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Cincinnati Chilli

Cincinnati Chili Recipe

1 large onion chopped
1-pound extra-lean ground beef
1 clove garlic, minced
1 tablespoon chili powder
1 teaspoon ground allspice
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon ground cumin
1/2 teaspoon red (cayenne) pepper
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 1/2 tbsp unsweetened cocoa or 1/2 ounce grated unsweetened chocolate
1 (15-ounce) can tomato sauce
1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
1 tablespoon cider vinegar
1/2 cup water
1 (16-ounce) package uncooked dried spaghetti pasta
Toppings (see below)

In a large frying pan over medium-high heat, sauté onion, ground beef, garlic, and chili powder until ground beef is slightly cooked. Add allspice, cinnamon, cumin, cayenne pepper, salt, unsweetened cocoa or chocolate, tomato sauce, Worcestershire sauce, cider vinegar, and water. Reduce heat to low and simmer, uncovered, 1 1/2 hours. Remove from heat.

Cook spaghetti according to package directions and transfer onto individual serving plates (small oval plates are traditional).

Ladle chili over spaghetti and serve with toppings of your choice. Oyster crackers are served in a separate container on the side.

Cincinnati chili lovers order their chili by number. Two, Three, Four, or Five Way. Let your guest create his or her own final product.

Two-Way Chili: Chili served on spaghetti

Three-Way Chili: Additionally topped with shredded Cheddar cheese

Four-Way Chili: Additionally topped with chopped onions.

Five-Way Chili: Additionally topped with kidney beans.

I have been posting recipes on the Garden Circle Group site Judy. I also post the ones I can catch that I see posted on blogs.

An Artist I'm Not

Yeah Right, maybe I was just going over a speed bump for this joke of a picture.

An Interesting Thank You

After reading a Comment left on my last blog I thought it appropriate to post this one. I found it on a search knowing it was out there somewheres for I have heard it read often on a Talk Radio Station I listen to. Netlore Archive

Description: Email rumor Status: Mostly authentic Circulating since: 1999 Analysis: See below

Email text contributed by Jane Pizzolato, 11 September 2001:

FW: A response on today's horrid event from a Canadian This, from a Canadian newspaper, is worth sharing. America: The Good Neighbor. Widespread but only partial news coverage was given recently to a remarkable editorial broadcast from Toronto by Gordon Sinclair, a Canadian television commentator. What follows is the full text of his trenchant remarks as printed in the Congressional Record: "This Canadian thinks it is time to speak up for the Americans as the most generous and possibly the least appreciated people on all the earth. Germany, Japan and, to a lesser extent, Britain and Italy were lifted out of the debris of war by the Americans who poured in billions of dollars and forgave other billions in debts. None of these countries is today paying even the interest on its remaining debts to the United States. When France was in danger of collapsing in 1956, it was the Americans who propped it up, and their reward was to be insulted and swindled on the streets of Paris. I was there. I saw it. When earthquakes hit distant cities, it is the United States that hurries in to help. This spring, 59 American communities were flattened by tornadoes. Nobody helped. The Marshall Plan and the Truman Policy pumped billions of dollars! into discouraged countries. Now newspapers in those countries are writing about the decadent, warmongering Americans. I'd like to see just one of those countries that is gloating over the erosion of the United States dollar build its own airplane. Does any other country in the world have a plane to equal the Boeing Jumbo Jet, the Lockheed Tri-Star, or the Douglas DC10? If so, why don't they fly them? Why do all the International lines except Russia fly American Planes? Why does no other land on earth even consider putting a man or woman on the moon? You talk about Japanese technocracy, and you get radios. You talk about German technocracy, and you get automobiles. You talk about American technocracy, and you find men on the moon -! not once, but several times - and safely home again. You talk about scandals, and the Americans put theirs right in the store window for everybody to look at. Even their draft-dodgers are not pursued and hounded. They are here on our streets, and most of them, unless they are breaking Canadian laws, are getting American dollars from ma and pa at home to spend here. When the railways of France, Germany and India were breaking down through age, it was the Americans who rebuilt them. When the Pennsylvania Railroad and the New York Central went broke, nobody loaned them an old caboose. Both are still broke. I can name you 5000 times when the Americans raced to the help of other people in trouble. Can you name me even one time when someone else raced to the Americans in trouble? I don't think there was outside help even during the San Francisco earthquake. Our neighbors have faced it alone, and I'm one Canadian who is damned tired of hearing them get kicked around. They will come out of this thing with their flag high. And when they do, they are entitled to thumb their nose at the lands that are gloating over their present troubles. I hope Canada is not one of those." Stand proud, America! This is one of the best editorials that I have ever read regarding the United States. It is nice that one man realizes it. I only wish that the rest of the world would realize it. We are always blamed for everything, and never even get a thank you for the things we do. I would hope that each of you would send this to as many people as you can and emphasize that they should send it to as many of their friends until this letter is sent to every person on the web. I am just a single American that has read this.

Comments: Aside from the fact that this text was written 28 years ago and has suffered minor revisions during its travels in cyberspace, it is authentic. Journalist and radio personality Gordon Sinclair delivered the commentary on his Toronto show in 1973, when anti-American sentiment was at an all-time high. For obvious reasons, Americans ate it up.

Memorial Day

I think that this Memorial Day we should all reach out to the few World War Two vets still out there. They were from a time of honor and virtue. They fought for not only their countries but for the world. They fought with a different type of honor and beliefs that are shared today. If not for them the world would be a much different place.

This Memorial Day I will Memorialize all of them, not just the Soldiers from the United States but all the soldiers of the Allied Nations that fought side by side and for all those that gave their lives for world freedom.

