primitives discuss chili (Grandma Judy calls us out)

[debk]

Here in red state hell, Publix and Kroger carry frozen Skyline, but it's a pale imitation of the real thing in a Skyine restaurant.

Since Skyline isn't really normal chili, with the cinnamon, maybe chocolate, and whatever other non-chili spices it includes, but DUmmies would hate it because there are no obscure foreign words on the menu.

We were in Cincinnati for a couple of Reds games recently, and the visits to Skyline were even better than the baseball.

I really like Skyline when I can get to a Skyline, but you are right, the frozen and the canned is not nearly as good. I prefer it on a hot dog with onions and cheese.

Just about anything is better than baseball.... watching paint dry for instance. 

[Vagabond]

Brown and drain 2lbs ground beef of choice. Dump into a crock pot set at low. Add 2 #303 cans of tomato sauce, and 2 #303 cans of kidney beans (optional). Stir in 2 packages of Williams Chili Seasoning (Williams is the BEST - trust me; I've used it for over 30 years). Nothing could be simpler or quicker.

Diced onions and tomatoes are only needed to impress guests. The chili I make is for my consumption alone.

With the advent of mechanical refrigeration, hot, Hot, HOT spices were no longer needed to mask the "flavor" of unrefrigerated meats. Refrigeration allows us to enjoy the flavor of properly spiced meats without burning up our tonsils! I detest those chili contests where the object is to find the recipe that ignites spontaneously in your mouth. That's not food; it's carnival sadomasochism.

I remember a chili cook off they had in Maryland.  They actually got upset when I told them they had no idea on Earth how properly hot chili is to be made and consumed.  They had the "hot" chili and literally none of them could eat it without getting red-faced.  I ate it, commented that it had a fairly mild kick, but the flavor was lacking.  They still wonder how I was able to stomach it.