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Title: The most important thread on this new board
Post by: grillrat on February 03, 2017, 10:20:56 AM
Should chili have beans in it?  Yes or No?

Discuss......
Title: Re: The most important thread on this new board
Post by: Geolion91 on February 03, 2017, 11:11:14 AM
It can but is not required.
Title: Re: The most important thread on this new board
Post by: utee94 on February 03, 2017, 01:03:55 PM
If it has beans in it, it's soup, not chili.
Title: Re: The most important thread on this new board
Post by: Geolion91 on February 03, 2017, 02:34:32 PM
Leave it to a Texan to dictate what defines chili.
Title: Re: The most important thread on this new board
Post by: MrNubbz on February 03, 2017, 02:56:43 PM
Next thing you know they'll be lecturing us on "Q"
Title: Re: The most important thread on this new board
Post by: 847badgerfan on February 03, 2017, 03:27:56 PM
Gotta start somewhere. I propose everyone allow the Texan to educate the uneducated on the qualities of proper chili and BBQ.
Title: Re: The most important thread on this new board
Post by: MrNubbz on February 03, 2017, 04:08:29 PM
Walk right in and you're an Admn already - sheesh,I'm gonna start drinking - damn 1%ers
Title: Re: The most important thread on this new board
Post by: grillrat on February 03, 2017, 04:24:01 PM
What?  You want the Texans to be the edu-ma-cators?

Don't you think they're a little too sensative for that role?
Title: Re: The most important thread on this new board
Post by: betarhoalphadelta on February 03, 2017, 04:42:08 PM
Haven't we had more than a few problems with allowing Texas to write textbooks?

That said, I prefer bean-less chili. Even if it means agreeing with Texans...
Title: Re: The most important thread on this new board
Post by: utee94 on February 03, 2017, 05:03:17 PM
Listen to the badger, he's the smart one.  :)

And, I guess, bwar.  ;)

And of course, I promise I won't attempt to tell anyone how to prepare runzas, hot dish, or bratwurst!
Title: Re: The most important thread on this new board
Post by: 847badgerfan on February 03, 2017, 09:26:26 PM
I'm sure I've taught you how to prepare brats. A freakin' caveman could do it.
Title: Re: The most important thread on this new board
Post by: ohio1317 on February 04, 2017, 01:21:51 AM
Yes, it absolutely should  :)
Title: Re: The most important thread on this new board
Post by: DevilFroggy on February 04, 2017, 01:46:34 PM
Leave it to a Texan to dictate what defines chili.

I don't think I've ever heard of a soup even close to the thickness of a chili with beans added to it.  Heck, chili with beans is thicker than just about most stews I've ever eaten.

Maybe find another way to more accurately describe chili with beans, like maybe... Chili with beans?
Title: Re: The most important thread on this new board
Post by: utee94 on February 04, 2017, 04:15:31 PM
Leave it to a Texan to dictate what defines chili.

I don't think I've ever heard of a soup even close to the thickness of a chili with beans added to it.  Heck, chili with beans is thicker than just about most stews I've ever eaten.

Maybe find another way to more accurately describe chili with beans, like maybe... Chili with beans?

That doesn't work because, if you put beans in it, then it's not chili.  Chili does not have beans.  It's quite simple really.

Plenty of soups can be thick, but if that's truly your objection, then you could certainly refer to it as chili-flavored bean stew.  I honestly don't care what you call it, because I'm not ever going to be bothered to eat it-- I'll be too busy eating real-live actual chili.

The End. :)
Title: Re: The most important thread on this new board
Post by: utee94 on February 04, 2017, 04:18:02 PM
I'm sure I've taught you how to prepare brats. A freakin' caveman could do it.

Yes, for sure, especially the key distinction of SIMMERING and not boiling!

However, I still wouldn't ever claim to be an authority on the matter.  :)
Title: Re: The most important thread on this new board
Post by: Geolion91 on February 06, 2017, 07:50:23 AM
Not referring to utee, since I don't really know you, but it's amazing how every Texan declares themselves an authority on chili solely based on the location of their birth.
Title: Re: The most important thread on this new board
Post by: utee94 on February 07, 2017, 02:43:42 PM
Not referring to utee, since I don't really know you, but it's amazing how every Texan declares themselves an authority on chili solely based on the location of their birth.

Oh, feel free to lump me in there, because I do it, too. 

That's kind of the joke, here.  ;)

However, I will point at that at least two non-Texan CFNers agree with me on the proper ingredients for chili.

