try cooling down with a good large dollop of high cocoa solids chocolate
true no bs} and lots of high fat sour cream to serve
ttfn and merry xmas andy

"LIMEYNO1" > wrote in message
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> I don't know where you're posting from, but I made the same mistake last
> March when I was in the UK! Whew! Was that ever hot!
>
> "Elana Kehoe" > wrote in message
> ...
> > 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).
> > --
> > It's Tis Herself
>
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