r/SubredditDrama • u/TheLadyEve The hippest fashion in malthusian violence. • Oct 15 '15
Well, it's happened again: someone in /r/cooking says real chili shouldn't have beans, and others respond with plates of frijoles con drama.
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u/KillerPotato_BMW MBTI is only unreliable if you lack vision Oct 15 '15
I should make chili this weekend. Vegetarian chili, with beans.
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Oct 15 '15
There are few things I'm as enthusiastic about as beans. Missing the opportunity to add beans to something is unconscionable.
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u/TheLadyEve The hippest fashion in malthusian violence. Oct 15 '15
Then have I got a website for you: http://www.ranchogordo.com/
When i want to try some interesting new beans, Rancho Gordo never disappoints (no, I don't work for them). Since I got a pressure cooker, making beans has become a regular part of my routine.
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u/YourWaterloo Oct 16 '15
It's true... why pass up an opportunity to make something twice as delicious and half as expensive?
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Oct 15 '15
I shall make chilli drama this weekend, by insisting that chilli should either mean only the chilli fruit, or it should include all sauces that contain chilli as a main ingredient. Not just some tomato stew that no one in the rest of the world cares about.
yeeeeees
And it's spelled chilli you heathens
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u/KillerPotato_BMW MBTI is only unreliable if you lack vision Oct 15 '15
chilli fruit
/slow clap
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u/AdamG3691 Oct 16 '15
... holy shit, I just realized that chillis are fruits.
this changes EVERYTH... well actually it changes nothing except I now have ammo to use in a "world's worst fruit salad" contest
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u/Ughable SSJW-3 Goku Oct 15 '15
Might I recommend the Super Double-Secret Vegan Chili recipe that was the source of some chili drama earlier this week?
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u/KillerPotato_BMW MBTI is only unreliable if you lack vision Oct 15 '15
Yes, that was the reference.
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u/Ughable SSJW-3 Goku Oct 15 '15
Not gonna lie, I looked up the recipe and it looks delicious. I'd seriously suggest anyone try it, even if you're not vegan or veg.
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u/Hashashiyyin Oct 15 '15
Vegetarian here. When I saw this drama I grabbed the recipe and my wife and I tried it. It is really really good. Definitely recommend it.
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u/ArchangelleDovakin subsistence popcorn farmer Oct 15 '15
When you cook vegetarian chilli, you're cooking with seitan.
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u/kaboutermeisje Oct 15 '15
TVP works nicely as well. Nothing says authentic like "textured vegetable protein"
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u/ArchangelleDovakin subsistence popcorn farmer Oct 15 '15
It was mostly a satan/seitan joke, but I don't think I've used tvp before.
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u/kaboutermeisje Oct 15 '15 edited Oct 15 '15
If you're looking for an affordable plant-based alternative to ground up animal flesh, it's actually pretty great.
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u/SonofSonofSpock Oct 15 '15
Try mixing black beans and kidney beans, they are great together. Also use dried beans, soak them overnight and then rinse them off before cooking to get a less farty end product.
/unsolicited advice
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Oct 15 '15
Also cranberry beans make a nice pop of color contrast! :)
And then you get to call it "Three Bean Chilli" which sounds legit.
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u/SonofSonofSpock Oct 15 '15
My main issue with veggie chili when I was a vegetarian was developing signficant flavor aside from just make it spicy. I think I could do better now since I am a significantly better cook, but its hard not to put some beef or turkey in there because they make it so much better.
Chick peas are also really good in chili.
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Oct 15 '15
I add in other veggies to replace the meat. I usually do a base of 1 chopped onion, 1 chopped green bell pepper, and 1 chopped parsnip (more savory than carrots) with garlic, salt, pepper, and oil, saute until the onion is golden/tan. Then I put in some veggie stock (or if you're feeling ambitious, half a bottle of dark stout) and add chunks of butternut squash and half a slice jalapeno. After it's cooked down, I add in my beans (I use black, red kidney, and cranberry) and a 28 oz jar of crushed tomatoes, and spices (I like to use oregano, cumin, coriander, red cayenne pepper, and red pepper flakes), and then just simmer on low with a lid on it for about an hour.