Title: Re: The most important thread on this new board
Post by: longhorn320 on February 08, 2017, 08:21:57 PM
Ive been making chili in the crockpot lately

cooks on low for 8 hours

and of course no beans
Title: Re: The most important thread on this new board
Post by: utee94 on February 08, 2017, 09:51:41 PM
Ive been making chili in the crockpot lately

cooks on low for 8 hours

and of course no beans

Of course.
Title: Re: The most important thread on this new board
Post by: SFBadger96 on February 09, 2017, 03:45:02 PM
Yes, it absolutely should  :)

Cavemen were often short on beer, though. That's a limitation when it comes to preparing (and consuming) brats.
Title: Re: The most important thread on this new board
Post by: OrangeAfroMan on February 13, 2017, 04:09:52 PM
I prefer no beans, but it's still chili if it has beans. 
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Post by: Abba on March 07, 2017, 12:59:52 PM
Gotta have beans!
Title: Re: The most important thread on this new board
Post by: Temp430 on July 11, 2017, 09:10:20 AM
The question makes no sense.  Chili is a type of pepper.
Title: Re: The most important thread on this new board
Post by: 847badgerfan on July 11, 2017, 05:55:15 PM
The question makes no sense.  Chili is a type of pepper.


Nuh uh.

Chili is a dish made with meats and chile peppers. There are many types of chile peppers.
Title: Re: The most important thread on this new board
Post by: ELA on August 18, 2017, 10:56:57 AM
So is this the new random thread?

I think in the race to the bottom, we found a winner

https://www.si.com/college-football/2017/08/18/st-pete-bowl-renamed-bad-boy-mowers-gasparilla-bowl
Title: Re: The most important thread on this new board
Post by: 847badgerfan on August 18, 2017, 11:07:53 AM

So hopefully the race to the bottom includes UNC finally getting the hammer, along with Baylor and Ole Miss.


But I doubt it. Especially for UNC (a hoops helmet).
Title: Re: The most important thread on this new board
Post by: 847badgerfan on August 18, 2017, 11:10:27 AM
And yeah.. that bowl name. Yikes.
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Post by: Brutus Buckeye on August 18, 2017, 11:36:18 AM
I am surprised that CincyDawg isn't on here, enthusiastically promoting that awful Cincinnati Chili.


(https://i0.wp.com/blueashchili.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/BAC-NFW-1.jpg?w=334)
Title: Re: The most important thread on this new board
Post by: Cincydawg on August 18, 2017, 12:40:10 PM
That "awful Cincinnati chili" is indeed an acquired taste, but then so was beer for me.


The "five way" has beans unless you order it the way I do, which is a "6-way no bean".  That is a 6-way shown in the photo.


The beans I find are rather waxy and tasteless.  Which for some would be a plus to dilute out the other flavors.


How many here have ever had Cincy style chili?


If you haven't had it, could your negative opinion be incorrect?


(I eat it about once a month myself.  I don't crave it.  If I never had it again, fine, and the chili I make at home is quite different.)
Title: Re: The most important thread on this new board
Post by: Cincydawg on August 18, 2017, 12:41:06 PM
Oh, that place in the photo is one of the Blue Ash Chili parlors which is where I go when I want some, but not that large. :93: :57: :86: :)
Title: Re: The most important thread on this new board
Post by: Brutus Buckeye on August 18, 2017, 02:05:15 PM
We have Skyline Chili in Columbus. My particular suburb has two locations alone.


I have it from time to time. Very Mediterranean. You can taste the cinnamon and curry in the "chili"


Skyline doesn't offer the 6 way with jalapenos, as far as I know. Unless it's a secret off-menu item. So they have hot sauce packets instead.


So it's a boiled hot dog on a soggy, steamed, untoasted bun, with a curry flavored coney sauce, raw onions, and a mound of finely grated generic tasting cheese. Meh.


Never tried it with the beans. I've also never had Gold Star, or any other brand of Cincinnati Chili.
Title: Re: The most important thread on this new board
Post by: MarqHusker on August 18, 2017, 02:41:58 PM
Chili should not be viewed as a zero sum.   I do enjoy Skyline's chili flavored product.
Title: Re: The most important thread on this new board
Post by: NickSmith4Three on August 18, 2017, 02:46:16 PM
Once did a blind taste test of Skyline, Goldstar and I believe Dixie chili cheese dogs (or coneys or whatever they call them) and I apparently like Goldstar the best. 
Title: Re: The most important thread on this new board
Post by: Brutus Buckeye on August 18, 2017, 02:56:35 PM
Although I've only tried Skyline, Dixie is my favorite.


