I'm making chili tomorrow. No cumin. I don't have any cumin, and won't purchase any. Won't purchase any commercial chili powder either. Is chili still chili if it lacks cumin? How can you have a 'vegan' chili, when chili was invented with meat in mind. Etc. How do you define chili? Me, If it has beef and beans and is spicy, it's pretty much chili. My ingredients for tomorrow's chili:
Ground Beef
TomPaste
Diced onions
Minced garlic
Paprika
Hot sauce
Seeded Jalepenos
Canned kidney beans; 28 oz. per pound of beef.
Water
That's it. Period. But is it chili?