Subj : VFW/Legion was:Road Trip
To : Dave Drum
From : Ruth Haffly
Date : Tue Oct 08 2024 14:11:35
Hi Dave,
DD> I use Hershey's cocoa powder - not the drink mix. And I'm careful to
DD> keep The chcoclate flavour as an undertone. I mis-measured as a
DD> cook-off once and the judges sheets gigged me pretty hard for it.
RH> We'll take an Aldi Mosher Roth bar and melt it in.
DD> A whole segment? That seems a lot. But, hey, it's your chilli.
And not as noticeable as you would think, especially with the lesser
intense bars. 56% is good, not too sweet, not too bitter.
DD> 8<----- CUT ----->8
RH> Steve is eligible for both, having served in Occupied Berlin and South
RH> Korea. Our post building doesn't have a restaurant (or bar) but does
RH> have a decent commercial kitchen. For VFW and American Legion, the guys
RH> take turns cooking, don't know what the Marine Corps League does. Our
RH> Auxiliary president usually cooks for our meeting; she's a widow and
RH> kids are out of the house but she still likes to cook in quantity so
RH> we're well fed. (G)
DD> I did my whole hitch after boot camp in Memphis. Only time I got
DD> outside the friendly confines was on an around-the-world training
DD> flight with some weekend warriors making sure they got their "flight
DD> pay". Didn't get to see much of the world since the inside of one
DD> military base looks much
DD> like any other. And the mess halls are very similar.
And any time you're on a base/post/air field, etc, you're considered to
be on US soil. Too bad you couldn't get out "on the economy" and try a
local eatery in each place, probably would have opened your eyes to new
foods/flavors long before Fido Cooking Echo existed. (G)
DD> 1 lb Dry navy beans
DD> 4 qt Water; divided
DD> 1 1/2 lb Italian sausage; 1/4" slices
DD> 29 oz Chicken broth; 2 cans
DD> 2 c Yellow onion; chopped
DD> 1 1/2 c Carrots; thin sliced
DD> 15 oz Can whole kernel corn
DD> 1 tb Minced parsley
DD> 1 1/2 ts Italian seasoning
Another one I can't make for us because of the corn. Last week I pulled
a container just labeled "chili" and a date out of the freezer. It
wasn't one I'd made--very mild, lots of beans, little meat and no heat
but not a bad flavor. Thing is, neither of us can remember where we
picked it up. (G)
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Catch you later,
Ruth
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