Posted: 10/1/2009 6:52:44 PM EDT
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So my daughter likes to cook us dinner once in a while, and tonight was chili.
It was meat and tomatoes and spices and canned pumpkin. Habanero sauce on the side. Canned pumpkin? Was I eating chili or was it something else? (We also had some baked appetizer thing with swiss cheese, cream cheese, and cranberries that was pretty tasty.) |
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I'm pretty sure she followed a recipe off the Internet. To be honest, I thought the pumpkin made it pretty bland. I was happy to have the habanero sauce.
Oh, and she served cold ricotta cheese on the side. A little fork of that actually worked pretty well when I got into a concentration of habanero sauce. |
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She's got "creative chef" disease. It's when people think adding strange ingredients to dishes is creative. Yea.. Curry doesn't go in pasta sauce either, in case you were wondering  I really hate "creative chef" disease. Its a greenlight for people to do some of the most atrocious things to great dishes. Keep your faggotry out of my food please. |
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Canned pumpkin? Was I eating chili or was it something else? http://i41.tinypic.com/yorcx.jpg Now c'mon, it's just a big squash. At worst I had some kind of stew. |
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She's got "creative chef" disease. It's when people think adding strange ingredients to dishes is creative. Yea.. Curry doesn't go in pasta sauce either, in case you were wondering 
First, this is America. Curry has no meaning here. Second, tomatoes nor curry spices belong in Chili. Third, chili is not a sauce, it is a stew. |
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Not chili. Autumn Stew?
Though it sounds interesting. Eh, why not? Interesting chili recipe: My dad makes chili with cubed steak, lamb, chicken, pork and, when he can get it, goat meat. He adds a whole package of goat cheese to thicken the mixture. Several kinds of chili peppers are diced along with onions and added to the mixture. Tomatoes, too, are often included. |
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Okay, so I asked her where she found the recipe. She said it was a "Best Recipes of Texas" cookbook.
The recipe is for "Pumpkin Chili" and it came from here: http://www.alwaysorderdessert.com/2008/10/chili-night.html Pumpkin Chili (For two or one, twice.) Ingredients 1 pound ground veal (or beef, pork) 1 cup canned pumpkin puree 4 oz tomato sauce 2 garlic cloves, crushed 1 vegetable bouillon cube (low-sodium) 1 tablespoon smoked Spanish paprika 1 tablespoon chili powder 1 teaspoon cayenne pepper 1 teaspoon ground cumin ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon olive oil 4 cups of water Optional garnishes: chipotle hot pepper sauce, ricotta, sour cream, chives, grated cheddar To make: 1.In a medium pot, heat a 2-count of olive oil over medium heat. Add the crushed garlic cloves and let sizzle for a minute until just a little bit brown and fragrant. 2.Add the ground meat and stir occasionally until browned. Add the spices and bouillon cube and mix until well incorporated. 3.Add the tomato sauce, pumpkin, and water 4.Let simmer for about 15 minutes until the water is reduced by about a third and the soup thickens. Taste and adjust seasoning accordingly. 5.Serve immediately topped with desired garnishes. (the ricotta plus a drizzle of chipotle sauce is my pick) |
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Quoted: Further proof that just because it is in a cookbook, it doesn't mean it should be cooked.Okay, so I asked her where she found the recipe. She said it was a "Best Recipes of Texas" cookbook. The recipe is for "Pumpkin Chili" and it came from here: http://www.alwaysorderdessert.com/2008/10/chili-night.html Pumpkin Chili (For two or one, twice.) Ingredients 1 pound ground veal (or beef, pork) 1 cup canned pumpkin puree 4 oz tomato sauce 2 garlic cloves, crushed 1 vegetable bouillon cube (low-sodium) 1 tablespoon smoked Spanish paprika 1 tablespoon chili powder 1 teaspoon cayenne pepper 1 teaspoon ground cumin ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon olive oil 4 cups of water Optional garnishes: chipotle hot pepper sauce, ricotta, sour cream, chives, grated cheddar To make: 1.In a medium pot, heat a 2-count of olive oil over medium heat. Add the crushed garlic cloves and let sizzle for a minute until just a little bit brown and fragrant. 2.Add the ground meat and stir occasionally until browned. Add the spices and bouillon cube and mix until well incorporated. 3.Add the tomato sauce, pumpkin, and water 4.Let simmer for about 15 minutes until the water is reduced by about a third and the soup thickens. Taste and adjust seasoning accordingly. 5.Serve immediately topped with desired garnishes. (the ricotta plus a drizzle of chipotle sauce is my pick) |
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She's got "creative chef" disease. It's when people think adding strange ingredients to dishes is creative. Yea.. Curry doesn't go in pasta sauce either, in case you were wondering
First, this is America. Curry has no meaning here. Second, tomatoes nor curry spices belong in Chili. Third, chili is not a sauce, it is a stew.
I didn't mention chili. Perhaps now that you've granted yourself the title of Universal Chili Lord, you can take a break from your crusade and bone up on your reading comprehension. I was referring to the traditional tomato-based topping for spaghetti or other forms of pasta. And frankly, compared to a good spicy curry (either Indian or Thai), texan chili's for pansies. |
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To drink we had apple cider mixed with ginger ale. Over ice. That actually sounds really good...Tell her some internet weirdo is now looking around for his keys to make a run to Hell-Mart. As for the Chili, I'd have to see the recipe to make a final decision. It sounds like it might be pretty decent. Good on your daughter for cooking and experimenting. It's nice to know there are still young women aspiring to learn how to cook. It's really sad how many women I've known/dated that have no idea how to cook. ETA: Beat me to the punch with the recipe. I think it sounds good. Whoa..when you typed daughter I was picturing someone much younger. |
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Sounds like she's not afraid to try new and creative things. She must be awesome in bed. Is she single? You missed the part where I mentioned she was my daughter?
She is single, a PhD student in engineering, and shoots a pretty damned small group. Damn... I wrote that out loud, didn't I?
Holy shit that was really fucked up 
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Sounds like she's not afraid to try new and creative things. She must be awesome in bed. Is she single? You missed the part where I mentioned she was my daughter?
She is single, a PhD student in engineering, and shoots a pretty damned small group. Damn... I wrote that out loud, didn't I?
Holy shit that was really fucked up
It was suboptimal, but I've typed stupid shit before and survived. I wasn't too wound up over it. I showed this entire thread to her –– she laughed. She doesn't have an account here, but does read a thread now and then. |