Imminent doom.

[green_dreams]

Bought groceries.

Coming soon, a post that reads

I made chili for dinner tonight.

...we ended up ordering pizza.

Am unreasonably worried about this.

Comments

[unnamed525.livejournal.com]

You'll do fine ... tomatoe juice, beans, onions, peppers, THE SEARED FLESH OF ANIMALS, chili powder ... ratios? What? I just toss stuff in a pot and let is simmer.

[torrain.livejournal.com]

Was attempting to follow a recipe, which advised seared flesh, chili-style tomatos, and black beans.

There are no such things as chili-style tomatoes at Hartman's[1]. At least not ones that come labelled as such in a can. Will be improvising with garlic- and basil-seasoned tomato chunks. Hard to go wrong with garlic.

We have onions. And chili powder. Also a single red pepper, though I debate not using that.
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[1] Local grocery store.

[unnamed525.livejournal.com]

Depending on how much spiciness you want, you might want to make the tomatoes with garlic, basil, and diced jalapenos; you're right about it being hard to go wrong with garlic. Black beans are definitely the way to go.

[torrain.livejournal.com]

It worked out okay--I didn't add jalapenos--but it was a little bland. (Sidenote: the turkey, for some reason, came flavoured with rosemary. Interesting.) Next time, I'm adding more chili pepper--I'm not a big fan of huge amounts of spiciness.

[unnamed525.livejournal.com]

There's a level of spiciness that appropriate and a level of spiciness that's too much. it's supposed to add flavor ... but not make it so you get overwhelmed by the heat.

[theweaselking.livejournal.com]

[torrain.livejournal.com]

Great. Now I'm unreasonably worried about something *else*.

(The shudders. The shudders won't stop.)

[oddest1.livejournal.com]

you'll do fine, its pretty hard to mess up chili ;)

It's Been Done and I've Tasted It

[unnamed525.livejournal.com]

When I was in elementary school in Kentucky, the cafeteria had a massive surplus of raisins ... so they put them in the chili. It was nasty; children became ill.

Re: It's Been Done and I've Tasted It

[oddest1.livejournal.com]

only in kentucky.
thats wrong, thats just horribly wrong

Re: It's Been Done and I've Tasted It

[torrain.livejournal.com]

*shudders*