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Title: Line Camp Chili
Categories: Beef, Chili
Yield: 23 Servings

2 lb Ground beef
1/2 Can pinto beans (15 oz);
- drained
2 cl Garlic; chopped
2 ts Cumin
2 ts Chili powder
2 tb Flour
1 ts Salt; to taste
1/4 ts Pepper
1/4 ts Paprika

In a large pot, brown meat and garlic. Combine and mix well all dry
ingredients, add to meat in pot--mix well; add enough water to cover.
Simmer over medium-low heat for about 2 hours. During last 15 minutes
of cooking add pinto beans for chili con carne, if desired.

Recipe by South of the Border Tex-Mex Cookin by Les Blair, 1995

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Title: Line Camp Chili
Categories: Beef, Chili
Yield: 23 Servings

2 lb Ground beef
1/2 Can pinto beans (15 oz);
- drained
2 cl Garlic; chopped
2 ts Cumin
2 ts Chili powder
2 tb Flour
1 ts Salt; to taste
1/4 ts Pepper
1/4 ts Paprika

Tip: If you ever make this the accepted ratio of chilli spice mix to
meat is one tablespoon powder per pound of meat. The author got the
cumin ratio correct - even if s/he was stingy with the beans.

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Title: Alabama Picnic Chilli
Categories: Chilli, Vegetables, Herbs, Chilies, Stews
Yield: 12 Servings

5 lb Coarse-ground beef
1 lg Onion; diced fairly fine
1/2 c Green bell pepper; diced
2 tb GFS or Minor's beef base
1 ts Cocoa (Nestle or Hershey) *
5 ts Garlic granules
1 tb Ground cumin
48 oz Can tomato juice
5 tb + (3 ts) chilli spice
1/2 ts Fresh black pepper

* NOT the hot chocolate drink mix with sugar and other
nasties that don't go well in my chilli.

Here is one of mine that is a good starting point for
experimenting. I use my own chilli mix... but Gebhardt's,
Mexene or Chilli Man will work pretty well. Ray's Chilli
owner says he is bringing out a line of chilli mix as soon
as he finds a spice company to mix and package to his
recipe. Apparently it has different requirements from using
spices to can chilli.

Combine the beef base, tomato juice, chopped veggies, cocoa
and 4 teaspoons of powdered garlic in a dutch oven over a low
(simmer) flame.

Divide the hamburger into three more-or-less equal batches
and brown it in a separate skillet. Add 1 teaspoon of chilli
spice per batch. When browned and crumbled drain excess fat
and add to dutch oven. Repeat until all ground beef is in
the chilli pot. Add the black pepper to the chilli pot.

Stir in 1 tablespoon per pound of meat of the chilli powder
(5 Tb for this batch). Cover pot and let simmer, stirring
once in a while. When the onions and peppers are cooked
(about 1 1/2 hr) taste the pot.

You will probably find that you'll need to add the remaining
tablespoon of garlic powder and the tablespoon of ground
cumin. You may also want to add an additional tablespoon of
chilli powder at this time. Trust me on the garlic and
cumin. It adds the final kick.

For those desiring a hotter product add cayenne until your
lips turn numb and your sinuses drain if you like. I made
this batch extra-mild in deference to picnic attendees who
don't handle heat real well. Sadly, Maya Houston thought it
was still too hot after she tasted a spoonful.

As noted - this recipe starts extra mild as a base line in
deference to the non chile heads for whom I made it. Add
heat or chipotles to suit yourself. Black or pinto beans
will work - add them AFTER the chilli is cooked.

From: Uncle Dirty Dave's Kitchen
Posted By: Dave Drum, xrated@cityscape.net
Post Date: Sun, 19 Sep 1999

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Re: Re: Line Camp Chili
By: Dave Drum to Ben Collver on Fri Mar 14 2025 05:20:00

Tip: If you ever make this the accepted ratio of chilli spice mix to
meat is one tablespoon powder per pound of meat. The author got the
cumin ratio correct - even if s/he was stingy with the beans.

I thought the Line Camp Chili recipe looked kind of plain too. I would probably end up tasting it and deciding that it needed to be "corrected."

