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In reply to the discussion: This discussion may draw blood: I just won a Chili Cook-Off [View all]Major Nikon
(36,827 posts)30. I don't think too many people would win cook offs if they stuck to authenticity
As a trail dish, chili was made with dried meats and suet, along with spices and dried peppers, then pressed into bricks so it could be reconstituted on the trail. Beans were widely available and used by the same people both native and cowboy who were making chili and there's nothing inauthentic about adding them to the dish. The idea that there's something wrong about adding beans to chili is a modern idea that reflects little more than personal preference. Personally I like chili con carne both with and without beans. I also like it both Texas style and the bastardized Cincinnati 5-way style.
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I don't think too many people would win cook offs if they stuck to authenticity
Major Nikon
Oct 2014
#30
Cowboys most certainly did have beans, have you never watched "Blazing Saddles"? n/t
A Simple Game
Oct 2014
#32
That is another dish altogether = Chili Spaghetti, where the east meets the west
Tuesday Afternoon
Oct 2014
#10
The full name of the dish is also the list of ingredients: Chile con carne means chilli with beef.
Xipe Totec
Oct 2014
#58
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