Hi Dave,

 DD> de gallo, really) competition. The hung around to see the free
 DD> grandstand show that evening. Three Dog Night was playing - with all
 DD> but one of its orifinal musicians ... and the one not there was
 DD> pushing up daisies instead of touring - mostly because he got his
 DD> lunch in a traffic mishap.

 RH> Must have been fun to see the show. I would enjoy a Peter, Paul and
 RH> Mary concert but it's down to a duo now. Saw an interview with Paul on
 RH> PBS 5 years ago when I was recouperating from the knee surgery--quite
 RH> interesting. He was to have a concert in Durham that night but there
 RH> was no way we could have gone.

 DD> I was there with my boss - who kept complaining "That's not the way it
 DD> sounded on the record." And I had to keep reminding him that "This is
 DD> LIVE. No post-production enhancements or edits."  Bv)= Still, I
 DD> enjoyed the show. And the price was right - free.

Some people are happiest when they have something to complain about, no
matter how petty.


 DD> Here's that chilli recipe and I'm going away.

 DD>       Title: 1975 ICS World Championship Winning Chilli
 DD>  Categories: Five, Beef, Vegetables, Chilies, Stews
 DD>       Yield: 3 Servings

 DD>       1 lb Ground beef
 DD>       1 oz Pkg Chilli Man Chilli Mix *
 DD>       8 oz Can Hunts tomato sauce
 DD>         ds Tabasco sauce

 DD>   Brown ground beef in heavy skillet. Stir in contents of
 DD>   chilli mix and add tomato sauce. Simmer for 1 hour and add
 DD>   Tabasco.

 DD>   * Joe DeFrates originally developed the Chilli Man Mix
 DD>   (the Illinois spelling of Chilli) and sold it, packaged,
 DD>   under that name from the 1950s until he sold the recipe to
 DD>   the Milnot Co. of Litchfield, IL, in the 1970s. It is
 DD>   available today in most midwestern states under the
 DD>   original name. The actual ingredients of the chilli mix are
 DD>   not available.

 RH> I've not seen it but we've not usually done any grocery shopping in the
 RH> midwest. We're usually well stocked, either just on our way out west or
 RH> within a couple of days of getting home and eating down the pantry &
 RH> fridge.

 DD> Chilli Man used to be sold out east. When I was trucking I hauled more
 DD> than one semi-load to grocer warehouses including Winn-Dixie and
 DD> Malone & Hyde.

 DD>   A FURTHER NOTE: You can believe that this is the actual
 DD>   recipe if you like. But, no chilli cook *ever* gives out
 DD>   the exact recipe that he used. And the original chilli
 DD>   spice mix that Joe probably did use is no longer
 DD>   available - so, use Gebhardt or Mexene or whatever your
 DD>   favourite is. - UDD

 RH> I usually don't use a mix--do my own mix of whatever peppers I have on
 RH> hand plus onions, meat and tomato whatevers.

 DD> I use Baron's 5640 mix whichj I buy from a local restaurant supply. I
 DD> tart it up with additional cumin, garlic, chilies, etc. But it's a
 DD> nice starting spot.

I rarely buy mixes for anything like that. Usually do my own home made
for a lot of things, just tastes better to us in the long run.

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Catch you later,
Ruth
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... Mind... Mind... Let's see, I had one of those around here someplace.

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