A southern themed Cincinnati Chili chain located entirely in the Cincy's Kentucky burbs?


Can't. Go. Wrong.


(https://www.cfb51.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fstatic-21.sinclairstoryline.com%2Fresources%2Fmedia%2F9131b9a4-a19e-46cf-a114-61d46cef0c0b-DixieChili3copy.JPG&hash=51d74840f44925753ec0a646f7550ea3)
Title: Re: The most important thread on this new board
Post by: utee94 on August 18, 2017, 06:32:34 PM
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Title: Re: The most important thread on this new board
Post by: FearlessF on August 18, 2017, 08:54:00 PM
I have not tried Cincy style chili, but I'd like to and I assume I'd enjoy it
Title: Re: The most important thread on this new board
Post by: TyphonInc on August 18, 2017, 09:37:22 PM
We have Skyline Chili in Columbus. My particular suburb has two locations alone.

I have it from time to time. Very Mediterranean. You can taste the cinnamon and curry in the "chili"

Skyline doesn't offer the 6 way with jalapenos, as far as I know. Unless it's a secret off-menu item. So they have hot sauce packets instead.

So it's a boiled hot dog on a soggy, steamed, untoasted bun, with a curry flavored coney sauce, raw onions, and a mound of finely grated generic tasting cheese. Meh.

Never tried it with the beans. I've also never had Gold Star, or any other brand of Cincinnati Chili.

When is the last time you have gone? They have added Gouda and Crispy Jalapenos (https://www.facebook.com/SkylineChili/photos/p.10155266368584577/10155266368584577/?type=3) to the menu. I got a skyline we can walk to to and kids eat free on Tuesdays. My girls like it.
Title: Re: The most important thread on this new board
Post by: Cincydawg on August 19, 2017, 03:37:03 PM
I have not tried Cincy style chili, but I'd like to and I assume I'd enjoy it

My guess is you would find it very strange and not very good.
Title: Re: The most important thread on this new board
Post by: FearlessF on August 19, 2017, 04:07:59 PM
what's not to like?
Title: Re: The most important thread on this new board
Post by: Brutus Buckeye on August 19, 2017, 05:58:14 PM
It just doesn't taste anything like chili.


It's more of a sweet curry sauce, served over noodles.


Beans are optional, and come on it, not in it.


The onions are not cooked in the sauce, but served raw on top.


They do dish out a lot of cheese, which is nice I guess.


If you are going in there knowing what to expect, then it might be alright.


But if you are going in there expecting to get a bowl of chili, you are going to be sorely disappointed.


I don't know why they even call it that.
Title: Re: The most important thread on this new board
Post by: Cincydawg on August 19, 2017, 06:18:45 PM
Very good summary.  If you know what you are about to get, you might be OK.  First time I had it I was sorely disappointed.  It was awful.
Title: Re: The most important thread on this new board
Post by: King Hog on August 19, 2017, 11:24:11 PM
I'm sorry but I'll take the word of the dozens of authentic Mexican restaurants I've eaten at over someone from Texas. They all serve it the same way. A spoon of seasoned beef, a spoon of enchilada red sauce and yes a spoon of pintos. Me and the transplanted Hispanics seem to be the only ones that order it. None of them have ever sent it back btw. And it's downright tasty. Not surprised that  Texas got it wrong or that they're too full of themselves to know it or admit it  ;)
Title: Re: The most important thread on this new board
Post by: FearlessF on August 20, 2017, 12:03:27 PM
It just doesn't taste anything like chili.

I wouldn't expect it to taste like chili


It's more of a sweet curry sauce, served over noodles.

love curry sauce


Beans are optional, and come on it, not in it.

I'd probably order w/o beans - I see them as a filler in either type of chili


The onions are not cooked in the sauce, but served raw on top.

I love raw onions - sometimes eat them like apples


They do dish out a lot of cheese, which is nice I guess.

Who doesn't like cheese?  Badgers?


If you are going in there knowing what to expect, then it might be alright.

There ya go.


But if you are going in there expecting to get a bowl of chili, you are going to be sorely disappointed.


I don't know why they even call it that.
Title: Re: The most important thread on this new board
Post by: Brutus Buckeye on August 20, 2017, 12:35:58 PM
Well alrighty then.

It looks like your nearest Skyline Chili location would be in Indianapolis. So you'd better git goin'