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Title: Chili Con Carne, Texas Style
Categories: Chili
Yield: 1 Batch

1 1/2 c Pinto beans; washed
2 qt Water
1 1/2 lb Chuck; cut into cubes
1 c Onion; chopped
1 lb Can tomatoes; undrained
1 cl Garlic; split
3 sl Bacon
1 tb Flour
1 1/2 tb Chili powder
1 tb Salt
1 c Bean water; reserved

Cover beans with cold water; let soak overnight. Drain water off beans
place in a large pot with 2 quarts water. Bring to a boil, then lower
heat and let simmer, covered, about 90 minutes or until beans are
tender. Drain beans, reserving 1 cup liquid. Cut up bacon; fry for 2
minuytes in large heavy skillet or Dutch oven; add chuck--brown well
on all sides. Remove bacon and chuck and set aside. Add onion and
garlic to skillet; saute about 5 minutes until tender; remove from
heat; stir in flour, reserved bean liquid, tomatoes, chili powder,
and salt. Bring to a boil, stirring; add chuck and bacon back in.
Lower heat, simmer 1 hour longer or until chuck is tender.

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Tip: If you ever make this the accepted ratio of chilli spice mix to
meat is one tablespoon powder per pound of meat. The author got the
cumin ratio correct - even if s/he was stingy with the beans.

I thought the Line Camp Chili recipe looked kind of plain too. I would probably end up tasting it and deciding that it needed to be
"corrected."

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Title: Chili Con Carne, Texas Style
Categories: Chili
Yield: 1 Batch

1 1/2 c Pinto beans; washed
2 qt Water
1 1/2 lb Chuck; cut into cubes
1 c Onion; chopped
1 lb Can tomatoes; undrained
1 cl Garlic; split
3 sl Bacon
1 tb Flour
1 1/2 tb Chili powder
1 tb Salt
1 c Bean water; reserved

They got the ratios right. I'm surprised to see a recipe claiing Texas
roots with a call for beans. Texans tend to be very chauvinistic about
beans in their chilli. Personally I think they're just parroting part of
the wise cook's tip "Don't cook your beans inn the chilli." Which is good advice - if you try you'll ruin both the beans and the chilli.

Add the beans *after* the chilli is cooked then taste for any necessary
tweaks that need to be made after the beans and their gravy have changed
the flavour profile. I had a guy at a chilli cook-off one time telling
mr "Beans don'y berlong in chilli" while spooning pintos into his bowl
of red. Go figger.

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Title: 1975 ICS World Championship Winning Chilli
Categories: Five, Beef, Vegetables, Chilies, Stews
Yield: 3 Servings

1 lb Ground beef
1 oz Pkg Chilli Man Chilli Mix *
8 oz Can Hunts tomato sauce
ds Tabasco sauce

Brown ground beef in heavy skillet. Stir in contents of
chilli mix and add tomato sauce. Simmer for 1 hour and
add Tabasco.

* Joe DeFrates originally developed the Chilli Man Mix
(the Illinois spelling of Chilli) and sold it, packaged,
under that name from the 1950s until he sold the recipe
to the Milnot Co. of Litchfield, IL, in the 1970s. It is
available today in most midwestern states under the
original name. The actual ingredients of the chilli mix
are not available.

A FURTHER NOTE: You can believe that this is the actual
recipe if you like. But, no chilli cook *ever* gives out
the exact recipe that he used. And the original chilli
spice mix that Joe probably did use is no longer
available - so, use Gebhardt or Mexene or whatever your
favourite is. - UDD

From: http://www.chilicookoff.com

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That would not fly in any sanctioned cook-off ... The ICS defines raditional Red Chili as "any kind of meat, or combination of meats,
cooked with red chili peppers, various spices, and other ingredients. Beans and non-vegetable fillers such as rice and pasta are not allowed." OFFICAL CASI RULES:

I suppose when there are tens of thousands of dollars of prize money at stake and large groups of people with travel expenses, it is important
to have serious rules about cooking beans (or no beans).

It's mostly so that contestants know what the playing field consists of.
And it make the judges lives easier. Not counting transportation to and
from it still costs a fair whack of treasure to enter a chilli cook-off.

Ground beef (the most common meat) is $4 or more per pound and a cook-off
batch will require 3 pounds minimum. Then you factor in the chilli spice
mix, vegetables, herbs, etc and add the entry fee, propane for the Colman stove, washing up supplies and you're looking at sixty to seventy dollars
to make a pot of red to give away.