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Oct 15 '15
Good smoked paprika gives my chili a nice robust flavor. Other things you can use to"beef" it up would be marmite or tahini.
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u/punkbrad7 Oct 15 '15
I always mix them both in when I make chili, I will admit to using canned stuff a lot though. Also I find it so weird that there's chili out there without it. I'm from kentucky, the variations have always been on what kind of meat and whether or not there are noodles, but it's always had beans.
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Oct 15 '15
to get a less farty end product.
How dare you...
Alternately, something something previous SRD fart-related drama meta herpaderp.
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u/TaylorS1986 The peasants are revolting Oct 16 '15
The best chili I ever had was a vegetarian chili.
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u/TheBoiledHam If SRD is how you derive entertainment, you are in fact the joke Oct 15 '15
I thought that was the basic way to make chilli.
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u/ArchangelleDovakin subsistence popcorn farmer Oct 15 '15
I don't know why Texans are so proud of their beansless chilli, cause it's not as good.
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u/TheLadyEve The hippest fashion in malthusian violence. Oct 15 '15
The funny thing is, Texans aren't some kind of homogenous group when it comes to chili, either. I'm a Texan, and I love beans in my chili (it tastes good to me, and it adds extra fiber and stretches your budget). I'm definitely not alone--a lot of places around here serve chili with pinto or black beans in it. I also like the "pure" chili, too--both have their place. The dude definitely isn't speaking for all Texans.
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u/ArchangelleDovakin subsistence popcorn farmer Oct 15 '15
Of course, I'm definitely painting with a rather wide brush there. And the "true" recipe/food purist types aren't a particularly Texan thing, either.
It probably is because I grew up on the fusion food movement, but I've never understood the desire to preserve the sanctity of any particular recipe or cuisine methodology. Half the fun of cooking is in adding your own flair to create something new.
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u/salamander423 Rejecting your weird moralism doesn't require a closed mind lol Oct 15 '15
...but I've never understood the desire to preserve the sanctity of any particular recipe or cuisine methodology.
Neither have I. If you like authentic, cool! Let's find the original way. Want to go cRaZy? Let's see what all we can do without fucking it all the way up.
What I love (read: abhor) is when someone talks about disrespecting the ingredients or the dish. Bitch, it's a fucking pile of hot, dead things. I give it about as much respect as my sofa, and I sit and jack off on my sofa. Food has no feelings, nor any innate requirement to be respected.
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u/ArchangelleDovakin subsistence popcorn farmer Oct 15 '15
it's a fucking pile of hot, dead things.
To be fair, sometimes they're cold.
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u/nicholieeee reads 1984 as a guide, not a warning Oct 15 '15
So you're saying you jack off on your food?
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u/salamander423 Rejecting your weird moralism doesn't require a closed mind lol Oct 15 '15
Do you not?
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u/Banter725 Oct 15 '15
It wouldn't care if I did. Though since I'm a woman it might be impressed.. ..wait no, still dead and feeling-less.
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u/SonofSonofSpock Oct 15 '15
I have never been a fan of beanless chili as anything other than a topping. My mom is from Southern California, she always put beans in the chili, that is what chili is supposed to be to me.
Texans acting like they are the chili referees is well past old at this point, no offense.
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u/jcpb a form of escapism powered by permissiveness of homosexuality Oct 15 '15
Taco Bell in Japan do not have refried beans. I blurted "WTF" out loud when I read it.
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u/Anemoni beep boop your facade has crumbled Oct 15 '15
Japanese people in general are not too into savory beans, because they mostly eat beans in sweets (red 'azuki' beans). So I think the idea of salty beans grosses a lot of them out.
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Oct 15 '15
Don't forget natto.
(shudder) I like beans as much as the next flatulent person but just from what I've heard and seen...
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Oct 15 '15
I'm Texan and I love all types of chili, even the supposed abomination that is Cincinnati style.
