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Absolutely,great news MTD!!! WELL 2 days ago with temps in the low 20s and enough snow to cover the ground I decided it'd be a good time for the last batch of Chili until late November. So put everything together accordingly layering all the herbs/spices threw most of it in the pan sauteeing the 80/20 ground beef as it melds well with those because of the oils . Along with green peppers and one stalk of celery and Onion all finely diced adds a unique flavor half those go into the fry pan and 1/2 raw into the bottom of the Crock Pot. Along with pinto/kidney/black beans half way thru cooking - sorry not sorry 94. Had to tell you that to tell this - the light bulb went off that I had not poured any bier into my previous batches this season. So for sh*ts & giggles I typed in best beers as I usually try a stout.

Well this article came up https://www.tastingtable.com/1205986/absolute-best-beers-to-use-in-your-homemade-chili/. As luck or fate would have it I just happen to have their 1st choice listed on hand

That made me happy

well done, Sir

chili soup

Chili is good but I wish him vast amounts of crawfish and gumbo in celebration.

Chili is good but I wish him vast amounts of crawfish and gumbo in celebration.

too pricey for me I don't have stuffed mattresses like FF. But I do have a Lenten Perch Fry on Friday so that will sustain me in my times of culinary travail - when I'm done with this excellent batch Yuengling Chili

I wonder what the best beer to throw in the crawfish boil is.  I used to pour in a bottle of Miller Lite, mostly because that's what we had.  Maybe it doesn't matter....far as I know, a bottle of beer is just to soften up the tails a bit to get them so they're easier to tear apart in one smooth motion.  But I bet you there's some a buncha Cajuns out there somewhere who claim that for the best taste, you need to use *insert brand here* beer. 

I wouldn't even dare to make a suggestion here.

For chili I like to use dark beer, even ones with some spices like a winter seasonal.  Adds to the richness and depth of flavor.  

But for crawfish boil water, I'm not sure how much it would influence the flavor.  I mean, if you used NOTHING but beer to boil, I would think it'd influence the flavor.  But if we're talking about one 12 oz. beer dumped into 3-5 gallons of water?  I dunno.

I wouldn't even dare to make a suggestion here.

For chili I like to use dark beer, even ones with some spices like a winter seasonal.  Adds to the richness and depth of flavor. 

But for crawfish boil water, I'm not sure how much it would influence the flavor.  I mean, if you used NOTHING but beer to boil, I would think it'd influence the flavor.  But if we're talking about one 12 oz. beer dumped into 3-5 gallons of water?  I dunno.

Mrs. DeLonghorn went and had crawfish the other day without me, and I'd like some of our resident lawyers to tell me if this is grounds for divorce.  

There are some pretty good places around here, I think.  This part of Texas is basically Louisiana anyway.  I'm always disappointed in the corn and taters, though.  For whatever reason, those always come out much better in a backyard.  They tend to be a little bland at restaurants.  

Bone in wings and happy hour bears at BWW's in des Moines on the company tab.

Glad you asked,   Guinness and ruthie's from exile brewery 

Yeah, I think this whole doctor thing is more about how the upper classes have changed over our lifetimes. Doctors (and often lawyers) used to be considered among the wealthy; not the robber baron class, but the wealthy. As demographics of wealth have changed, the upper class has gotten bigger and wealthier relative to the middle class. Doctors are now merely probably 15-20%ers, whereas maybe they used to be 10%ers. I don't think their income has changed much relative to the middle class, but the business/investor class has gotten bigger and wealthier. The change in income distribution in our country (and probably elsewhere, too) has made the wealthy wealthier (and a larger portion of the population), and the poor a larger portion of the population (and probably not poorer, just more of them), while the middle class has shrunk on both ends (as it would have to in that distribution model). Relative to the middle, doctors have largely stayed where they were...I think.