MaPat wrote: > Chili is made from very few ingredients: > Meat (beef or venison) cut (NEVER ground) into small dice > Water > Garlic > Onions > Masa > Salt > Chili peppers <snip> > As I said, Texans take their chili serious! Pat I will be witness: this makes the most wonderful chili there is. I get homesick just reading the recipe. And while beef makes a good chili, venison makes the best without exception. Catharine