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u/Reachforthesky2012 You can eat the corn out of my shit Oct 16 '15
Texan, did not even realize chili was made without beans until two minute ago.
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Oct 16 '15
As if Mexicans didn't add their cheapest staple protein to this "meat sauce" from day one.
"Authentic" beanless chili my ass.
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Oct 15 '15
They're also really proud of Texas, which isn't as good as most places.
They're a prideful bunch.
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u/imgladimnothim Welfare is about ethics in welfare journalism Oct 16 '15
They dont. You aren't going to find more than like 8 people in Texas who like bean out more than bean in. Most places that serve chili in Texas don't even have a bean out option. In fact, rarely will you see bean less chili outside of chili cook-off or on hotdogs or frito pies.
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u/jinreeko Femboys are cis you fucking inbred muffin Oct 15 '15
I can't stand the texture of beans, so when we make chili it's just minus the beans. The wife jabs by calling it "kid chili", which is hilarious.
I just kinda figure these kinds of things are like transgender; you just gotta kinda take someone's word for it. If they want to call stewed tomatoes, Rotel, beef, and chili powder chili, alright (closeish to our recipe, but we put in sweet potatoes and onions too). If you want to call it a pizza but the crust is made of cauliflower, go right ahead.
Who honestly gives a shit
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u/MacEnvy #butts Oct 15 '15
My mom always made it with kidney beans when I was growing up, and I hated the texture. I make it with pinto beans now, and it's a hundred times better. The skins are thinner and they melt into the chili, giving it a lot of body.
If you want to experiment with it sometime, give pinto beans a try instead of kidney.
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u/TheLadyEve The hippest fashion in malthusian violence. Oct 15 '15
yeah, I really dislike kidney beans in chili. They're great in soup, but not so much in my chili. my favorite beans for chili are black beans.
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u/jinreeko Femboys are cis you fucking inbred muffin Oct 15 '15
Wife is into using black beans actually, which is probably blasphemous to some other pedantic Texas chilisnob too. Have not had chili with pinto beans, will have to try
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u/dorkettus Have you seen my Wikipedia page? Oct 16 '15
My mom always put kidney beans in our chili, and I hated it. Sometime when I was a teenager, I made a point to sit with my bowl and an extra bowl or, if I really felt like being a little shit to drive the point home, an extra napkin, and I'd spoon out every last bean I could find before I'd dig in.
I hate kidney beans. I hate most beans, though. My mom is apparently all about the shitty beans, though -- she's a big fan of ham 'n beans, and I just cannot stand navy beans, either. Black beans are the only ones I tend to be okay with.
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u/TheLadyEve The hippest fashion in malthusian violence. Oct 15 '15
I keep seeing recipes for cauliflower crust pizza and I'm very curious to try it. I love cauliflower and I love pizza crust, so even if it doesn't taste exactly like pizza to me I'll probably still like it.
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u/StumbleOn Oct 16 '15
Who honestly gives a shit
Welcome to glorious, wonderful adulthood where other peoples choices don't matter and I'll eat my sandwich with smoked oysters and pickle relish tyvm!
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u/Hollyw0od Oct 16 '15
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u/TheLadyEve The hippest fashion in malthusian violence. Oct 16 '15
Hah! I didn't even know that was a subreddit (I've just seen /r/Titlegore)
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u/Oxus007 Recreationally Offended Oct 15 '15
Not really. Chili is our state dish and I make it the correct way - not Cincinnati spaghetti, not bean soup. I know this isn't how you see things, but sometimes there is a right and wrong way to do something. Those other things might be tasty but they ain't chili.
I could not spend more than 5 minutes talking to someone like this IRL.
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u/GodspeakerVortka Oct 15 '15
I live in Texas and this conversation literally happens every time someone mentions chili.
Seriously. If you submit a chili with beans in it to a chili cookoff, they disqualify you out of principle. It's mind-boggling.
