On Thu, 02 Sep 2010 10:32:16 -0700, sf > wrote:

>On Thu, 02 Sep 2010 13:04:41 -0500, FERRANTE
> wrote:
>
>> Last week on MasterChef, one of the chefs made chili with 20
>> ingredients. Two were fresh cilantro and cumin, both of which I bought
>> today.
>>
>> I am going to be making the equivalent of about 2 gallons worth of
>> chili. Can you recommend how much of each would be necessary to flavor
>> the chili as I have never used these before?
>>
>> Sadly, on the show they never gave the amounts of each ingredient.
>>
>Sorry, I just dump and taste - I don't measure, even when making an 8
>qt stockpot full. I would say though that you'll use up most of your
>chopped fresh cilantro. Stir part of it in at the end and use the
>rest for garnish. Here's a web site to read. It's not definitive,
>but it's a start.
>http://www.ehow.com/how_5287712_make...ion-chili.html


Thanks for the link/comments!
Mark