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I hate to start a fight but....

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Frank from Houma
Frank from Houma Posts: 5,755
edited November -1 in EggHead Forum
We are a house divided

My traveling companion prefers chili without beans

I never met a bean I didn't like

Chili with beans, chopped onions, grated cheese, and crumpled up saltines

Nothing to get divorced over and I know my place - chili no beans at our house B)

What's your preference?

Did you really think I would start some BS?
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  • cookn biker
    cookn biker Posts: 13,407
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    With! ;)
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  • Mainegg
    Mainegg Posts: 7,787
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    beans!! gotta have the beans :P
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  • Hoss
    Hoss Posts: 14,600
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    For just eatin chilli.More beans the better.The ONLY thing beanless chilli is good for is chilli dogs or chilli burgers!!! ;)
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  • FlaPoolman
    FlaPoolman Posts: 11,677
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    no beans and chunks of sirloin along with the ground meats
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  • pitrpan
    pitrpan Posts: 16
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    I don't have beans in my chili..
    Or cheese, for that matter.
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  • Hoss
    Hoss Posts: 14,600
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    And a littlte 'Loney on the side!!! :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
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  • mad max beyond eggdome
    mad max beyond eggdome Posts: 8,134
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    frank, this is gonna be like the corn eating thread i started at the beginning of the summer, LOL. ...

    great thing about beans and chili, you can add them at the very end, you don't really have cook them in the chili as they really don't add any flavor to the chili itself, so just have a nice hot pot of red beans beans sitting there on the table along side the bowl of onions and bowl of cheese, and that way, people can add exactly what they want to to the chili. ..

    me, i like mine cincinnati style. ..."chili mac" chili served over spaghetti, with beans, and cheese. ... skip the onions. .. .

    lets see where this one goes tonight :-)
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  • egret
    egret Posts: 4,170
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    I like them either way......however, I prefer my chili "with" beans. I know those whimpy Texans wouldn't dare put beans in their chili, but, to hell with them! :woohoo: :woohoo:
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  • NibbleMeThis
    NibbleMeThis Posts: 2,295
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    Can't we all just get along? :laugh:

    But for the record....with with with
    Knoxville, TN
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  • Chubby
    Chubby Posts: 2,955
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    Having now spent nearly 25 years in Texas...I know the folly of even mentioning Chili...(with beans) inside the state line!!

    I've seen Guys get hurt around here...for as much!! :woohoo:

    Me...I love chili,(either way)!! But I crave it "with"!!

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    If you don't mind though, I think I'll wait a few months before I make any...lmao!!

    Evans
    I spent most of my money on good bourbon, and bad women...the rest, I just wasted!!
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  • Austin Egger
    Austin Egger Posts: 256
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    No frijoles!
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  • TNmike
    TNmike Posts: 643
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    Gotta have beans in my chili. :)
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  • Spring Chicken
    Spring Chicken Posts: 10,255
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    I was in the Army and Navy and learned to 'eat'm and like'm' no matter what was in the chili.

    Then I found out that my Sweetie makes good chili (found the recipe on the Forum) and it's so good I really don't know or care if it has beans in it or not.

    But I don't care for cheese in it at all.

    Spring "Not Chili Weather Here Right Now" Chicken
    Spring Texas USA
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  • Jeffersonian
    Jeffersonian Posts: 4,244
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    I like 'em both, but I understand the purist/bean-o-phobics, too.
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  • smoky b
    smoky b Posts: 648
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    beans!! it's my favorite part.
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  • Jeffersonian
    Jeffersonian Posts: 4,244
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    Does that include the cinnamon, Max?
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  • hornhonk
    hornhonk Posts: 3,841
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    Oh, Frank! Now you've done it :laugh: Seriously, CASI rules ..Chili Appreciation Society International state "no fillers" allowed. Beans are considered a filler. Chili teams compete for points to go to Terlingua for the World Championship Chili cookoff. This is like the Jack Daniels BBQ event, perhaps bigger. We take this VERY SERIOUSLY in Texas. If you're not cooking in a comp., by all means enjoy your beans.