And if you're from ot of town transport and lodging add to that bite from
your budget.

I've quit cooking in competitions. Being a judge lets you hang with a big
herd of chilli folks, lets you try some really good (and some "spiters")
bowls of chilli without sending you to the poor house.

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Title: Shotgun Willie Chilli
Categories: Chilli, Stews, Beef, Chilies
Yield: 12 Servings

6 lb Prime Beef; cubed or coarse
- ground
4 md Onions; fine diced
15 oz Can tomato Sauce
6 lg New Mexico dried chile pods
6 lg Pasilla dried chile pods
4 c Beef broth
2 tb Vinegar
1 ts Tabasco
16 tb Gebhardt Chilli Powder
2 tb Ground cumin
1 ts Cayenne pepper
1 tb MSG
1/2 ts Sugar
14 cl Garlic; crushed
1 c Water
1 1/2 tb Oregano leaves
2 tb (to 3 tb) Wesson Oil
Salt & black pepper

Remove stems and seeds from pepper pods and boil chile
peppers in water for approximately one hour until pulp
separates from skin. Scrape pulp from skin, mash into a
paste. Use 1 1/2 cups of this paste in recipe.

In the 1 cup of water, bring the 1 1/2 tablespoons oregano
leaves to boil, steep like tea. Strain, add the strained
liquid to chilli mixture.

Brown beef, a small batch at a time in hot oil adding onions
and black pepper to each batch. Remove meat to chili pot as
it browns. Add remaining ingredients, blend well. Cover and
simmer 2 hours, stirring occasionally.

1985 ICS World Championship recipe

FROM: Carol Hancock, winner 1985

From: http://www.chilicookoff.com/Winner/wc_1985

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Re: Re: Line Camp Chili
By: Dave Drum to Ben Collver on Tue Mar 18 2025 10:18:00

I've quit cooking in competitions. Being a judge lets you hang with a big herd of chilli folks, lets you try some really good ...
bowls of chilli without sending you to the poor house.

Where do you cook the chili? I've always imagined it was an outdoor affair with propane burners and dutch ovens or giant stock pots.

Here's a recipe Michael Loo posted:

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Title: Hellish Relish
Categories: Condiment, Relish
Yield: 16 Servings

1 lb Habanero peppers; seeded,
- minced
2 tb Lemon juice
2 tb Lime juice
2 cl Garlic; minced
2 tb Raw horseradish;
- finely grated
1 tb Fresh dill weed; chopped
1/4 c Olive oil

In a large bowl, stir together the peppers, lemon juice, lime juice,
garlic, horseradish, dill weed, and olive oil. Transfer to a sealed
container and refrigerate for 2 hours before serving.

Recipe by allrecipes.com

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I've quit cooking in competitions. Being a judge lets you hang with a big herd of chilli folks, lets you try some really good ...
bowls of chilli without sending you to the poor house.

Where do you cook the chili? I've always imagined it was an outdoor affair with propane burners and dutch ovens or giant stock pots.

Some cook-offs are outdoors, some are in gymnasiums or banquet halls
If you're cookin g out doors be sure to have a pop-up canopy so birdy
birdy in the sky drops no whitwash in your eye. Bv)=

Here's a recipe Michael Loo posted:

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Title: Filet of Skate w/Red Peppers, Potatoes, Capers & Ham
Categories: Seafood, Potatoes, Vegetables, Pork, Citrus
Yield: 4 Servings

2 Red bell peppers; cored,
- sliced in 1 cm strips
1 Lemon; juice only
1 tb Flour
6 tb Olive oil
2 ts Capers; small or minced
350 g New potatoes; cooked, sliced
25 g Unsalted butter
4 (175g ea) skate filets
6 sl Bayonne ham; in thin strips
Mixed salad leaves
Salt & fresh ground white
- pepper

Core and halve the peppers lengthwise, remove the seeds
and cut into 1 cm (1/2 in) slices lengthwise.

Mix the lemon juice with 4 T olive oil and season with
salt and pepper.

Fry the peppers in a little olive oil, colouring and
softening slightly, then mix with the potatoes and capers.