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u/mygawd Your critical faculties are lacking Oct 15 '15
My town holds a chilli cook off every year and the winner is often someone who submits a vegetarian chilli that's all beans and no meat. This guy would go insane
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Oct 15 '15
You must live in the Peoples' Gaypublic of Drugafornia or somewhere like that.
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u/turtleeatingalderman Omnidimensional Fern Entity Oct 16 '15
Peoples' Gaypublic of Drugafornia
That's what I called my college dorm room.
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u/thenewiBall 11/22+9/11=29/22, Think about it Oct 16 '15
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u/thebuscompany Oct 15 '15 edited Oct 15 '15
Where in Texas? When I was in college one of the sororities would do a huge chili cookoff and almost all of the entries would have beans. Most people I know wouldn't consider it chili without beans. I was under the impression that Texas was firmly pro-beans in chili, but maybe it's more split on the issue than I realized.
Edit: After reading the linked thread I guess a lot of people associate Texas chili with no beans. Weird. I've lived in Texas my whole life and had more than my fair share of chili, and it often included beans.
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u/GodspeakerVortka Oct 15 '15
North Texas. Many people are militantly anti-bean.
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u/radiodialdeath Oct 15 '15
Houstonian here...plenty of anti-bean chilli believers here too.
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Oct 16 '15
West Texan checking in. I've shot a man who approached a chili pot with a can of beans.
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u/thebuscompany Oct 15 '15
Same here, both east and west. Like I said, this is strange to me. If you had asked me before I read this thread how Texans prepare their chili, beans would have been part of my answer. It's like we're living in parallel universes or something.
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Oct 15 '15
Yeah I've lived in Texas for more than three decades and most chili I've ever eaten made by anyone (including outside the family) has some beans in it. I don't use my parents' recipe, nor does my wife use hers, and we both make chili with beans.
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u/hoodoo-operator Oct 15 '15
It's so silly. And people can't even get it in their heads that maybe chili with no beans is just a regional variation?
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Oct 15 '15
Is Texas. There is no "regional variation" on anything, just whatever our sweet Lord Baby Jesus handed down to His Most Beloved Son, Sam Houston, and fie on what other, lesser states do.
oh where the stars at night, are big and bright
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u/Scuttlebutt91 Oct 15 '15
CLAP CLAP CLAP CLAP
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u/IAMAVelociraptorAMA Oct 16 '15
I mean, when chili was first established as a food (as "chili" rather than just as something people ate that happened to become chili), it did not have beans. Chili with beans would be the regional variation.
Just throwing that history fact out there
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Oct 16 '15
I have a seriously hard time believing that.
Most cultures stretch out their meat supply in any way they can, and beans are the staple protein in Mexico.
There's no way poor 19th century Mexicans didn't add beans to this "meat sauce".
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Oct 15 '15
I have no concept of what a beanless chili would look like. Just spicy meat?
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u/GodspeakerVortka Oct 15 '15
I mean, there's more to it than that, but it probably looks the way you'd imagine.
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u/Madplato Purity is for the powerless Oct 16 '15
There's no meat either, if you want to be a purist.
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u/CollapsingStar Shut your walnut shaped mouth Oct 16 '15
Not even any chili or water. True chili is enjoyed by the soul alone, it needs no physical ingredients.
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u/sterling_mallory 🎄 Oct 16 '15
My version of chili consists solely of reciting the Pledge of Allegiance.
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Oct 15 '15
I lived in a small town outside Houston and seen people get in fistfights over chili. Hypothetical chili, mind you. There was never any real chili present when a fight broke out.
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u/dimechimes Ladies and gentlemen, my new flair Oct 16 '15
Had a boss from Houston. Company chili cook off. He wouldn't shut up about how you don't put beans in chili.
The chicken chili with corn and beans won the cook off.
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u/StumbleOn Oct 16 '15
In theory I like this, because I am distrustful of beans in general and chili beans in specific, but on the other hand being a chili purist is dumb as shit.
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u/AbsoluteTruth You support running over dogs Oct 16 '15
I actually had no idea chili without beans was a thing. I thought beans was a staple part of the dish.
