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Title: Chili on the stove simmerin for tomorrow...
Post by: Elfie on October 12, 2012, 12:16:54 PM
I love chili,,,especially with pasta,,chopped onions, sour cream and fine cheddar cheese....
Almost as good as strawberries,lmao.... Oh well,,,hope I win 4th place,,,, I like ice,lmao...
Title: Re: Chili on the stove simmerin for tomorrow...
Post by: JustKari on October 12, 2012, 12:49:34 PM
 :laugh:  I have never made chili with noodles, but since the temps are hovering in the 40's now for our highs, chili sounds good.  I might have to make some this weekend.  :thumbsup:

Good luck!
Title: Re: Chili on the stove simmerin for tomorrow...
Post by: Elfie on October 12, 2012, 02:00:13 PM
I use spaghetti on the bottom ...then chili...then fine cheddar...then chopped onion as much as you like....then a dollup of sour cream..   I love it like that!
Title: Re: Chili on the stove simmerin for tomorrow...
Post by: JustKari on October 12, 2012, 02:29:01 PM
Sounds tasty!
Title: Re: Chili on the stove simmerin for tomorrow...
Post by: kramarat on October 12, 2012, 02:50:21 PM
My time is coming. I just make traditional chili. Once a year, and I make about 40-50 pounds of it, bag it up in freezer bags and stick it in the chest freezer. Eat it until the following year.

BTW- I don't know if you guys do much freezing, but this would work good for canning jars too. Take a plastic cup, like from 7-11 or something, and cut the bottom off it, about an inch up. When you're filling quart freezer bags, or canning jars, stick the bottom of the cup in the bag and pour your chili, sauce or whatever, through the top of the cup and into the ziplock bag. You can hold the bag up, and get all of the stuff in there, without spilling on the outside of the bag, or getting goop in the zipper. I use a coffee cup with a handle, to do the transferring. It works great! :wink:
Title: Re: Chili on the stove simmerin for tomorrow...
Post by: Solar on October 12, 2012, 03:05:05 PM
Quote from: kramarat on October 12, 2012, 02:50:21 PM
My time is coming. I just make traditional chili. Once a year, and I make about 40-50 pounds of it, bag it up in freezer bags and stick it in the chest freezer. Eat it until the following year.


:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
What is it with us guys and cooking?
I do the same, if I don't have at least 5 gallons of  soup, stew, chili etc, of each, I feel like I failed.
I figure if I'm going to the trouble of making the perfect meal and putting all the work into perfecting the taste/seasoning, I want enough for several months.

Nothing like throwing a pan on the wood stove and letting it warm slowly to the perfect temp, allowing the flavors to come out, for a perfect easy meal.

I'm building ST a new kitchen, galley type, should be ready for next spring.
Title: Re: Chili on the stove simmerin for tomorrow...
Post by: kramarat on October 12, 2012, 03:12:32 PM
Quote from: Solar on October 12, 2012, 03:05:05 PM
:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
What is it with us guys and cooking?
I do the same, if I don't have at least 5 gallons of  soup, stew, chili etc, of each, I feel like I failed.
I figure if I'm going to the trouble of making the perfect meal and putting all the work into perfecting the taste/seasoning, I want enough for several months.

Nothing like throwing a pan on the wood stove and letting it warm slowly to the perfect temp, allowing the flavors to come out, for a perfect easy meal.

I'm building ST a new kitchen, galley type, should be ready for next spring.

I think it has something to do with liking to eat. :wink:

Plus a little laziness. I'm the cook, and fortunately my wife likes left overs. Even during the week, I'll cook enough to eat for three nights in a row, and then move on to something else. Chili, spaghetti sauce, split pea soup.............................those are all once a year things, and I make enough for an army and freeze it. It's a little scary. If you screw it up or burn it, it would be a heartbreaker.
Title: Re: Chili on the stove simmerin for tomorrow...
Post by: Solar on October 12, 2012, 03:21:02 PM
Quote from: kramarat on October 12, 2012, 03:12:32 PM
I think it has something to do with liking to eat. :wink:

Plus a little laziness. I'm the cook, and fortunately my wife likes left overs. Even during the week, I'll cook enough to eat for three nights in a row, and then move on to something else. Chili, spaghetti sauce, split pea soup.............................those are all once a year things, and I make enough for an army and freeze it. It's a little scary. If you screw it up or burn it, it would be a heartbreaker.
I agree, it has a lot to do with lazy and eating a lot of food.

