Subj : Re: Finally, retirement!
To : Dale Shipp
From : Dave Drum
Date : Fri Mar 10 2023 06:00:00
-=> Dale Shipp wrote to Dave Drum <=-
DD> Enjoy your retirement. I'm sure you won't be like some folks I have
DD> known who retired from their daily grind, went home, put their feet up
DD> and vegetated, waiting for the reaper. I just last week learned that
DD> one of my chilli-cooking friends has passed. According to his widow he
DD> retired, parked his arse in front of the glass teat and binge-watched
DD> whatever pap was coming down the pipe. He managed not quite two years
DD> before making Joanie a widow.
DS> That certainly was not the case with me. I officially retired for the
DS> first time in 1995. I'm not sure when Carol officially retired for her
DS> first time before taking up her second career. In my case, I joined a
I don't remember either. I certainly did enjoy her travelogues from the
deck of her aircraft carrier.
DS> consultant firm about six months afterwards. For a while that work was
DS> quite active for me, albeit usually less than 1/2 time. It was also
DS> good that much of it was unclassified. You in fact benefited from that
DS> since I hired you once as a consultant for a hours worth of work. My
I remember you were picking my brains about the satellite TV business
as we travelled to the Illinois State Championship Chilli cook-off.
DS> wife also benefited since I was able to hire her as a permanent
DS> employee to help with filing, scheduling etc. She ended up qualifying
DS> for SSI as a result. The other good part was that I could freely talk
DS> with her about what I was doing, something that was verboten for the
DS> previous decades. The consultant work started tapering off about five
DS> to ten years later and now that firm exists no longer. But, it was fun
DS> for me and quite profitable. That transition was also when I had the
DS> time to begin to learn how to cook Cajun type food.
I don't think I'll ever "retire". Although I draw my monthly pittance
from SSI I have always worked, at least part-time, to pad that out to
where I can live more comfortably. My current gig is with AutoZone,
with whom I've been for 17+ years - longer than any other job I have
done. Someone asked me "If you hit the lottery what will you do?" I
replied I'd probably still work, at least part-time, in oder to have
something to do to get me away from banging on the computer all day Bv)=
Plus I enjoy helping our customers (most of them) and mentoring the
new-hirees.
MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.06
Title: Mitch Murdock's Now That's Chilli
Categories: Beef, Vegetables, Beer, Chilies, Stews
Yield: 11 Servings
3 lb Center cut chuck; coarse
- ground
2 lb Center cut chuck; diced
1 c Vegetable oil
2 lg White onions; diced
1/4 Bell pepper; diced
4 oz Can diced green chilies;
- drained
2 sm Fresh jalapenos; diced
2 cl Garlic; fine minced
4 c Water; pref bottled
6 oz Warm beer
8 oz Can tomato sauce
6 oz Can tomato paste
7 tb Chilli spice mix
2 Bay leaves
3 tb Ground cumin
1 ts Ground oregano
1/4 ts Ground coriander
1/2 ts Beau Monde spice mix
1/2 ts Hot pepper sauce
1 ts Cayenne pepper
1 tb Honey
1 ts M.S.G.; very optional
1/2 ts Mole paste
1 ts Beef bouillon granules
1 ts Paprika
1/4 ts White pepper
1 ts Salt
1/2 ts Coarse black pepper
2 ts Masa harina (corn Flour)
1 #10 can Brooks Chilli Hot
- Beans; optional
Heat 1/2 cup of oil in a large pot. Add the onions,
green pepper, Jalapenos and green chilies and garlic;
saute until soft. Remove from pot and reserve.
Heat the remaining 1/2 cup oil. When very hot, add the
meat, cooking it in batches to prevent crowding, and
brown thoughly.
Drain off the Oil and fat and add the vegetables to
the meat. Add 3 cups of water, beer, tomato sauce,
tomato paste and chilli spice. Stir well as liquid
comes to a boil, then lower heat and simmer for 20
minutes.
Add remaining ingredients except for masa harina.
Mix masa with remaining cup of water while bringing
liquid to a boil again.
Slowly stir masa mixture into liquid. Lower heat,
partly cover pot and allow chilli to simmer for 2
hours, stirring often.
Add beans, if using, and heat, stirring to combine
until the beans are as hot as the chilli.
Serves 10 to 12
Recipe by Mitch Murdock; Rochester, IL - 1986 Illinois
State Chilli Champion
From:
http://www.masterstech-home.com
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