"jmcquown" > wrote in message
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> Nancy Young wrote:
> > "Mr Libido Incognito" > wrote
> >
> >> Nancy Young wrote on 31 Oct 2006 in rec.food.cooking
> >
> >>> Heck no, no chocolate in chili, no chocolate in stew.
> >>>
> >>> No bananas, no raisins, no .......
> >
> >> I put grapes in my stew...Grape Tomatoes. The flavour when you burst
> >> one in
> >> your mouth is fantastic.
> >
> > Sounds good to me, although usually I don't put tomato in stew.
> > Don't they cook down?
> >
> > nancy
>
> I definitely don't put tomatoes in stew... why do people do that? It's
not
> chili!
>
> Jill
>
>
The acid in the tomato marry's the other ingredients and pulls them
together.
Real chili doesn't have any tomatoes in it either.