Vic's Knicker Spotting

Happy Memorial Day week end to everyone.

It sure was great to finally reach quiting time at work today. The 95 degree day just seemed to drag on and on.

I was glad for the day to come to an end but wasn't looking forward to the drive home due to the fact that this is Memorial Day week end and the official kick off for summer and Benny season here at the Jersey shore. Bennies here refer to the summer crowds that flock here by the millions to enjoy the beaches and board walks and to congest every road until Labor day.

My ride home from work today was as expected. My normal 1.5 hour commute turned into a 2.5 hour ride due to the number of people heading towards my area for the weekend of fun.

My ride took me home on the NJ Garden State Parkway. Those not familiar with NJ, the Garden State Parkway is a toll road that goes from the Northern tip of the state to the southern. When I say it is a toll road I mean just that. Every 10 miles or so you pay a 35 cent toll. The tolls tend to cause major traffic jambs and congestion but the state highway authority surely loves to make money.

Well I was heading through this one toll plaza in stop and go and stop and go and stop and go and stop and go traffic without an AC in my vehicle with the sweat pouring down my face and feeling extreme displeasure of my journey when I noticed the Toll taker in the cash only lane. He was a big black fellow ( Fat Albert Size big and twice as tall)and what caught my eye was Vic's knickers he was wearing with a Tutu. He wasn't a bashful fellow cause he kept pretending to drop peoples change and kept bending over to pick it up exposing them knickers for all to view. Well I'll tell you what, My jaw just dropped and I just started to bellow out the laughter. It may have been some guffawing but do to the heat I'm not quite sure. But yes, there is a Jersey connection to everything. Vic, if you are out there and happen to read this, I don't think them knickers are going to fit you anymore. You should have left that big snake in them.

Riddle #5, Lets Make It A Little Harder

Ray Whitcombe is found dead in his office at his desk. The police have narrowed the suspects down to three people: Mrs. Barbara Whitcombe, Ray's wife; Mr. Jason McCubbins, Ray's business partner; and Mr. Harold Nichols, Ray's best friend. All three visited Mr. Whitcombe the day of his murder, but all three provide the police with stories of explanation as to the reason for their visit. Police found Mr. Whitcombe with his wrist watch still on his right arm, a torn up picture of his wife laying on the floor beside the trash can, and an ink pen in his right
hand. On the desk, the police found a name plate, a telephone that was off the hook, and a personal calendar turned to the July 5th page with 7B91011 written on it. After examining this evidence, the police knew their suspect. Who was it?

Monk would figure this one out in a heartbeat.

Riddle #3

If you divide thirty by a half and add ten , what would the answer be?

How many toes do you have Misty?

A Riddle

How could a cowboy ride into town on Friday, stay two days, and ride out on Friday?

Riddle #4

Dynamite is a tool that can be used to cut down trees. To cut a tree 18 inches in diameter requires five sticks of dynamite: one on the north, south, east and west sides of the tree, and the fifth stick on the side to which the tree should fall. During construction of a dam, a tree 18 inches in diameter was completely covered by water. Since the treetop was fouling the boat's propellers, it had to be cut down. A diver went down and put a stick of dynamite on the four sides of the tree. Since the current is flowing south at 2 knots per hour, on which side of the tree would you instruct the diver to put the fifth stick of dynamite if you wanted the tree to fall north?

Riddle #2

First you throw away the outside, then you cook the inside, then you eat the outside
and then you throw away the inside.


what am I?????

Another Fire

Yesterday afternoon an F-16 fighter started a forest fire here with a flare. By about 8pm we were beginning to get the smoke and about 3000 acres had burned. By this morning reports ranged from any where between 13,000 acres to 20,000 acres, close to a twenty square mile area. The problem the 1000 plus volunteer fire fighters faced besides the dry conditions was the 20 to 30 mph winds that we have had for the past 2 days.

As I am sitting here I hear the big sigh of relief from all the volunteers for the sky has just opened up and we are having severe thunder storms for the rest of the evening. The fire will hopefully be rained out. Another day and I am sure my young tomato plants I have finally put out in the garden would sure have been tinder, lol.

Happy Mothers Day To All You Mothers

Happy Mothers Day

Horseradish Hot Hot Hot Wings

Horseradish Hot Wings

I am sure that everyone has heard of hot wings. Just deep-fry some chicken wings that have been cut apart and toss them in some butter and hot sauce. Well Horseradish is a favorite condiment of mine and I came across this recipe and tweaked it a bit to suite my taste.

Ingredients
2 1/2 lb Chicken Wings (cut at joint and wing tips can be saved for a stock pot)
1 Lime Juiced (About 2 tablespoons +/-)
1/2 c Ketchup
5 tbsp. Prepared Horseradish

1 small onion minced very very fine
3 tbsp. Olive Oil or melted butter
1 tbsp. Worcestershire Sauce
5 1/2 tsp. Franks Louisiana Hot Sauce (reduce the amount if you don’t like spicy wings)
1/2 tsp. Ground Black Pepper and a pinch of salt if needed

Prep
Combine all ingredients in a plastic 1 gallon sized Zip Lock bag
Knead occasionally for 2 hours to get the marinade worked around the wings.
Cook on a grill or under a broiler.
Cook for 10 minutes, then turn and baste with marinade.
Cook for and additional 10 minutes or until done.
Be careful not to over cook.
Serve immediately or refrigerate until needed. I serve these with a Ranch or Creamy Italian salad dressing because I’m not a big fan of blue cheese. The Buttermilk Style Ranch is really the best. Make sure to have plenty of celery and carrot sticks on hand because these are very spicy wings.

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