Large Batch Of Cincinnati Chili Nearing Completion....

[The Magistrate]

It has been simmering for almost three hours....

I have only recently started making this stuff, and really like it. It will not completely replace the standard variety in the rotation, but it is certainly giving standard chili a good run for the favorite title.

[Denninmi]

1. So, how do you eat it?

3, 4, or 5 way?

[The Magistrate]

2. Just Sitting Down To a plate Now, Sir

Not that much of purist in serving it, so i am not sure how this would rank among the ways. I add a small amount of beans in the final cooking stage, and do not add toppings myself. Others here are having it with diced onions and shredded cheddar, even sour cream....

I like the novelty of the spice mix. I have been starting to do some curies recently, and there is a good deal of overlap. It sounds odd, but it works very well.

[Duer 157099]

3. That was unexpected

Only after reading the post did I look at who the author was, and there was a moment of cognitive dissonance, as if The Magistrate might post about, say Grey Poupon, but chili?

And doesn't Cincinnati chili involve pasta of some sort?

[The Magistrate]

4. It Does, Sir

You serve it over a 'thin' spaghetti, vermicelli or angel hair.

I have always been something of a chili-fiend: the first apartment I had with a refrigerator, I used to cook up very large batches and freeze portions, that I would take out in the morning so they would be thawed to eat when I got back from work....

[Major Nikon]

5. I never got Cincinnati chili

I guess most people do because that style seems to be the most popular. Most people around here consider it sacrilege to even put beans in chili. Personally I like using red beans (not kidney beans) in mine, but I'm a big fan of legumes.

[The Magistrate]

6. I Understand, Sir: It is Recent for Me

It does taste good though, little though that taste does resemble that of a standard chili. In regard to the latter, I have always been in the 'beans' camp, myself.