Random Thoughts

[JFG]

Pita chips are satisfyingly crunchy.

[NerdAlert]

It’s not quite chili weather but I’m making a big pot anyway. With no beans, which makes me sad. But it smells delicious.

[ao_fan]

how is it chili without beans? Isn’t that the main ingredient of chili?

also, why no beans?

[NerdAlert]

Beans are very carby. I’m not eating many carbs.

Some people feel very strongly that chili should not have beans. I usually prefer mine with beans.

[ao_fan]

okay, I guess if that works for you. When I was dieting, vegetarian chili specifically with beans was one of my main diet foods. I lost weight like crazy eating that. It’s extremely high in fiber and good stuff.

[NerdAlert]

Lots of good ways to lose weight. And lots of good ways to make chili. Your chili sounds tasty!

[ao_fan]

I piled it with cheese. was great. i’ve been too lazy to make it lately.

[soyleche]

@ao_fan

how is it chili without beans? Isn’t that the main ingredient of chili?

also, why no beans?

@NerdAlert

Some people feel very strongly that chili should not have beans. I usually prefer mine with beans

Chili Is a Local Specialty With a Specific History. Beans Are Not Part of...

Folks tend to consider it as a genre of food, along the lines of sandwiches or tacos—an open-source dish, as in steak sandwich, chicken taco, tofu chili. (More on that in a moment.) But chili is perfect, complete, and not open to discussion. It is a proper dish with a proper name, something closer to the Cobb salad or French onion soup, except better than either of those things, because it is chili and not salad and definitely not French.

[twig93]

Cincinnati chili (which is actually Greek, but popularized in America by a Greek couple who opened a restaurant in Cincinnati that became wildly popular and now has a triple digit number of locations and a number of copycats) does not, in and of itself, contain beans, although you can add beans as a topping.

3-way: spaghetti, chili, cheese
4-way onions: spaghetti, chili, cheese, onions
4-way beans: spaghetti, chili, cheese, beans
5-way: spaghetti, chili, cheese, onions, beans

Or you can put it on hot dogs and have coneys.

The actual chili is a little like spaghetti sauce in that it is basically ground beef, tomato paste, water, and spices.

But the spices are different and include garlic powder, onion powder, chili powder, cumin, cayenne pepper, cocoa, and cinnamon.

And when I say “cheese” we’re talking… you cannot see the spaghetti and chili under the massive mound of finely shredded mild cheddar cheese. You simply trust that it’s there.

[twig93]

Mmmm, Cincinnati chili… I’m getting hungry just thinking about it. A 3-way sounds SOOOOOOOO good right now!

[JFG]

@twig93

A 3-way sounds SOOOOOOOO good right now!

Cross post to insignificant signals thread.

[twig93]

@twig93

And when I say “cheese” we’re talking… you cannot see the spaghetti and chili under the massive mound of finely shredded mild cheddar cheese. You simply trust that it’s there.

A photo:

I guess you can sort-of see the spaghetti & chili, so maybe I slightly exaggerated that part. But only slightly.

[twig93]

Skyline has all kinds of Valentine’s references here.

Bring your sweetie in for a 3-way

For Valentine’s Day I’d like a 3-way

It’s called a 3-way and there’s nothing like it in the world.

Thing is… a lot of Cincinnatians don’t get the jokes. Because a 3-way means spaghetti, chili, cheese in Cincinnati. There isn’t any other definition.

Cincinnatians understand “threesome” or “ménage a trois”… but a 3-way is spaghetti, chili, and cheese.

I didn’t learn of any alternative definition of the term until I was in my late twenties and I’ve had to explain it to a double-digit number of adults from Cincinnati… many of whom didn’t believe me!!!

[twig93]

I’ve done low carb Cincinnati chili by putting it on spaghetti squash and making a 3-way that way. Not quite as good as actual spaghetti, but pretty good. (Can also just do regular spaghetti sauce & cheese but we’re talking about chili.)

And if you’re willing to put in the effort to make both spaghetti squash and spaghetti, if you mix them together you get a medium-carb dish that is almost indistinguishable from its high-carb cousin.

But you have to cook the spaghetti squash properly. Which means slicing it crosswise (never lengthwise), salting it, and roasting it.

I follow my vegan friend’s tried and true method… and then pile it up with meat sauce and non-vegan cheese!

How to Cook Spaghetti Squash - get the longest "noodles" and best texture!

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@twig93

Not quite as good as actual spaghetti, but pretty good.

IMO, spaghetti squash is better than actual spaghetti.

Also, I never learned of such a thing until I was married…wife made it…I’m like “WTH is this?!?!$& …nom nom nom… mmm… this is good!!!”

[Breadmaker]

Mmmmmmm, chili…

[Breadmaker]

I saw Michael Symons sample it once on the Food Network. Looks awesome!!!

[SredniVashtar]

Are the feelings of love, family, and friendship just a distraction from the inherit meaninglessness of it all?

I’ve been watching a bit of the show Alone and folks keep saying “it was exciting at first, but now there is no purpose to being here, I’m going home” after 3 or 4 weeks on the show. Like somehow spending a few weeks living in a hut on a TV show is some great loss of time spent alive. Like anyone’s life is so damn interesting that you can’t afford to lose a month on a weird vacation.

Or else they say “if only I had Barbara to share it with. There’s no point in building this hut without Barbara…”. But how does Barbara make your hut building any less pointless??? You tell Barbara “hey I built a hut” and then what? She is probably just as annoying as you.

I dunno. I mean, I guess everyone knows they are lying when they tell themselves that stuff, but why always tell that lie?

[JFG]

Dogs and kids have no concept of others’ personal space.

[Breadmaker]

@Echo: U stay cloas to Daddy cuz he chikkin givvur!!! Gud gurl!!!