Is cooking chili at home generally a waste of time and money?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:^^LOL!!

Obviously many of us are wedded to our various chili recipes. I think the question should be - Is buying chili a waste of money? I think yes. WHY oh why would you BUY chili when you make good homemade chili??

Exactly! Buying it deprives you of the joy of yelling from the DCUM rooftops what chili is right or wrong! Beans!?? CINNAMON! Oatmeal??? It’s not a recipe without amount! Don’t use brisket! COOK FROZEN MEAT IN THE MICROWAVE???

This is what chili and DCUM are all about. Perfect pairing.

Chili is vulgar. It’s for flyover country trashholes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:^^LOL!!

Obviously many of us are wedded to our various chili recipes. I think the question should be - Is buying chili a waste of money? I think yes. WHY oh why would you BUY chili when you make good homemade chili??

Exactly! Buying it deprives you of the joy of yelling from the DCUM rooftops what chili is right or wrong! Beans!?? CINNAMON! Oatmeal??? It’s not a recipe without amount! Don’t use brisket! COOK FROZEN MEAT IN THE MICROWAVE???

This is what chili and DCUM are all about. Perfect pairing.

Chili is vulgar. It’s for flyover country trashholes.

Yes I forgot this is also perfect to yell from the DCUM rooftops during this or really any talk about a recipe for X food. Enjoy your slow cooked lobster.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:^^LOL!!

Obviously many of us are wedded to our various chili recipes. I think the question should be - Is buying chili a waste of money? I think yes. WHY oh why would you BUY chili when you make good homemade chili??

Exactly! Buying it deprives you of the joy of yelling from the DCUM rooftops what chili is right or wrong! Beans!?? CINNAMON! Oatmeal??? It’s not a recipe without amount! Don’t use brisket! COOK FROZEN MEAT IN THE MICROWAVE???

This is what chili and DCUM are all about. Perfect pairing.

Chili is vulgar. It’s for flyover country trashholes.

I was wondering when you’d show up!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:^^LOL!!

Obviously many of us are wedded to our various chili recipes. I think the question should be - Is buying chili a waste of money? I think yes. WHY oh why would you BUY chili when you make good homemade chili??

Exactly! Buying it deprives you of the joy of yelling from the DCUM rooftops what chili is right or wrong! Beans!?? CINNAMON! Oatmeal??? It’s not a recipe without amount! Don’t use brisket! COOK FROZEN MEAT IN THE MICROWAVE???

This is what chili and DCUM are all about. Perfect pairing.

Chili is vulgar. It’s for flyover country trashholes.

I was wondering when you’d show up!

I was clearly joking, but I don’t blame you for being fooled! This is DCUM, after all

[Anonymous]

Some very frustrated people on this thread. I recommend forget about cooking and … well you can guess the rest. You might feel much more relaxed. In the meantime the family can eat the chili.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Where is a Texan to tell us that putting beans and ground meat in chili is wrong?

I'm a Texan and we use ground meat, we just often also use chuck. (The person who said they used brisket is top 3 craziest in this thread - chili is making something delicious out of not amazing meat. There are far better uses for brisket.) Beans vs no beans is a blown out of proportion joke rivalry amongst chili makers - most agree that beans in a chili is just a personal preference and a good chili with beans is still 5 steps ahead of, for instance, using oatmeal as a thickener or putting sugar in cornbread.

White chili is not chili FYI. It's chicken stew.

I'm the brisket person, and also Texan. I grew up using brisket in my chili, I'm not sure why you think using brisket is crazy It's a very common cut of meat to use in chili. Here's a good recipe to try: https://www.meatchurch.com/blogs/recipes/brisket-chili

This is another good recipe https://www.bonappetit.com/recipe/texas-beef-brisket-chili

[Anonymous]

I crave chili maybe once a year. When I do crave it, I just order a bowl of it from a local bbq restaurant, which uses big chunks of beef. It's honestly sort of shocking to see this many of you make it upwards of once a week!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I crave chili maybe once a year. When I do crave it, I just order a bowl of it from a local bbq restaurant, which uses big chunks of beef. It's honestly sort of shocking to see this many of you make it upwards of once a week!

