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When Does Chili Become a Sin?
To coax myself out of a lousy, mopey mood, I decided to cook. (Welcome to my world: food is a cure.)
I decided to make chili, so inspired by![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
microbie, Thomas, and their amazing Frito pie last weekend.
I went to Whole Foods in search of beans. A favorite chili recipe of mine from The Joy of Cooking has several different beans (6, I think) and I was going to go that route. In the way that only Whole Foods can be inept, they were out of most canned beans. Left were pinto and black-eyed peas. I thought of scrapping the idea altogether, but decided in the end that pinto beans would do. I got a can of black-eyed peas, too, as a nod to the new year.
Three cans of pinto beans and one of black-eyed peas went in the pot with a bottle of Shiner Hefeweisen, a jar of xxx-hot salsa, some cayenne pepper, a smattering of chipotle peppers, and salt and pepper. While those ingredients got to know one another, I cooked cut-up bacon. Once the bacon was out of the pan, a pound of farm-raised, corn-fed beef went in with half an onion. When the beef was browned and the onions a little soft, I moved them to the side of the pan to make room for spicy Italian turkey sausage. When the sausage was browned, I sliced it up and put it, with the beef and onions, in the pot. Finally, I de-glazed the pan that had cooked the meat with a bottle (minus a sip or two) of Shiner Bock.
It's simmering now.
Is there any chance I'm not going to hell for this?
edit: I was just feeling nutty (ha!) and added cashews. Protein bonanza, anyone?
I decided to make chili, so inspired by
microbie, Thomas, and their amazing Frito pie last weekend.I went to Whole Foods in search of beans. A favorite chili recipe of mine from The Joy of Cooking has several different beans (6, I think) and I was going to go that route. In the way that only Whole Foods can be inept, they were out of most canned beans. Left were pinto and black-eyed peas. I thought of scrapping the idea altogether, but decided in the end that pinto beans would do. I got a can of black-eyed peas, too, as a nod to the new year.
Three cans of pinto beans and one of black-eyed peas went in the pot with a bottle of Shiner Hefeweisen, a jar of xxx-hot salsa, some cayenne pepper, a smattering of chipotle peppers, and salt and pepper. While those ingredients got to know one another, I cooked cut-up bacon. Once the bacon was out of the pan, a pound of farm-raised, corn-fed beef went in with half an onion. When the beef was browned and the onions a little soft, I moved them to the side of the pan to make room for spicy Italian turkey sausage. When the sausage was browned, I sliced it up and put it, with the beef and onions, in the pot. Finally, I de-glazed the pan that had cooked the meat with a bottle (minus a sip or two) of Shiner Bock.
It's simmering now.
Is there any chance I'm not going to hell for this?
edit: I was just feeling nutty (ha!) and added cashews. Protein bonanza, anyone?
Hell
I'll exchange it for some of the lasagna I cooked today. Seems a fair trade.
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The chili just makes it a smellier ride.
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