So I figured out why my chili last week was so...powerful. US chili
powder is a blend, where the chili powder here is not...it's just ground
chilis.

Today, I am making chili again (the last batch was inedible, but it kept
the cats out of the trash), but now it seems like there's too darn much
cumin in the mix.

The chili powder recipe I used was from
http://webpages.charter.net/budnscoot/CA3.htm, and it calls for 2 T of
cumin, 2T of garlic powder, and about 7 dried/toasted chilis. My chili
recipe calls for 2t of cumin. Is this just going to overpower anything
else in the recipe? The chili powder and the cumin are the two biggest
amounts of spice (actually, the only spice, save for 2t of garlic).
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