Ew, you eat chili once a year? How pedestrian.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:^^LOL!!

Obviously many of us are wedded to our various chili recipes. I think the question should be - Is buying chili a waste of money? I think yes. WHY oh why would you BUY chili when you make good homemade chili??

Exactly! Buying it deprives you of the joy of yelling from the DCUM rooftops what chili is right or wrong! Beans!?? CINNAMON! Oatmeal??? It’s not a recipe without amount! Don’t use brisket! COOK FROZEN MEAT IN THE MICROWAVE???

This is what chili and DCUM are all about. Perfect pairing.

Chili is vulgar. It’s for flyover country trashholes.

Yes I forgot this is also perfect to yell from the DCUM rooftops during this or really any talk about a recipe for X food. Enjoy your slow cooked lobster.

Laughing out loud.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I crave chili maybe once a year. When I do crave it, I just order a bowl of it from a local bbq restaurant, which uses big chunks of beef. It's honestly sort of shocking to see this many of you make it upwards of once a week!

Literally one poster has said she makes it once a week. And even that is not “upwards of once a week.” Calm your tits.

[Anonymous]

Just made a pot of chili because ground beef was the only thing available on the empty shelves at giant and Harris Teeter today!:
1 tb chili powder
1 tsp cumin1/4 tsp cayenne pepper
1/4 tsp garlic powder
1/2 tsp onion powder
A pinch of salt
Sauté onion/garlic and green pepper - remove
Brown Meat/ add spices to bloom
Add 2 cans of diced tomatoes with green chili’s and 1 Can iof mild chili pinto beans, also some black beans I had. It was very good with sour cream and shredded cheese. Also from this thread I made homemade corn bread. Felt like a real pioneer gal using things in my pantry

[Anonymous]

I haven’t read through all 11 pages of this, but my family loves this recipe: https://smittenkitchen.com/2010/09/beef-chili-sour-cream-and-cheddar-biscuits/

We use the Chili 9000 chili powder from Penzey’s (for any recipe that calls for chili powder, not just chili).

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Huh it’s so cheap. $7 for a lb of ground beef, $1 a can of bean and $2 for two cans of tomatoes plus a pack of chili seasoning. Maybe $12 tops. Box of $3 cornbread. $15 for four. No leftovers. Just paid $20 for two meals at chick fil a.

That's not chili. That is some sort of cheap slop they'd serve at a primary school summer camp in the woods.

Again, please post your recipe. Otherwise, STFU.

NP. Can you stop asking for a “recipe” for chili? Chili is not something you need a RECIPE for. Hopefully the other poster can post his or her method.

Here’s my method:
Organic ground beef
(Sometimes I add hot Italian sausage)
Finely diced onion
A little bit of minced garlic
(Sometimes I add finely diced yellow and red peppers)

Sautée those two bad bows, then add to the crock pot along with:
Big can diced tomatoes with mild chilis
Small can tomato sauce
Salt and pepper
Lawry’s seasoned salt
Smoked paprika
A very tiny hit of cinnamon: it makes the beef taste “meatier”

No chili powder or cumin? How is that chili?

As for cinnamon, just no. That’s disgusting.

That PP came back and said she forgot to mention chili powder and hot sauce.

Anyway, I’m surprised you don’t know that cinnamon in any beef dish (Bolognese, chili, any type of stew) is a common “secret ingredient.” I’ve read that in numerous cook books and magazines, and have seen that on numerous cooking shows. It brings out the meaty flavor of beef.

Oh, I’ve tasted chili with cinnamon in it. I’m not just speculating that it’s disgusting.

[Anonymous]

I have a crazy DH who makes a version with brisket. He even smokes it the day before, making his chili a lengthy process. He seems to enjoy it though. Makes it about once a month November-March. I think the trick with the instant pot is to pressure cook it, then take the lid off and let it cook down a bit. I will tell him to try a pinch of cinnamon!

[Anonymous]

Wow! 11 pages on arguing about chili?! This makes me laugh so much!

We are on the chili bandwagon, I guess. My recipe has cocoa and a bit of cinnamon. Take that! We freeze the leftovers, don't love it enough to eat it multiple times a week.