We make our own good chili when we want a bowl of chili to eat, but we also occasionally want a little chili to put on hot dogs, or I like good tamales with chili on them. I've tried Wolf Brand, Hormel, Great Value, and Bush's canned chili; none of which deserve to be called chili in my opinion.
Does anyone know of a brand of canned chili deserving of the title?
Of those I listed, and although I'm not impressed with any of them, I tend to like the Hormel best.
I've not been able to find really good tamales; at least not as good as what we used to make ourselves, but recently one of the Walmarts near us has started handling Pedro's Fiesta Tamales from Lubbock. I've tried some of the other brands Walmart sells and didn't care for them, but a half dozen Pedro's with half a can of chili poured over them, and a few saltines, makes a good lunch. [img]/forums/images/icons/tongue.gif[/img]
Bird if you just go to a walmart in Douglas or Nogales. There will be several Mexican women selling homemade tamales out of their cars. Never had the courage to try any of em. But they are authentic for sure. Might be donkey meat though. I made the mistake of getting some chili at a Windys not too long ago. It had so much sugar in it I thought it was icecream.
Jim, I'd be inclined to bet those are good tamales those ladies are selling. When I was a kid, in a couple of towns at least, there were men who walked around town pushing little carts selling tamales, and good ones, too. We used to have next door neighbors with whom we are still friends who are of Mexican heritage, but born and raised in Kansas City. The tamales they made (and we helped them a couple of years) were entirely different from TexMex, but very good.
I can understand being a bit cautious about buying from individuals in a parking lot, but I'd probably have to try some of those tamales. In Texas, we sometimes have pickups or vans parked alongside the road selling fresh shrimp. Naturally a lot of people are afraid to buy from such temporary sellers, but quite a few years ago a University (Texas A&M, if I remember right) did a little study, expecting to find those shrimp weren't too safe, but after the study concluded they were better than most of what you buy in the grocery store. [img]/forums/images/icons/laugh.gif[/img]
Back to the chili, I use Hormel mostly. I didn't want to mention any particular brand earlier, but their "chili" takes the additional spices pretty well.
Tamales- that's another story. We can't find really good ones, although the local church's youth group makes some mighty tasty ones from time to time!
Yuk, yuk and more yuk! I've tried them all too and I can't find one that I like either. The one that I can tolerate on hot dogs is Bush's Chili (you know from Bush's baked bean people). I wouldn't eat it in a bowl with crackers, only as a topper for hot dogs. I'm very picky when it comes to chili.
I love Wendy's chili too!
I use Bush's best for chili dogs. I guess you just have to spice up canned chili a bit to make it taste like homemade. It is just a matter of adding some spices and flavorings to me. I do not know about you but it is good enough for me.
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