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Chili Chronicles: Part 1

So how do you take these items

and turn them into this?

The interesting thing is that it’s been a source of contention based on different parts of the country.  The South vs. Texas vs. the West vs. the North.  Everybody has their own ideas of what chili should be including myself.  I know that I really love a sweet and smoky chili with no beans.

That brings up a whole different discussion about the contents of the chili.  If flavor is the first battle, contents are certainly the second.  Beans or no beans, chilies or no chilies, what type of meat to use in the chili.  There are all different types of thoughts behind the flavors, textures, and heat levels.

As the weeks progress and the weather cools here in Central Ohio, I tend to make chili every weekend but I don’t think it really qualifies as a lazy Sunday meal.  I put a lot of work into my chili because I really enjoy eating it and watching my wife’s face as the different flavors come out of the concoction.  Some nights I just want water with my chili, some nights its an ice cold beer and sometimes it’s milk to cool the heat but I truly do believe that chili is without a doubt the best fall food and I hope that I can educate you about the different types of ingredients, varieties, and flavors that go into a great bowl of chili.

Be talking to you soon,

Chef_Ben