chili. Although admittedly, I don't know that I've ever really tried.
Chili has so many styles that it's practically impossible to please everybody.
rand z
Friend of Leo's
I am from Texas. Born and raised. All you anti-bean people are just plain wrong. Just sayin. I don’t hate you or anything, to each his own, but I’ll be taking your culinary opinions with a grain of salt from now on.
I love chili.
Nothing wrong with beans!
(I guess I'm just a "regular" chili lover.)
imo.
Here's how I see the "bean" thing.
There are millions of people that make chili with beans, and they love it. Good luck getting them to stop either adding beans or calling it chili.
There are millions of people that make chili with beans, and they love it. Good luck getting them to stop either adding beans or calling it chili.
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Sweet cornbread was not a thing in SC 50 years ago. I didn't even know it was a thing until I was grown. But for the record, it sucks.
Gospel.