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  • DrZaius
    DrZaius Posts: 1,481
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    Coming from the Oklahoma beans were always in chili but they were few and always took a backseat to the meat. Since I have been in Georgia and a regular at the Chili cookoff at Stone Mountain beans are more abundant than meat in a lot of Chili's down here. Which I always thought was a little strange. I would say that I prefer beans but not very many.
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  • Chubby
    Chubby Posts: 2,955
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    I heard yours called several things...but I don;t recall "Chili" bein' one of them...lmao!!!

    ;)
    I spent most of my money on good bourbon, and bad women...the rest, I just wasted!!
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  • Bordello
    Bordello Posts: 5,926
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    Before I read the rest of the thread, Beans,Beans and more Beans. Has to be Red Kidney Beans for me and I prefer using the S&W canned ones, 50% less salt.

    I often just open a can, heat, put in a bowl, some tabasco sauce, extra sharp cheddar cheese and eat using a saltine cracker, unsalted tops. Sometimes shredded red cabbage on top. Had that last night. :laugh:

    Good Luck,
    Bordello
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  • tjv
    tjv Posts: 3,830
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    beans best in red beans and rice, pork and beans, refried or black with mexican and green beans but not in chili......lol.....t
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  • Rolling Egg
    Rolling Egg Posts: 1,995
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    Chili without beans :ohmy: :ohmy: Wouldn't fly in my house :woohoo: Plus the aftermath of the beans makes the kids chuckle :)
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  • Little Steven
    Little Steven Posts: 28,817
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    Frank,

    Chili gotta have beans! Sour cream on top too.


    Steve

    Steve 

    Caledon, ON

     

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  • mad max beyond eggdome
    mad max beyond eggdome Posts: 8,134
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    oh yeah, i do like both regular texas style chilis and cincinatti sweet chilis too. . .but its definitely an aquired taste. ... i've been there and eaten skyline chili and star (i forget the full name of the chain) chili. ...very fine grind, sweet with the cinammon. ..always served 'mac' style over spaghetti. ..there's a damn chili parlor on every corner.. . .crazy. .. .

    we have a really good chili parlor chain here in DC area called 'hard times' chili. ..they make both a classic 'texas' beer grind chilli that is really good and a cincinnati chili that is also very good. . .and you can get either one with or without beans.. . .good stuff!
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  • Rolling Egg
    Rolling Egg Posts: 1,995
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    Bordello,
    I was the same way about kidney beans once upon a time. The next time you cook it just buy you some canned pintos and rinse them off in a colander before adding to the chili. I like them better than kidney beans.
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  • Rolling Egg
    Rolling Egg Posts: 1,995
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    Ditto on the sour cream. Throw a couple jalapenos on top for me too :whistle:
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  • Little Steven
    Little Steven Posts: 28,817
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    Rolling Egg,

    Believe me,with my chili the jalapenos cool it down. I like your thinking though ;)

    Steve

    Steve 

    Caledon, ON

     

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  • eenie meenie
    eenie meenie Posts: 4,394
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    Max, I'm rather diplomatic, I like both!

    My favorite is Chili Verde (I know, I know....the tomatoes shouldn't be there. Those Texans are dogmatic!):
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    Stop by Dayton and I'll treat you to Cincinnati Chili anytime.
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  • Village Idiot
    Village Idiot Posts: 6,959
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    Chili was born from the chuck wagons on the old Chisolm and Loving-Goodnight cattle trails. The drovers wouldn't dare kill a bovine for supper, so chili was made mostly with beans. If there was any meat at all, it was probably rabbit, armadillo, or deer.

    So, the Texans that say "if you put beans in your chili, you don't know beans about chili" are a bunch of know nothings.

    I put pintos in my chili, and I'm a 6th generation Texan. :)
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  • Hoss
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    DAYUM DAT looks YUMMEE! Would you share your recipe??? :huh:
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