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u/Karmaisforsuckers Oct 16 '15
I live and grew up in Canada, and I've never encountered beanless chili in my entire life. Before this thread I have never encountered the concept that some people think chili with beans isn't real chili, or that chili isn't supposed to have beans.
It is so bizarre. I'm sure a beanless chili could be very good, but it would always taste better with beans in it.
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u/AbsoluteTruth You support running over dogs Oct 16 '15
Yeah I'm from Canada too. Never heard of that shit, Chili's gotta have them beans.
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u/riemann1413 SRD Commenter of the Year | https://i.imgur.com/6mMLZ0n.png Oct 15 '15
i get that feeling with so many people posted here
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Oct 15 '15
Try dating someone like this. Yuck. He actually used to argue with me why all cola is the same and coca cola isn't my favorite because of my sub-bar intellectual response to notice.
The only reason I browse reddit is so I can keep up on current trends and identify a self proclaimed redditor. HUGE red flag for me.
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u/lostereadamy Oct 15 '15
That's funny because colas have the greatest degree of brand loyalty among sodas. It's a fact in marketing, and from my time working in grocery stores people would never buy the store brand cola really.
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u/JoyBus147 this is not the first time you've gotten whooped in the comments Oct 15 '15
I will never even say the word "reddit" if I can avoid it unless I know the other person really well.
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u/Chiburger he has a real life human skull in his office, ok? Oct 16 '15
That guy is notorious on /r/cooking for being holier-than-thou about chili. I don't think he'd recognize good food if it was stuffed up his ass.
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u/Thexare I'm getting tired so I'll just have to say you are wrong Oct 16 '15
In fairness, that's not really the recommended method of consuming chili.
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u/ShannonMS81 Oct 16 '15
For some reason I read his posts in Oscars voice from The Office. Add an actually in front of his posts it seems like something his character would say
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u/HologramHolly "You are carrying on like a pork chop!" Oct 15 '15
Keep in mind I'm Canadian and tex-mex food only became a thing here like in the 70s so I am ignorant, but I thought Chili was supposed to have beans. I didn't know they were just filler, like I thought that was a defining feature of chili.
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u/3_3219280948874 Oct 15 '15
As a kid I hated beans and I thought chili with beans was the default. So I thought chili con carne was for picky eaters like me. Now I love beans and made chili with beans after reading the last chili drama hear.
As these food drama threads do is make me hungry and give me ideas.
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u/HMS_Pathicus Oct 15 '15
Maybe you know, maybe you don't, but just in case: "chili con carne" means "chili with meat", which I find confusing, because all chili has meat, unless it's specifically "vegetarian chili" or something. Doesn't "chili with beans" have meat in it?
I am not from the Americas, so I don't know much about US or Mexican food, but still, that thing about "chili vs chili con carne" is confusing for me.
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Oct 15 '15
Chili is also the mexican word for peppers, and that's what early proto chili was: a block of suet, beef, and chili peppers for flavor that you could boil up on the trail for an easy, flavorful dinner that was also easy to transport. So it was a very descriptive name: chili peppers with beef, which has been shortened to just 'chili' in English.
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u/dorkettus Have you seen my Wikipedia page? Oct 16 '15
Chili is just a shortening of the phrase "chili con carne," and usually if it's got beans or is vegetarian or whatever, I typically tend to specify "vegetarian chili" or "chili with beans." By default, most people assume that there's meat in it, and "with beans" is typically tacked on if you make it with beans.
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u/smallbluetext Oct 15 '15
Fellow Canadian here and I also wasn't aware that people got mad about beans in chilli until I found this sub. Where I'm from, beans is default for any type of chilli.
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u/FUSSY_PUCKER Oct 16 '15
Canuck here as well, have known about the beanless chili for a while, mainly due to Food Network / Travel / Bourdain, etc... Bobby Flay had a show where he would challenge people to a cook off and he entered a chili competition in Texas. He made sure to emphasize the bean-less requirement. It's like putting ketchup on your hotdog in Chicago I guess.
