[Sca-cooks] Chili dishes...

[Anne]

http://www.texascooking.com/features/dec2004secretlifeofchili.htm ...
for anyone interested, the Food Network's making of "The Secret Life
of Chili" is here, plus some Texas chili recipes:   John Raven's TV
Chili, Texas Style Chili, Pedernales River Chili, Brazos River Chili
and Three Chiles Chili.   Enjoy!

Juliane Rose


On Thu, 27 Jan 2005 11:22:30 -0600, Michael Gunter
<countgunthar at hotmail.com> wrote:
> >Is there any truth to rumors you're supposed to eat this directly from the
> >Frito bag?
> 
> It's the ONLY way to eat them. The bag adds a subtle flavor of
> baseball games to the pie. Eating it on a plate is like having a
> hot dog with a knife and fork. It is done, it just isn't right.
> 
> >Do people put tamales in tamale pie? I thought the whole point was to avoid
> >the labor-intensive wrapping and the hours of steaming... and if not, how
> >does what you described differ from the usual variant?
> 
> It doesn't but some people don't know what a tamale pie is so
> I added that information to let them know it does not
> contain tamales.
> 
> >Hmmm. I'd understood saltines to be what urbans got at chili parlors, and
> >corn bread what a chuck wagon cook or other rural-type practitioner gives
> >you...  but you'd know better than I.
> 
> Nah. Just because I'm in Texas doesn't make me know more about
> chili. Although most people I know feel that saltines in chili is pretty
> heretical and definatly a "citified" concoction.
> 
> >Adamantius
> 
> Gunthar
> 
> 
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