Chili: Beans or no beans part 2

[ramseycat]

Hearts? Animal hearts?

Yes. BEEF hearts.

[Duchess]

Yuk.

I don't eat hearts, I break them.

[username]

Hearts? Animal hearts?

"The brick consists of a flavorfully seasoned mixture of finely ground beef and beef hearts".

God damn, she's right!! I ate a lot of beef heart growing up without knowing it.

God knows what was in half the stuff my mom cooked/cooks. She grew up in the generation where you keep bacon grease and stuff (lard, I guess) and she used that stuff to cook all the time.

The only thing that really traumatized me was the lima beans though. Fuck lima beans. They'd make me gag and my dad would STILL make me sit there until I ate what he considered a reasonable amount. I usually got away with spitting a good portion of them in to my napkin at least.

[ramseycat]

I'm glad I looked that up because I was thinking of trying the bricks.

[Cynical Ninja]

I eat offal sometimes, stick and kidney pie, liver and onions, and there's a bit of heart in Haggis.

A heart is just a muscle from a dead animal the same as all meat is muscle.

[ramseycat]

Nope. Not eating organs. Any organs. Ever.

[Cynical Ninja]

God damn, she's right!!

Well almost, she typed been heart not beef heart.

My granny used to keep old meat juices/fat in a container. We call it “dripping” my grandad used to spread it on toast, urgh!

[Cynical Ninja]

Nope. Not heating organs. Any organs. Ever.

Lambs liver is like velvet on your tongue.

And liver pate is magnifique!

I wouldn't eat heart on its own though even I have standards, low ones perhaps but standards all the same.

[sally]

I didn't win, some old lady took the prize. There was no 2^nd or 3^rd, only first place.

When we were in Hungary we went to a wine cellar and for $40 bucks we drank all night long down there, I got so drunk my husband had to carry me up the stairs to the taxi. The most memorable part for me was when the old lady brought out crusty slices of bread topped with goose grease, cheese and grapes. Fuck was that good. One of the best things I've ever ate in my life.

[BigMark]

I made insta pot chili no beans last night, came out okay too much smoked paprika I think. Will try again soon.

[Duchess]

You talk about your instapot frequently. You should start a thread in the kitchen and fill it with your recipes. We have a kitchen whore but she doesn't do jack shit.

[BigMark]

i heated up a bowl for lunch and put fried egg on top.

[BigMark]

[MirahM]

I don't think I have heard of chili not having beans.
I love my sister's chili, it is the best. She usually throws a bunch of onions and peppers, I don't know what else, but it is the best i have ever had.
I went to a chili cook off, it was fun. I loved tasting all the different chili variations. Some soupy, some thick, some with white beans and chicken, some with lots of alcohol.
I don't like pasty chili.

[MirahM]

  Hearts? Animal hearts?

"The brick consists of a flavorfully seasoned mixture of finely ground beef and beef hearts".

God damn, she's right!!  I ate a lot of beef heart growing up without knowing it. 

God knows what was in half the stuff my mom cooked/cooks.  She grew up in the generation where you keep bacon grease and stuff (lard, I guess) and she used that stuff to cook all the time.

The only thing that really traumatized me was the lima beans though.  Fuck lima beans.  They'd make me gag and my dad would STILL make me sit there until I ate what he considered a reasonable amount.  I usually got away with spitting a good portion of them in to my napkin at least.

I fucking hated eating lima beans as a kid.
That and shredded wheat.
Fucking gross!

[sally]

I was forced to eat lima beans too as a kid. I don't mind them if they're in a soup, but to just be forced to eat a pile of them with dinner still makes me gag thinking about it.I never forced my kids to eat anything. Either eat what I made for dinner or don't eat, I don't care. They never starved to death and they're not picky eaters.

[Maggot]

When I first started dating my wife we were at a restaurant and she was eating a salad. She sneezed and a chickpea bounced right off my forehead. the look on her face was priceless.

[Duchess]

She's a lady so she was probably horrified.

I'd rather nail someone with a chickpea than fart. Ohmaigawds.

[BigMark]

My cousin did that to my dad with a spoon and pea, there must of been 12 of us at the table. He was the midget that got rear ended!

[Carsman]

Chili with beans, diced steak meat, mildly spicy thick tomato sauce, yum!

 
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