I ruined 5 gallons of stew once, left it on the stove and got an emergency call and forgot it for the entire day, got home around midnight, walked in the house and it hit me like a rock, though I salvaged almost half, it had that burnt taste, but I refuse to waste food, so I ate it. :glare:
Title: Re: Chili on the stove simmerin for tomorrow...
Post by: JustKari on October 12, 2012, 03:45:10 PM
I have never done that with stew or chili (though it is a good idea), the husband and I have done that with squash soup, we picked a ton from the garden, it had to be processed anyway, so we made a ton and froze it.  We've also done that with chicken stock, because it takes forever to make and I hate being tied to the stove that long regularly.  :toungsmile:
Title: Re: Chili on the stove simmerin for tomorrow...
Post by: Elfie on October 12, 2012, 04:30:43 PM
I make mass quantities of stews, chili, soups n freeze em up all the time. Some stays to the cabin some stays in the deep freeze.  But ahha! I have a pressure canner now...gonna start cannin this stuff up.
Himself refuses to eat left overs so i just make enough for an extra lunch ir 2.  So now. I am riding down the road with a humungo pot of chili between my feet.
Good tip though...I do the measuring cup thing to get it in the bag, the cup will do well with the jars.
Title: Re: Chili on the stove simmerin for tomorrow...
Post by: walkstall on October 12, 2012, 06:08:22 PM
Quote from: Elfie on October 12, 2012, 04:30:43 PM
I make mass quantities of stews, chili, soups n freeze em up all the time. Some stays to the cabin some stays in the deep freeze.  But ahha! I have a pressure canner now...gonna start cannin this stuff up.
Himself refuses to eat left overs so i just make enough for an extra lunch ir 2.  So now. I am riding down the road with a humungo pot of chili between my feet.
Good tip though...I do the measuring cup thing to get it in the bag, the cup will do well with the jars.


You know Eyes is reading everything your typing and his mouth is watering.   :lol:
Title: Re: Chili on the stove simmerin for tomorrow...
Post by: Solars Toy on October 12, 2012, 06:27:34 PM
Solar does make excellent stew and chili.  My trick is to buy the ingredients and start cutting everything up.  Then I start asking questions from the kitchen about what I am suppose to do....  works every-time.  Well that and being somewhat of a klutz-accident prone.   :rolleyes: :blink:

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Title: Re: Chili on the stove simmerin for tomorrow...
Post by: Eyesabide on October 12, 2012, 08:15:34 PM
Walks, Yes. Yes I do and yes I am.
Title: Re: Chili on the stove simmerin for tomorrow...
Post by: Elfie on October 13, 2012, 12:43:43 PM
Himself hardly cooks. He does all the grilling but thats at the cabin or race.  Dont get me wrong he can cook and very well..   He just doesnt is all.
Title: Re: Chili on the stove simmerin for tomorrow...
Post by: Elfie on October 14, 2012, 08:17:20 AM
I won ice! Yaaaaaay lol
Title: Re: Chili on the stove simmerin for tomorrow...
Post by: Eyesabide on October 15, 2012, 07:53:28 PM
Congrats! Wish i was there, for sure! Did the racoons eat the first prize trophy this year?
Title: Re: Chili on the stove simmerin for tomorrow...
Post by: Solar on October 15, 2012, 08:10:18 PM
Quote from: Elfie on October 14, 2012, 08:17:20 AM
I won ice! Yaaaaaay lol
Congrats Elfie. :cool:

What does the second place winner get, fire? :wink: :laugh:
Title: Re: Chili on the stove simmerin for tomorrow...
Post by: Elfie on October 17, 2012, 05:05:22 AM
Quote from: Eyesabide on October 15, 2012, 07:53:28 PM
Congrats! Wish i was there, for sure! Did the racoons eat the first prize trophy this year?
Nope!   After it got ate, it got fixed and is safe now,lol
Title: Re: Chili on the stove simmerin for tomorrow...
Post by: Elfie on October 17, 2012, 05:08:05 AM
Quote from: Solar on October 15, 2012, 08:10:18 PM
Congrats Elfie. :cool:

What does the second place winner get, fire? :wink: :laugh:
lol,,, Here goes,lol. 1st got a big bottle of crown,,,,, 2nd got cups,,,3rd got the coke,,, 4th gets ice,   no themem there lmao...
Sad part is all places were women who dont drink crown and first place doesnt drink,lol. I'm sure her husband will take care of it,lol
Ok off to go work out,,, :biggrin:
Title: Re: Chili on the stove simmerin for tomorrow...
Post by: ThomasPaine1946 on October 18, 2012, 09:01:15 AM
Quote from: Elfie on October 12, 2012, 02:00:13 PM
I use spaghetti on the bottom ...then chili...then fine cheddar...then chopped onion as much as you like....then a dollup of sour cream..   I love it like that!

Skyline Chili restaurants in Ohio are making a fortune doing chili just this way. 
Title: Re: Chili on the stove simmerin for tomorrow...
Post by: ThomasPaine1946 on October 18, 2012, 09:03:46 AM
Sorry about that font size pards!  wasnt paying attention to where my cursor went!!!!   :unsure: :unsure:[/color]
Title: Re: Chili on the stove simmerin for tomorrow...
Post by: Elfie on October 18, 2012, 07:29:29 PM
Quote from: ThomasPaine1946 on October 18, 2012, 09:01:15 AM
Skyline Chili restaurants in Ohio are making a fortune doing chili just this way. 
Yes they are,,,and that's where I learned to eat it that way,,, at Skyline, but in Cincinnati,lol.   Its unheard of here,,,lol, I've had fun watching peoples faces when they find out how really good it is that way!