thanks Megan!

I swear they are all just into it for the porniness of ordering a three-way, four-way, etc. in public.

That, and it's the BEST CHILI EVAR.

Though I also make a very fine pulled chicken chili similar to what msbelle describes. (Chicken, jalapenos, onions, cumin -- recipe here.)

Too bad about Maureen Stapleton. I remember her in the TV movie adaptation of "The Electric Grandmother," aka "I Sing the Body Electric," and she was excellent in it.

She was a great actress all the way around. I'm afraid I'm always going to remember her from that scene in Johnny Dangerously where she's huddled against the cold breeze and looks up at the camera to say in a deep Irish accent, "The Lower East Side. It REEEEEALLY sucks!"

What kind of pasta do you serve it over?

Sick sick sick.

t headpunches all around

I swear they are all just into it for the porniness of ordering a three-way, four-way, etc. in public.

That, and it's the BEST CHILI EVAR.

t except for Jess

I had chili for lunch! But it was regular old red chili, not white.

Yes, I use beans, they add protein and ckeep it cheaper.

To add thickness, I puree some of the beans and will add in corn starch if needed.

Cumin, lots and lots of cumin, some jalapeno tabasco, garlic, onion, salt and pepper.

monterey jack melted on top and served with lime tostitoes on the side.

That, and it's the BEST CHILI EVAR.

See, for it to be that, it would first have to BE CHILI, which it isn't.

Neener!

funny how talking smack about OP "chili" never gets old

Man turns on TV, blows up apartment:

When Anthony Howell clicked his TV remote control to watch his favorite quiz show, he had no idea his life would be in jeopardy.

But with the push of the button, his Bronx apartment building exploded into flames, blowing out all the windows and setting his hands, head and neck on fire.

Howell, 58, says his apartment was filled with natural gas as a result of construction work in the apartment below his on East 223rd Street when the 2003 blast occurred, according to a lawsuit he filed recently in Bronx Supreme Court against his landlord, the construction firm and Con Edison.

Whoa, the TV blowing up may have been a lucky thing - if he hadn't noticed the gas he might have asphyxiated.

to watch his favorite quiz show, he had no idea his life would be in jeopardy.

Is that supposed to be a joke? Also, who uses the term "quiz show" anymore?

To add thickness, I puree some of the beans and will add in corn starch if needed

In white chilis, I like to dice up potatoes and boil them with the chili. They can be pureed, also, along with the beans.