John Lorbal wrote:

> On Friday, June 4, 2021 at 11:39:06 AM UTC-4, Michael Trew wrote:
> > On 6/3/2021 3:50 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
> > > On Thu, 03 Jun 2021 08:15:39 -0600, US
> > > > wrote:
> > >
> > >> On Thu, 03 Jun 2021 01:03:27 -0400, Michael
> > > >> wrote:
> > >>
> > >>> I made my typically chili con carne from my pre-war Better
> > Homes/Gardens >>> cook book, but I decided to nix half of the cost
> > of the dish and make it >>> without ground beef this time;
> > vegetarian if you will. Substituted >>> butter/olive oil for the
> > fat and started off frying garlic/onions, then >>> adding crushed
> > tomatoes, green pepper and seasoning; finally lots of >>>
> > kidney/pinto/black beans. >>>
> > >>> Honestly, I didn't feel that it was missing much of anything
> > without the >>> ground beef... it maybe halved the cost, which was
> > a nice bonus. Other >>> than adding a lot of beans, does anyone
> > have useful tips on "vegetarian >>> chili"?
> > >>
> > >> There are many, many recipes (of all kinds) for vegetarian chili
> > on >> the Internet.
> > >
> > > Ok, that's the end of RFC. It's all on the Internet already. ou
> > >
> > Agreed... I'd much rather read posts of people sharing ideas about
> > FOOD, as opposed to more "they're here" or Kuthe garbage.
> > Otherwise, why is anyone here?
> >
> > Then again, I suppose another purpose of Usenet is to harass
> > others... lol
> You could also try corn kernels in your veggie chili. I have a zany
> idea. Why not just toss in some whole corn on the cobs?
> That might be fun. When done, let them cool a bit, and then spoon
> some chili on the bite you're going to take. Messy but different.
> Corn is these days a tad too sweet for me though; peas? Same thing.
> Carrots? Maybe.

Why not add mushrooms and let it be what it is? The mushrooms will cook
to a toothsome bit that the meat added.