Comments on: It’s Chili In The House

By: ASHLEY

ASHLEY — Sat, 26 Feb 2011 19:37:01 +0000

Oh Yum!!! That sounds like a great idea for supper on this, snowy again, day! Will try a little brown sugar in mine. Thanks for the idea!

By: Paul Farmer

Paul Farmer — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 18:50:49 +0000

Drunk Deer Chili. Google it.

By: Nancy

Nancy — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 02:46:44 +0000

everything sounds good cept for brown sugar

By: kawalski

kawalski — Thu, 10 Feb 2011 19:58:33 +0000

the wife left me alone in the kitchen one nite and i made chille. put in a little cinnamon. not much but just enough for a little taste but not really able to put your finger on.

By: grouse

grouse — Thu, 10 Feb 2011 02:01:26 +0000

Did you offer that poor little doggy a nice warm taste of the chili? My cupcake’s recipe would be a little too intense to offer the poor creature or the devil himself, but something warm and soothing would probably help the little guy out. I always remember our old farm dog Skip, Skippy, Skibikner, or whatever else we decided to call him on these sub-zero days. The dog never spent a night in the house in all his 17 years. In severe weather, I guess he always found a tunnel in the haystack or hay bales. I do remember that in advance of a weather forecast that called for billions of inches of snow and temperatures at -a billion and winds of a billion miles per hour, my dad took pity on ol’ Skip and put a gunny sack on the concrete floor of the granary and locked him in. If dogs could cuss, I’m betting that ol’ Skip cursed my dad in profane doggy language throughout the night. But, he lived and seemed none the worse for wear the next day….or maybe it was two. Ol’ Skip and dad were never real close after that.

By: Denny

Denny — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 23:13:09 +0000

Check with your daughter Patty—I heard from a fellow bus employee that she recently won the annual church Grand Championship Chile Cookoff–

By: LeAnn

LeAnn — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 20:01:04 +0000

I also agree that the brown sugar makes a big difference, but I would get shot if I put in 1/2 cup though. For my base I either use beef broth or a can of v-8 juice plus the home canned tomatoes and tomatoe soup. For a different twist use italian sausage, refried beans. green chillies, cream chicken soup alot of cumin and chilli powder plus all the other stuff you put in chilli. And we also like it with tortilla chips and corn bread with honey!!!

By: Carol S.

Carol S. — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 18:26:52 +0000

Doug–
Your recipe sounds extremely similar to mine, which I just kind of honed over the years. The brown sugar makes all the difference, I agree–tomato-based dishes without it are just too tart.
Also the tomato soup. Chili purists would probably scoff at it, but it works better than anything else I’ve tried, such as tomato sauce and tomato paste.
Enjoyed your travel blogs too and am glad you and Linda made it back alive!

By: Per Pål P

Per Pål P — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 16:00:16 +0000

It looks fantastic…. How was it ? How about the “gas factor” ?
The only thing I’d add….To give it a little Norwegian Twist…a little Linie Aquavit…while browning the meat…And…then most important…a big dollop of butter on top…to swirl in. MMMMMMM
Nice idea on a cold day…. Per Pål Peterson

By: Kelly

Kelly — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 15:06:21 +0000

We always put jalepenos in ours. We saute them with the onions. It gives it a little more heat but not that bad.