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alarimer

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18. Chile without beans is HOT DOG TOPPING.

Thu Oct 23, 2014, 12:40 PM

Oct 2014

Nothing else. Sorry to yell, but chili is supposed to be a meal, so it should be complete and include vegetables, such as onions and peppers (i put green and red bell peppers in mine).

Are you Texan by any chance? They are adamant about the no-beans rule. But they'd hate Cincinnati style too.

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This discussion may draw blood: I just won a Chili Cook-Off [View all] Recursion Oct 2014 OP

I like beans in chili...especially vegetarian chili cyberswede Oct 2014 #1

Congratulations on your victory. Xyzse Oct 2014 #2

Cincinnati-style chili is an oxymoron ashling Oct 2014 #3

Where does chili come from? dr.strangelove Oct 2014 #4

I don't think too many people would win cook offs if they stuck to authenticity Major Nikon Oct 2014 #30

It was almost closer to a pemmican (nt) Recursion Oct 2014 #46

Cowboys most certainly did have beans, have you never watched "Blazing Saddles"? n/t A Simple Game Oct 2014 #32

I LOVE that movie! dr.strangelove Oct 2014 #38

God! They LOVE their fart jokes, don't they? calimary Oct 2014 #50

Beans have no place in chili? I think spaghetti has no place in chili. tk2kewl Oct 2014 #5

Cincinnati Chili sharp_stick Oct 2014 #6

Congratulations! pinboy3niner Oct 2014 #7

There is Chili and then, there is Chili w/ Beans. Simple. Tuesday Afternoon Oct 2014 #8

never mind the beans - the pasta is my problem Kali Oct 2014 #9

That is another dish altogether = Chili Spaghetti, where the east meets the west Tuesday Afternoon Oct 2014 #10

too weird for me Kali Oct 2014 #11

you are so totally correct. no cumin in my pasta, thanks! Tuesday Afternoon Oct 2014 #14

Oddly enough, chili spaghetti is quite popular in Hawai'i KamaAina Oct 2014 #41

Rice ... ? now ya soundn' creole, dude !! Tuesday Afternoon Oct 2014 #48

Wait Le Taz Hot Oct 2014 #12

5. Including 2 Texans Recursion Oct 2014 #13

OK. That's respectable then. Le Taz Hot Oct 2014 #15

I am still trying to assimilate "chili cook-off in Mumbai." malthaussen Oct 2014 #16

Expats doing expat things... Recursion Oct 2014 #17

Pork? KamaAina Oct 2014 #42

It's popular in Goa and the other Portuguese areas Recursion Oct 2014 #44

Ah, I see KamaAina Oct 2014 #47

The full name of the dish is also the list of ingredients: Chile con carne means chilli with beef. Xipe Totec Oct 2014 #58

Chile without beans is HOT DOG TOPPING. alarimer Oct 2014 #18

I lived a block from Ben's Chili Bowl in DC Recursion Oct 2014 #19

whaaaaat? MEat is a meal! OriginalGeek Oct 2014 #25

no CINNAMON EVER IN CHILI1111111!!!!!! EVER!!!!! irisblue Oct 2014 #20

Didn't happen unless there are pics AwakeAtLast Oct 2014 #21

Congrats on winning! bigwillq Oct 2014 #22

I won't eat chili without beans nt LiberalElite Oct 2014 #23

I see no controversy here OriginalGeek Oct 2014 #24

OK, no beans - but you're in India - what meat are you using? csziggy Oct 2014 #26

I did not realize you were in Mumbai. Jenoch Oct 2014 #27

The best chile is venison AngryAmish Oct 2014 #35

There's something we like about Jenoch Oct 2014 #36

I'm interested in what spices you used betsuni Oct 2014 #28

The kashmiri chili powder was definitely a big part Recursion Oct 2014 #45

Beans get in the way of beef. You are using beef? Throd Oct 2014 #29

So what kinda beans do you put in whistler162 Oct 2014 #31

Beans have no place in chili but meat does? A Simple Game Oct 2014 #33

Amen, brother. AngryAmish Oct 2014 #34

Here in So Arizona there are many chili contests. panader0 Oct 2014 #37

Oddly enough, Texas chili aficionados agree with you KamaAina Oct 2014 #39

without beans, there is no reason to eat chili Enrique Oct 2014 #40

I have to agree, despite what others say. I get my guidance from Rocky.... MADem Oct 2014 #51

5-way is??? elleng Oct 2014 #43

I'm okay with that. I'll take either, but the first line I'd go to would be the just-meat one. calimary Oct 2014 #49

Oh...So you weren't making chili then, just some spicy meat-based sauce? Blue_Tires Oct 2014 #52

Point 1. 2. and 3. are all Autumn Oct 2014 #53

"chili beans" is redundant Enrique Oct 2014 #56

I will not eat chili beans. I will eat chili. I will also eat beans with my chili as a side Autumn Oct 2014 #57

Bens have no place in chili?... lame54 Oct 2014 #54

not that fond of chili blackcrowflies Oct 2014 #55