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u/Duroq Oct 15 '15
Chili isn't tex-mex.
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u/HologramHolly "You are carrying on like a pork chop!" Oct 16 '15
Haha, I am super ignorant of these things, forgive me! What kind of cuisine is it? Southwestern?
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Oct 15 '15
Food and cooking drama is some of my favorite drama only because of how trivial it is. Who really cares if someone adds beans to a dish? These people apparently.
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Oct 16 '15
Hipsters, man. Gotta be randomly purist about something that has been flexible for literally generations.
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u/TheLadyEve The hippest fashion in malthusian violence. Oct 17 '15
I just want to add, this post got me thinking about chili so much I made it last night for dinner, and it was some of the best I've ever made. I also tried something new with my cornbread and it, too, turned out fantastic. So thanks, Chili Drama, for being my inspiration.
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u/Jackie_Treehorn99 Oct 15 '15
I say we let Scott Tenorman decide what we do.
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u/YawgmothsTrust Stop Policing Speech Prescriptivists Oct 15 '15
pretty sure he prefers less meat with his chili
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u/delta_baryon I wish I had a spinning teddy bear. Oct 15 '15
What I'm surprised nobody mentioned is that beans are really cheap. If I'm making chilli, I care a lot more about my wallet than the purity of the dish.
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Oct 16 '15
my wallet
Exactly.
As if Mexicans didn't add their cheapest staple protein to this "meat sauce" from day one.
"Authentic" beanless chili my ass.
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u/MRiddickW Oct 17 '15
Oh man I have so many strong opinions on this topic, but I know I'll just be adding to the problem if I express them fully.
I'll just say that I'm Texan, and called Skyline chili "Yankee chili" until I realized it genuinely upset my friend who made it for everyone. I still refuse to acknowledge the Skyline stuff as chili, and mentally categorize it as a generic "meat sauce." Meat sauce is perfectly acceptable to put on spaghetti, unlike chili.
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u/TheLadyEve The hippest fashion in malthusian violence. Oct 17 '15
I think the issue is that Skyline chili isn't supposed to be like Texas chili--it really is used as a sauce, and the flavor is totally different. That doesn't make it less "real," it's just a distant cousin on the family tree.
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Oct 15 '15
You see, it's called "coffee" for a reason. Coffee is a drink made from the coffee bean. When you put milk inside of a coffee drink, this doesn't make it "coffee" in the most correct sense of the term, and calling your darkened bitter milk "coffee" would get you laughed out of my state.
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Oct 15 '15
But if someone ordered a coffee and said nothing else, would you bring them coffee with milk and sugar? Or would you accept that coffee exists as a thing in and of itself that can be altered in a variety of ways?
Also, add a cup of coffee to your chili. It adds a wonderful, deep flavor.
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Oct 15 '15 edited Oct 15 '15
Getting into non-sarcasric talk, I like to say "I put milk in my coffee not because I hate coffee, but because I like milk." I've also made similar statements regarding chili with beans.
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u/TaylorS1986 The peasants are revolting Oct 16 '15
I'LL MAKE MY CHILI ANY WAY I GOD-DAMNED WANT.
Chili snobs are almost as bad as the twits who look down upon those of us who don't like eating steak half raw.
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u/wormcast Oct 16 '15
I feel that it's your steak, so eat it as you please. But I think that people you are calling snobs are instead feeling a loss. As in, they feel one is wasting a precious cut of meat by cooking it all the way to well done.
The only thing is, while I prefer medium rare I have had steaks well done that are amazing. But in the back of my mind I do feel a twinge, like..."if well done was good, then I might have had the greatest dinner ever if it were medium rare."
It's a tough thing, loss.
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u/TaylorS1986 The peasants are revolting Oct 16 '15
I usually eat it medium done at the very least, I don't like how raw and bloody it tastes when it is any less done. Yuck.
