Ohyeshedidthreesnapsupinacircle!

Just wait till they learn how amazing our barbecue is compared to the tripe down south.
 
*cracks knuckles* BBQ is srsbzns. And if I had the SLIGHTEST clue on how to BBQ properly, I'd make you eat those words.

As it is, I will now endeavor to find my favorite local joint and enjoy some pulled pork, COMPLETELY ruining my diet for the next month. You monster.
 

Cajungal

Staff member
Sometimes people add beans because it helps the chili go further. It has nothing to do with the "better with/better without" feud. Here's something we can all agree doesn't belong in chili: noodles. But this one girl I knew I student taught with commented that she didn't learn until middle school that chili wasn't supposed to have them. Her mother used noodles to stretch every meal she could.
 
That's bizarre. The noodle thing I mean.

Also, I've never had or heard of chili with lobster in it. That's bizarre too. I can't tell if you're joking or if that's a weird East coast thing, like the McLobster sandwich.
 
Today's recipe

diced sirloin
diced lobster tails
diced pepperoni
onions
green peppers
red peppers
karma peppers
mushrooms
tomato sauce
secret spices
 
Today's recipe

diced sirloin
diced lobster tails
diced pepperoni
onions
green peppers
red peppers
karma peppers
mushrooms
tomato sauce
secret spices
I have no Idea what that is supposed to be.

Chili is...
diced beef
3 different chilis
maybe some onions and tomato sauce.
 
To be honest, I've only had chili without beans in it once or twice. Vegetarian chili at that.

The idea that it shouldn't is as alien to me as the idea that meatloaf shouldn't have cheese in it.
 
To be honest, I've only had chili without beans in it once or twice. Vegetarian chili at that.

The idea that it shouldn't is as alien to me as the idea that meatloaf shouldn't have cheese in it.
But once you take a 500 year old recipe and start adding stuff to it that is far beyond the original 3 ingredients... it stops being the original dish.
 
It's a "Chili Showdown" here on Halforums' Iron Chef!

It's
Iron Chef "Canada": HCGLNS
Vs.
Iron Chef "Tejas": sixpackshaker

And here comes The Chairman to get this battle started!:
Chairman Dave.jpg
 
I don't think adding beans to it is far beyond the original. Otherwise, adding lettuce to your burger makes it no longer a burger.

But I get it. Try telling Jay that this is poutine, for example:

(It's not. Its poutine with turkey and peas getting in the way)
 
From the Terlinga Texas Chili Cookoff rules, THE Texas Chili Cookoff.

I. CHILI COOKING RULES
A. CHILI COOKED ON SITE - All chili must be cooked from scratch on site the day of the cookoff. All chili must be
prepared in the open (no cooking in motorhomes, etc.).
1. CHILI COOKED FROM SCRATCH - "Scratch" is defined as starting with raw meat. No marinating is allowed.
Commercial chili powder is permissible, but complete commercial chili mixes ("just add meat" mixes that
contain premeasured spices) are NOT permitted.
2. NO FILLERS IN CHILI - Beans, macaroni, rice, hominy, or other similar ingredients are not permitted.
3. SANITATION - Cooks are to prepare and cook chili in as sanitary a manner as possible.
a. INSPECTION OF COOKING CONDITIONS - Cooking conditions are subject to inspection by the head
judge or his/her designee and CASI Referee. (Failure to comply is subject to disqualification.)
b. COOKS MAY HAVE TO TASTE THEIR CHILI - At the discretion of the head judge or CASI Referee,
chili cooks may be required to remove the lids from their chili cups and taste their chili before turning in for
judging. (If a contestant refuses, his or her chili will be disqualified.)
B. ONE CHILI PER COOK - Each head cook is responsible for preparing one pot of chili that he or she intends to be
judged and turning in one judging cup from that pot. No more than one judging sample can be taken from any one
pot.
 
If you guys are going to be such sticklers about established, regional rules, I'm afraid you'll have to start saying zed and using the letter u in all kinds of places you just aren't used to yet.
 
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