On Sun, 18 Jan 2009 12:24:43 -0600, modom (palindrome guy) wrote:

> On Sun, 18 Jan 2009 17:56:36 GMT, blake murphy
> > wrote:
>
>>On Sat, 17 Jan 2009 10:40:48 -0700, Janet Bostwick wrote:
>>
>>> Jean B. wrote:
>>>> As an offshoot of another thread, I thought I'd rather cook
>>>> something that isn't glitzy, something that Obama enjoys. Turns
>>>> out he is reported to like takeout from a pizzeria, shrimp and
>>>> grits, and his own chili. His recipe is available at:
>>>>
>>>> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/0...e_n_89826.html
>>>>
>>>> This deviates from MY chili in a number of ways, but I might just
>>>> do this on Tuesday. And why? Because I feel like celebrating in
>>>> my own small way.
>>>> --
>>>> Jean B.
>>>
>>> I always like to see other people's chili recipes. Unlike the Chili Cookoff
>>> folks who have a set of rules and personal stringent guidlines, the rest of
>>> us make chili the way we like it, the way Mom made it, in general the way it
>>> was made where we grew up. Very little tomato in Obama's -- not sure I
>>> would like it that way. But then my chili can vary by what is growing in
>>> the garden and what is in the cupboard.
>>> Janet
>>
>>it's more public relations than anything else. wingers would scream if he
>>used exotic dried peppers or the like and call it further evidence he's
>>some kind of 'elitist,' as if that's a sin.
>>
> It's élitist, Blake, élitist.

you've been reading a little too much of *the new yorker*. try to be more
coöperative.

your pal,
blake