Elk Chili for dinner

[patrick0685]

i would have so won, except i have to work damn it

[Gunner]

Just had some two nights ago. It was so good!

[Bailey Guns]

My lovely wife is from New Hampshire. When we first met clam chowder was about the spiciest food she'd ever eaten.

I'll be damned if she don't make some fine chili now. She loves spicy foods.

It's taken 21 years of training but she's finally comin' around.

She made a big crock full of chili for a little get-together we're having tonight. She doesn't know but while she was in the shower and fixin' her hair I just had a large bowl (and another half)...just a sample, really...of the chili. Mmm, mmm, good!

[theGinsue]

Thanks to all of you #&^%*, I just had to make some chili.

Oh, I was perfectly content to eat left-overs tonight, but NOOOOOO, you had to plant the thought in my head about how good chili and cornbread would be , so...

I looked in the freezer and found we are slim on ground beef. Now, I've no problem with eating/making elk chili (that's what I do with most of my ground elk), but the wifey still, after 22 yrs of marriage, hasn't quite gotten past the mental block of eating meat that wasn't procured from a grocery store. But, since we are so low on ground beef, I grabbed 2 pkgs of ground elk and 1 pkg of ground beef (this way, when she asks, I can honestly say "I put ground beef in it") - and got them thawed out.

Now, after learning to make chili when I worked @ Wendy's back in college, I have NO IDEA how to make a small batch of chili. Here's a pictoral account of me making my Standup Family Chili (as opposed to my Tombstone Chili - the chili that made Wyatt Earp):
(1) Thaw the meat
(2) Finely chop 2 medium sized onions and put them into the bottom of the chili pot.
(3) Open a #10 can of beans (only had pinto's today - no kidney) and rinse all of the gunk off of them to reduce the gasey experience later.
(4) Pour rinsed beans into pot with onions and add 4 Tbsp's of cumin (yeah, I love cumin in my chili).


(5) Brown meat (if using a mix of elk and beef, mix them well while cooking)


(6) Put the pot with the onions, beans, and cumin into a double-boiler


(7) Add 3 pkgs of "mild" chili seasoning to chili pot.


(8) Now add the meat and a #10 can of tomato sauce


(9) Stir the whole mix up real well and test to see if it'll stand up a spoon in it.


(10) Now, cook for 4 hours minimum over med-high heat; keeping the double-boiler filled with water.
ETA: (11) Eat ("Serve with veggies and the beverage of your choice" (?)) - Just 6.5 hours on the stove today.

[Troublco]

Mine is now simmering on the stove. I changed it up just a bit because when I pulled the package of elk grind out of the freezer a package of elk steak fell out behind it. So, I cut the steak up into small chunks and threw it in too.

Don't know what to tell ya, Ginsue. Oh well comes to mind. Mine knows it's Elk. My daughter prefers Elk to beef. Smart girl! Your chili recipe doesn't sound far off of mine. I use less cumin, and Mexine's Chili Powder.

Grated Tillamook cheddar, fritos, and cornbread. 45 minutes to go!

[Limited GM]

I laughed last night when I saw one whole bean shelf at W-M was cleaned out.

Made mine with doe meat the wife shot.

[mx'r]

Mmmmmmmm. Almost dinner time. My house smells great. Mmmmmm.

[Troublco]

Oh, man, that was good. And I'm set for lunch for a couple days.

Now I just have to wait for an hour or two so I have room for dessert - Strawberry Rhubarb pie a la mode.

[Dr_Fwd]

Mmmmmmmm. Almost dinner time. My house smells great. Mmmmmm.

Pics or it never happened!

[theGinsue]

Pics or it never happened!

Whew. Dodged that bullet!