chili and co'n bread - is that inappropriate?!

but seriously.

chili and corn bread. or as my great grandpa used to call it, corn pone. why? i don't know. italians don't speak english well.

chili is the best.

there are many ways to eat chili but rarely is this delicacy found alone. not in my house anyway.

my favorite partner is fritos.

others are mashed potatoes and corn bread.

when it was my birthday and my mom would make me whatever dinner i wanted i asked for chili and fritos. so to honor my mom, since i just trashed her about steaming vegetables, i will write about chili. although her chili came from a can i still love the idea of it.

chili is in the same category as stews and soups. a group which rarely has down to the letter directions. with these things you taste as you go and add things as they come up.

that said....

tomato sauce - i used carmelita brand from august. you can also cook down your own tomatoes but i didn't have a lot of time.

1 onion - we had half a red onion and half a yellow onion so i used both. two halves equal one whole!

cumin

cayenne pepper

2 pinches of brown sugar

1/2 tomato - unless you like the chunks they use the whole thing

1/2 red pepper

1/2 serano chili pepper

2 splashes of darker beer (optional, i was just drinking one at the time)

you can easily add meat to this too, just brown it first and add it in. i didn't use meat because august didn't have any today.

chop up your veg and throw everything into the pot. cook on high until it starts to boil then simmer it for say, 35 minutes or so and let is simmer while everyone takes their time coming to the dinner table. shred some cheese on top and serve!

serve with corn bread. use the recipe on the back of the corn meal box. or if in a pinch use the blue jiffy box mix. the only mix i ever use. hot damn it's good. and oh so cheap.

like i said chili can be whatever you want, so do you thing with it.

enjoy and happy fall everyone.

love,

keighty