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Egon, Just hang in there buddy it takes a while to change your habits. I'm definitely not starving BUT I am making changes to what I eat as well as how much. Mostly I have substituted fruit (and...

Bird, I got a surprise yesterday. I had been hoping I would get my waist down to 38 (from decades of 42) so finding pants at good prices would be easier. Well, I tried on a pair of 38's... not a good...

Bird, I was in the 250-260 category and am now at or just below 210. I picked a goal with no particular connection to reality. I picked 200 lbs. While at the doctor's for results of a blood test due...

...and the argument rages on... does chili have beans in it? Well, maybe.

Chili con carne is as the name translates is chili with meat so meat sounds like an optional ingredient. (OK, not totally...

Well the V-8 was at least an independent discovery of my wife and I if not the first discovery of its employ in chili.

We can't take any credit for the "alternative" pecan pie except liking it and...

Although I like kidney beans just fine and don't mind them as chili, I sure don't recommend then as frijoles refritos!

I'm glad you liked my suggestion regarding the V-8. I have used significant...

Not to worry. I have made chili with all kidney beans and it is just fine. That of course is a matter of taste and some folks may not like it as well. It will certainly NOT be a disaster.

Pat

I was used to hearing the chili called bricks as in a brick of chili. They were cast in molds and had a little tallow or fat, colored from the spices, to seal the brick in and make it air tight.
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I still recall the terrific tamales my dad used to buy in Saint Louis from vendors pushing carts down the street. This was before I was in school but I still recall them, what a treat!

They were...