Aha, then it makes sense.
Oh, well, we canât all be national championsâŚ
Went to medical school in Milwaukee, WI, where my older daughter was born. Once lived in the same neighborhood as Jeffrey Dahmer. Then was engaged to a guy whose childhood playmates included none other than Ted Bundy. Is it any wonder I started my career as a forensic psychiatrist?
Iâve been to Milwaukee. First time I was there on my own, I checked into the hotel, picked up the Yellow Pages, and started looking for a place to have dinner. Immediately knew where I wasâevery other restaurant listed was German. LOL
Not a big fan of German food (no offense intended to those of you with that ancestry). Ate quite a bit of Real Chili in Milwaukee. Wonder if theyâre still aroundâŚ
But Star '93: Medeaâs Dance of Vengeance? They may have placed second, but we all know which corps from New Jersey shouldnât have been first, right?
I have to tell you âReal Chiliâ is not Chili with beans or pasta. If you entered one of those in a International Chili Society (ICS) competition you would be tossed. But I guess this Wisconsin stuff doesnât surprise me, I looked up the Wisconsin State Chili Cookoff championship which follows the ICS rules and blammo, right there on the page they show an illegal chili with beans. I just hope they follow the full rules which also outlaw the discharge of guns during the competition.
Absolutely!
Just as a note of historical import - Nanimo bars were actually invented in Ladysmith BC, just down the highway, but who would want to eat a Ladysmith Bar?
My daughter moved to Indiana a couple of eyars ago. She lives in Winona Lake (by Warsaw.) Itâs fairy-tale beautiful. I love visiting her there.
I just hope they follow the full rules which also outlaw the discharge of guns during the competition.
Not even after the winner is announced?!?!? (I guess thatâs technically after the competition, though.)
My (Canadian) chili has kidney beans in it, but I refuse to put garbanzo, corn, or pasta in there. And it should be HOT! Even if my kids complain.
Yay, Real Chili is still alive and well in Milwaukee; definitely a donât-miss-destination for those who like âweirdâ regional foods.
Brian, you could always get a bowl of âchili onlyâ at Real Chili (which would likely turn a few heads and probably cost you extra). The beans, (thoroughly overcooked) pasta, cheese, onions, sour cream, and oyster crackers are all considered âextrasâ. (The pasta and beans less so, however.) It comes in three strengths: âweinieâ, âreally effing hotâ, and âburns both ways and makes you cry twiceâ. I believe that even you would find the latter begins to approach your âhotter than H-E-double-toothpicksâ standard!
My (Canadian) chili has kidney beans in it, but I refuse to put garbanzo, corn, or pasta in there. And it should be HOT! Even if my kids complain.
Learning to tolerate hot food, along with saying âpleaseâ and âthank youâ are basics that should be taught during childhood.
I am not a chili connoisseur (though I do like it very much), have never entered a contest, donât intend to, and am fundamentally uninterested in purist debates. However, I have never thought beans belonged in chili. Didnât then, donât now. IMHOP the only starch that ever belongs in chili is a very small amount of masa flour for thickening.
âWhereâs Idaho?â
Idano!
Father: I remember that girlfriend you had from Pennsylvania.
Son: Erie?
Father: Well, I always did think she was kind of strange.
Son: Well, what about your brother in Alaska?
Father: Nome?
Son: Of course I Nome, heâs my uncle.
I am not a chili connoisseur (though I do like it very much), have never entered a contest, donât intend to, and am fundamentally uninterested in purist debates. However, I have never thought beans belonged in chili. Didnât then, donât now. IMHOP the only starch that ever belongs in chili is a very small amount of masa flour for thickening.
I have actually entered Chili contests (although they were only at work and between divisions). One year I won first place for my chili (competition style of course) named âBurns at Both Ends.â The name was quite accurate.
I like it hot, too, but I canât usually make it that way because others expect to eat some. I usually provide a bottle of Daveâs Insanity Sauce or something similar for those who wish to increase the heat.
I used to like hot foods more (I was the second person to finish a pound of âdisqualifiedâ chicken wings at my local watering hole, so named because the chef was disqualified in a competition for making them too hot.) Iâve backed off a little since then, though, as Iâve decided that food should be a flavourful experience, not a test of your manhood. If itâs so hot you canât taste the food, itâs too hot.