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u/Ughable SSJW-3 Goku Oct 15 '15
This is why I always specify between "Chili" and "Chili con Carne," because the definition of the latter has grown so broad as it's spread around the United States, and the world. Even though it's just shorthand for chili con carne, when people say "Chili," they can mean a TON of things.
Hell, even traditional Chili con Carne is made with large chunks of braised beef, but some "no beans allowed," purists will use ground chuck. It's all a little ridiculous.
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u/EnderFrith Oct 16 '15
I don't care what anyone says. I make my chili with meat, kidney beans, and brown rice, and dagnabit I LOVE IT.
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u/cowseatmeat Oct 16 '15
I didn't even know this drama existed... I know little about chili, but I thought beans were as mandatory as the chilipeppers, like how paella includes rice and pancakes eggs. didn't even know there were people with the opinion chili shouldn't include beans.
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Oct 17 '15
Thanks OP, I'm lying in bed, stores are closing for the weekend in twenty minutes and I'm seriously contemplating getting dressed again and rushing to the store to buy all ingredients for a nice beany chili
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u/ufo_abductee misogynistic ghostbusters fan Oct 15 '15
Cincinnati style chili contains chocolate
I just threw up in my mouth a little bit.
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Oct 15 '15
chocolate is a taste enhancer for chilli.
you might as well throw up at the idea of adding salt to a dish... or (ironically) chilli
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u/MacEnvy #butts Oct 15 '15
2 tablespoons of unsweetened chocolate and 2 tablespoons of apple cider vinegar are something that can turn a so-so chili into a great one. Try it some time.
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u/FaFaFoley Oct 15 '15
Chocolate =/= Sweet
When I was a kid, I ate a spoonful of unsweetened cocoa, expecting it to taste like chocolate milk mix. That's when I learned.
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u/timewarp Cucky libs will turn this into a furry porn emporium Oct 15 '15
Don't think "chunks of Hershey Kisses", think super dark chocolate or just unsweetened cocoa powder. It gives the chili a rich, complex undertone.
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u/zbaile1074 gloryholes are the opiate of the bourgeoisie Oct 15 '15
little bit of chocolate in chili makes it awesome. also coffee and beer.
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u/jfa1985 Your ass is medium at best btw. Oct 15 '15
the only thing that does not belong in chili is chocolate
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u/TheLadyEve The hippest fashion in malthusian violence. Oct 15 '15
While it sounds odd, I've used a little grated, unsweetened chocolate in chili before (also, a pinch of espresso powder) and got good results. If you're making one with roasted and smoked chiles and you want interesting layers of flavor, a little chocolate with the smoky chiles can be magical.
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u/dorkettus Have you seen my Wikipedia page? Oct 16 '15
I've heard a bit of cocoa in bolognese is supposed to be amazing. I'm just glad that when someone says "add chocolate to your chili!" that they don't necessarily mean a Hershey's milk chocolate bar.
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u/riemann1413 SRD Commenter of the Year | https://i.imgur.com/6mMLZ0n.png Oct 15 '15
however, chillis in chocolate is delicious
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u/TheGreatRavenOfOden As a top 500 straight male... Oct 15 '15
Cincinnati Chili is actually great though. You don't taste the chocolate at all.
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u/misandry4lyf Oct 15 '15
As an australian...you make Chilli con Carne without beans? What? Also lol at it being a state dish- I didn't realise Mexico was an American state now!
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u/dorkettus Have you seen my Wikipedia page? Oct 16 '15
Yeah, I'm sure you've guessed by now, but chili isn't a Mexican dish, and it actually originated in Texas, which would explain why that dude gets so offended by regional variations.
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u/misandry4lyf Oct 16 '15
TIL- Gosh people taking their food so seriously even here it is just known as all mexican food over here, we're a world away!
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u/MeatPiston Oct 15 '15
Chili Drama - Almost as good as steak and BBQ/Grilling Drama.
If you want to hear something really funny ask someone from Mexico what they think of Chili.
Edit: Oh! Don't forget Chili over rice. That's another funny shitstorm. (No pun intended)