Finally done making chili :)
 

I was volunteered to make chili for the family's dinner tonight. A few months ago I bought a 22 quart pot for just such an occasion. I just finished making 2 pots with over 26 pounds of meat. And I don't even get a taste of it :)

My chili has won prizes :)

Holy crap! 26 pounds of meat? Your family either eat a lot or there's a lot of them :)

Real chili is the best. So if you feel like sharing the recipe with GG&J members, feel free to do so ;)

why don't you get a taste of your own chili? dammit now i'm craving chili

I'm keeping my animals far away from you

It's for the rest of the family in the next town. I will get a taste but not an entire bowl :)

26 pounds of meat is not really a lot for 11 gallons of chili.

Damn, that sounds good right now. A heaping bowl of chili is perfect on cold, damp day.

Eating your own chili & then letting out a gaser that clears the room is not considered "winning a prize"

|fart|

mmmm chili, my absolute FAV!

Hopefully no one found a finger in it

I did have a bowl. I then packed it up in over 45 containers and sent it on it's way. :)

Now I have to make a pot for us :)

So when do we get the recipe? ;)

I do love a bowl of good meatless chili but it is hard to find.

I read this thread earlier and just had to have some chilli for dinner... |shocking| ...gotta go...uh...you know...see ya! |waves|

Wouldn't it be possible to make it with Quorn?

That's like saying "I'll have some non-dairy ice cream" - it's quite possibly healthier for you, but it ain't the real deal.

you are making me hungry now :D

RE: "Holy crap! 26 pounds of meat? Your family either eat a lot or there's a lot of them" You should meet my brother-in-law. 26 pounds of meat would not last him long. And the annoying thing is that he is not fat.

I served home made meatless chili at Super Bowl party and the only people that noticed it was meatless was the vegiterians. The carnivours were complimenting it just as much as the veggies. It can be done. :)

Here you go.
http://www.bocaburger.com/recipe75.html
I've served this and no one knew that it was meatless. In fact people had thought that I had started eating meat since I was serving this.

Best part is look at this compared to using meat.
http://www.bocaburger.com/main.aspx?m=boca_nutrition

I don't think I ever ate chili, send some over will ya? :)

Meatless Chili :)
If you don't have a couple of pounds of steak, a couple of pounds of pork tenderloin and a couple of pounds of burger, you don't have chili :)

Isn't chili without meat called Vegetable Soup? :D

How is your cholesterol these days?

Chili actually contains some ingredients that reduce cholesterol.

However, on average, pre-prepared vegetarian dinners have a higher fat content than pre-prepared meat dinners (i.e. TV dinners).

At Kentucky Fried Chicken everything has a high fat content, but the item on the menu that has the highest fat content is a meatless salad (which also scores higher than any McDonald's burger, including the Big Mac)

So, in an attempt to improve my health and get my blood pressure down I am going to fore go a vegetarian menu for a couple of juicy steaks.

(P.S. I mentioned McDonalds, so do I get sent money from the company like the rappers do ?)

:)

Jim loves meat. He told me two things that I have never forgotten.

Its not a meal unless there's meat.

Nobody's put a piece of meat in front of me that I couldn't eat.

Somewhat funny story:
I remember him saying he wasn't feeling well when we were in NYC, and the cab ride from the hotel to the restaurant he kept saying he wasn't feeling very good. At the restaurant when they presented the menu and he reminded us that he was feeling a little sick. I think there was some good natured ribbing regarding his meat statement, and he ended up ordering the 36oz Porterhouse. We downed a bottle of wine, he ate Asparagus or Brocolli(?) & a potato, both made for two, and then had room for desert.

Jim's own version of 'Shock and Awe' haha

They make a pill to correct that little problem :D

Let me guess, the meatless salad is covered in some type of high fat salad dressing. I don't eat there so I don't really know what they serve.

I eat a lot of Thai food, not really sure how healthy it is.

I also use this a lot in various dishes
http://www.gardenburger.com/products...-riblets.shtml

I don't eat a lot of prepared dinners but I do keep them in the house for a fast meal sometimes.
http://www.gardenburger.com/products...sourpork.shtml
http://www.bocaburger.com/main.aspx?m=meatless_lasagna

Since I don't eat a lot of bread I don't eat a lot of burgers but if I do this is what I use for the burger.
http://www.bocaburger.com/main.aspx?m=meatless_burgers

I see this is new, haven't tried it yet.
http://www.bocaburger.com/main.aspx?m=meatless_chili

The Whole Foods market by me has a huge frozen food section with lots of different meatless stuff. Also at their deli they have grilled tofu which I love.

Yeah I was put on it some years ago and developed liver problems from it. Now instead I'm more careful what I eat and also eat oatmeal every day. I'm one of those unlucky people whose body produces its own so it is something that I have a problem with.

I can't believe you remember that Chris :) And it was Asparagus. That was a damn fine piece of meat. Nothing like a Morton's Steak.

Doesn't it take several hours to cook a pot of chili? I'm not a cook. I'm lucky I can make toast. LOL!

I used to love garden burgers but I started following this diet plan that Suzanne Somers was pushing and it really helped. But garden burgers are not on it. You are not supposed to eat carbs and fats together and unfortunately, gardenburgers do just that. It's actually better to just eat a hamburger without the bun. Then you eat lots of veggies with every meal and complex carbs such as shredded wheat and oatmeal by itself. And no sugar. It's pretty easy, a lot more healthy than I used to eat. And I can still have mayo, which is my favorite thing in the world next to chocolate, which I'm not supposed to have, but still do occasionally.

There is a very old diet that I stick to, the seafood diet: I see food, I eat it.
:D |yawn|
(Sorry I said it was old.)