gph 12:53 Thu May 26
Controversies you didn't know existed: 1) Chilli con carne
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Is it Mexican or Texan (I thought it was Mexican - there's also the weird alternative that a Spanish nun evangelised the New World with Catholicism and chilli, in spirit, without leaving her Spanish nunnery)?
Should it have tomatoes in it (I thought: yes)?
What meat should it have (I thought beef, but apparently venison or beef + pork are alternatives)?
Should it have beans in it (I thought kidney beans were essential)?
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mashed in maryland
1:30 Fri May 27
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Use a square of that super dark 90% cocoa chocolate.
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gph
1:28 Fri May 27
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Chipotle chillies - worth the effort of hunting them down?
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ironsofcanada
5:55 Thu May 26
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zebthecat 5:50 Thu May 26
It is good (the chocolate)
Poor or lazy man's mole.
Remember chocolate and chilli was thing long before chocolate and sugar was.
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zebthecat
5:50 Thu May 26
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Dark chocolate really does work but not too much and with a lot of chilli heat. I add a big slug of whisky too - yum
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ironsofcanada
5:42 Thu May 26
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peckham massive 4:53 Thu May 26
Correct and bolognese is not just any meat/tomato sauce.
Sorry, if I killed anyone on WHO. From dry is probably a misnomer and I just meant not canned. You soak them overnight of course and boll them in part of your mixture and then add other things for the simmer that can toughen, like actual meat, not mince. (Though you can and should brown the meat firs then take it out, before you add the liquid and beans for the boil.)
The toxic is killed, not washed away, so you can boil it in whatever and then eat it.
But again, none of that is remotely Texan or authentically "chilli con carne."
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peckham massive
4:53 Thu May 26
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Spaghetti Carbonara shouldn't have cream in it.
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gph
4:39 Thu May 26
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Always boil my kidney beans 20 mins.
Don't know if I'll save ten minutes and risk dying in agony after today...
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Mike Oxsaw
4:08 Thu May 26
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I worked once with a Texan in Amsterdam.
His claim to manhood and maturity was how hot he could eat (and enjoy) a chilli and/or chilli sauce.
He was a complete wanker.
And a loud-mouthed smelly fat fucker.
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Herts Hammer
4:03 Thu May 26
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I put chocolate in my chilli.
Texans never put any beans in their chilli ever.
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Darlo Debs
3:50 Thu May 26
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Zeb the ones in cans are pre-soaked.
I cant put them in mine my daughter doesn't like them.
I got recommended to make a chilli with chocolate in once. It wasn't good, and yes I used plain dark not a Toblerone..
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Mace66
3:47 Thu May 26
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A chilli con carne is no good whatsoever unless the onions are chopped to a decent size and have a crunch to them.
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zebthecat
3:38 Thu May 26
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>I thought it was unsafe to cook red kidney beans from dry - they contain a poison that needs to be removed by soaking before you cook them.
It is not the soaking (that is for rehydration) that denatures the toxins but you do have to boil them for ten minutes to do that. Then just simmer them until they are cooked
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chink
2:39 Thu May 26
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ironsofcanada wrote...
Texans will get upset if you put beans in chilli (It is definitely not Mexican) but I think they are okay as long as you cook them from dry in a least a portion of your mixture. If you just add them from a can they are mealy and tasteless.
I thought it was unsafe to cook red kidney beans from dry - they contain a poison that needs to be removed by soaking before you cook them.
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ironsofcanada
10:33 Thu May 26
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JustAFatKevinDavies 10:29 Thu May 26
Ha! What would people do with their lives then.
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JustAFatKevinDavies
10:29 Thu May 26
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IOC, I think you need to report this bullying to the mods.
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Russ of the BML
10:26 Thu May 26
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I've always thought it was Texan....
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ironsofcanada
10:11 Thu May 26
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Johnson 10:10 Thu May 26
Sort of classic but not really interestingly used (no caps etc.)
C-
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Johnson
10:10 Thu May 26
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Can't you just fuck off to KUMB you boring cunt?
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ironsofcanada
10:06 Thu May 26
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stewie griffin 10:04 Thu May 26
And I said I appreciated it and your precious time?!
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stewie griffin
10:04 Thu May 26
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I merely offered you a morning greeting.
There's no need to start throwing erroneous commas around all over the gaff
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Sydney_Iron
10:03 Thu May 26
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You can tell the season has finished cant you, FFS...........
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