On Sunday, June 6, 2021 at 11:50:31 AM UTC-4, cshenk wrote:
> 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.
> I saw that later. Agree. Unless you live in Texas and think Chili can
> only be made 'one way', there's a lot of room.
>
> I sometimes make a 'white chili' with white beans, white pepper,
> Anaheim or Banana peppers, mushrooms, and if I can find them, crawfish
> tails.

Its like a bra-size. They aren't exactly one size-fits-all, right? Mushrooms in chilli is a bit far out there. When does it just become spaghetti sauce? As for seafood, at what point does chili just become stew? or even gumbo?