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Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Yup.
One of the things that I retained from some history class or other was that whatever period we were looking at (18th or 19th century Europe, probably) was marked by a transition from people belonging to a community determined mostly by geography and class towards people belonging to societies determined by shared interests and/or goals that might cut across class and span greater geographical areas, and that seems to be even more true today.
That's interesting, msbelle.
ETA: I should read Bowling Alone, I think it might help me solidify some of my ideas about this stuff.
One of the things that I retained from some history class or other was that whatever period we were looking at (18th or 19th century Europe, probably) was marked by a transition from people belonging to a community determined mostly by geography and class towards people belonging to societies determined by shared interests and/or goals that might cut across class and span greater geographical areas, and that seems to be even more true today.
Oh, that's really interesting!
I think Bowling Alone is actually bullshit?
Not chili, but a delicious pork stew with beans and corn.
C loves to make chili, but he does it wrong. No beans. No corn. We finally convinced him to try some black beans in the last batch after Kelly and I basically said that we would eat what he had made but it was NOT chili. He has decided that black beans are ok, so next up we work on corn.
I think Bowling Alone is actually bullshit?
Maybe? Seems like it should be part of my literature survey if I'm going to develop my thesis, anyway.
Your definition of chili is strange to me, Suzi. I don't object to beans and/or corn as ingredients, but to require them seems odd.
I didn't realize until I was in my 30s that chili without beans was a thing (my chili is very very beany). And while I love corn, I don't think I can support corn in chili.
I'm from NM, I just throw up my hands at pretty much the rest of the US. Chili is a powder, chile is veg and a non-tomato based stew (which can have beans, not kidney, corn and hominy but MUST contain actual chile peppers) and the rest of that stuff is an imposter Texan spicy meat sauce.
And skyline is just another thing entirely.
yeah Texans (not me, mind you) often will say chili does NOT have beans.
I'm totally on board with the chili-no-beans crowd. It's not what I make, but I'll take it as The Definition.
Wait, Steph, you lived in Cincinnati and didn't believe in bean-less chili?
...now I want chili. With meat AND beans. Because yum. Also with cheese and maybe sour cream. Potentially cornbread.