Dust the skate with flour, brush with butter and season
with salt and pepper. Preheat a frying pan and brush with
olive oil. Set the wings in the pan, presentation side
down, and fry quickly for 2 min, then turn and cook for 1
min more. Meanwhile, heat another pan and fry the ham in
virtually no fat, cooking and tossing until crisp. Divide
the potatoes and peppers between the plates. Toss the
salad leaves in a little dressing and arrange on top. Sit
the skate on the leaves and spoon the crisp ham over the
top.

Fileting skate is quite unusual: skate wings are normally
cooked on the bone but it really suits this dish.

It's a simple recipe with not too many flavours, just
enough to help each other. Bayonne is a cured ham usually
made in Orthez near Bearn in south-west France. It has a
similar texture to Parma ham but the flavours are
different. Bayonne is usually lightly smoked to lift the
taste. If you can't find any, substitute Parma ham. Cut
the thin slices into 1 cm (1/2 in) strips ready to fry
until crisp.

http://www.mitchell.demon.nl/

From: Michael Loo

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Re: Re: Line Camp Chili
By: Dave Drum to Ben Collver on Thu Mar 20 2025 05:53:34

Some cook-offs are outdoors, some are in gymnasiums or banquet halls
If you're cookin g out doors be sure to have a pop-up canopy...

Makes sense. I've only been to a scout camp chili cookoff and that was
done outdoors. It was a small, informal affair. They did it the last
day of camp. Looking back, i wonder whether that was to avoid any repercussions.

Title: Filet of Skate w/Red Peppers, Potatoes, Capers & Ham

Now i'm swimming with the sharks!

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Title: Rainbow Jelly Fish
Categories: Appetizers, Chinese, Seafood
Yield: 1 Batch

150 g Dried jelly fish
1 Red pepper
1/4 Yam bean or turnip (optional)
2/3 Cucumber
2/3 Celery rib
1/3 Carrot
1 tb Sesame seeds
1 1/4 ts Salt
1 ts Sugar
2 ts Sesame oil

From a booklet put out by the Hong Kong Tourist Association in
celebration of the 1986 Hong Kong Food Festival. These are the
winning chefs and their winning recipes. The chefs are all ethnic
Chinese from all over Asia, but the recipes really run the gamut,
from traditional Chinese food to dishes like Shark's Fin Soup to
things like "Lamb Fillets with Morels" which is Western in
inspiration and presentation.

Some of the recipes should have the caveat "Don't try this at home,
kids", mainly because of the amount of preparation involved. This
first one, an appetizer plate consisting of 7 mini-courses, falls
into that category. It's presented in one of those round, segmented
lazy-susan type serving things. Very striking. Any one of these
dishes would be suitable for a main course in a Chinese meal.

Chef: Ng Wang-chau

Twenty-eight old, Hong Kong-born Mr. Ng has worked in three of Hong
Kong's leading Sichuanese restaurants since he began his career 14
years ago. Apart from creating this Award-winner, he is also
renowned for his pan-fried spiny lobster.

Establishment: Ziyang Szechuen Restaurant G/F., 45D Chatham Road
South, Tsimshatsui, Kowloon.

Chinese Cuisine Practical Class Platinum Award - Appetizer [Chinese
characters for dish name deleted. S.C.] Circle Game (12 servings)
Chef.- Ng Wang-chau (Ziyang Szechuen Restaurant)

The literal translation, "Turning Around Life", prompts a host
meaningful connotations for this Sichuanese starter. Seven
mini-courses, composed of contrasting flavours, represent the
varying moods, as well as the seven stages, of a person's life. An
alternative translation - "Life is a Merry-go round" - captures the
spirit of the theme, and its presentation, so appropriately on a
turntable. Each of the individual dishes, which could be served
separately or a few at a time, also have their own particular
mythological and dietary connotations.

Soak jelly fish in very hot (but not boiling) water for
approximately 3 minutes until it curls. Then rinse under cold
running water for approximately 1 hour until it expands. Drain and
cut into strips.

Shred vegetable ingredients, and blanch slightly in boiling water.
Then rinse under cold running water until they are cold, and drain.

Stir-fry sesame seeds in a dry wok until they are golden.

Mix jelly fish and vegetables with salt, sugar and sesame oil.

Sprinkle sesame seeds over mixture.

Recipe by Chef Ng Wang-chau

Recipe FROM: Champion Recipes of the 1986 Hong Kong Food Festival,
Hong Kong Tourist Association, 1986

Posted by: Stephen Ceideberg, Oct 26 1992

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