On Sun, 6 Jun 2021 03:48:00 -0700 (PDT), John Lorbal
> wrote:

>On Friday, June 4, 2021 at 8:30:07 PM UTC-4, cshenk wrote:
>> 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.
>My first reply to this thread, I recommended mushrooms. I'm just throwing other
>ideas out there.
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