Hi Dave,

 DD> I use Hershey's cocoa powder - not the drink mix. And I'm careful to
 DD> keep The chcoclate flavour as an undertone. I mis-measured as a
 DD> cook-off once and the judges sheets gigged me pretty hard for it.

 RH> We'll take an Aldi Mosher Roth bar and melt it in.

 DD> A whole segment? That seems a lot. But, hey, it's your chilli.

And not as noticeable as you would think, especially with the lesser
intense bars. 56% is good, not too sweet, not too bitter.

 DD>      88

 RH> Steve is eligible for both, having served in Occupied Berlin and South
 RH> Korea. Our post building doesn't have a restaurant (or bar) but does
 RH> have a decent commercial kitchen. For VFW and American Legion, the guys
 RH> take turns cooking, don't know what the Marine Corps League does. Our
 RH> Auxiliary president usually cooks for our meeting; she's a widow and
 RH> kids are out of the house but she still likes to cook in quantity so
 RH> we're well fed. (G)

 DD> I did my whole hitch after boot camp in Memphis. Only time I got
 DD> outside the friendly confines was on an around-the-world training
 DD> flight with some weekend warriors making sure they got their "flight
 DD> pay". Didn't get to see much of the world since the inside of one
 DD> military base looks much
 DD> like any other. And the mess halls are very similar.

And any time you're on a base/post/air field, etc, you're considered to
be on US soil. Too bad you couldn't get out "on the economy" and try a
local eatery in each place, probably would have opened your eyes to new
foods/flavors long before Fido Cooking Echo existed. (G)


 DD> This ain't chilli - but it ain't bad ....

 DD>       Title: Navy Bean Stew
 DD>  Categories: Stews, Pork, Beans, Poultry, Vegetables
 DD>       Yield: 8 Servings

 DD>       1 lb Dry navy beans
 DD>       4 qt Water; divided
 DD>   1 1/2 lb Italian sausage; 1/4" slices
 DD>      29 oz Chicken broth; 2 cans
 DD>       2 c  Yellow onion; chopped
 DD>   1 1/2 c  Carrots; thin sliced
 DD>      15 oz Can whole  kernel corn
 DD>       1 tb Minced parsley
 DD>   1 1/2 ts Italian seasoning

Another one I can't make for us because of the corn. Last week I pulled
a container just labeled "chili" and a date out of the freezer. It
wasn't one I'd made--very mild, lots of beans, little meat and no heat
but not a bad flavor. Thing is, neither of us can remember where we
picked it up. (G)


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