Saturday, December 29, 2007

My Recipe Box...sort of....





Over at the Mason-Dixon blog Kay and Ann are having a recipe box challenge. I just couldn't resist, even though I don't actually have a recipe box. So I took a quick picture of the shelf that houses all my cooking stuff (note the ancient Betty Crocker cook book! It's missing a few pages but I can't bring myself to throw it out). Anyway...I keep most of the family recipes in the small recipe keeper. The recipe I've decided to share is my grandmother's chili recipe.

The story goes something like this: When my parents were first married...back in the fifties, my mom offered to make my dad some chili because he loved it so much. That night my mom served up her own version of chili and my dad ate several helpings,... and,.... well,.... let's just say my mom has never been the greatest cook. My poor papa spent the next 24 hours 'indisposed'.

After that my poor mom decided to call dad's mom for her chili recipe. (Never did understand why she didn't do that in the first place. But then it wouldn't have been an often told family story, poor mom.) Anyway, grandma's recipe was a favorite of my dad, me, and now my family.

So here it is, my grandmother's chili:

3 cans kidney beans or piquito beans, use liquid from 2 of the cans.
1 lb hamburger
1 large onion, chopped
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 large can italian stewed tomatoes
2 cans tomato paste
1 teaspoon cumin
1/2 teaspoon ground red pepper
2-3 teaspoons chili powder (to taste)

In a large pot, brown hamburger and onions. Add beans, tomatoes, and tomato paste. Stir over medium heat until well blended. Add garlic, cumin, red pepper, and chili powder. Simmer over low heat for 30 minutes. Add onions and grated cheese on top to serve..it's also great for chili dogs!

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2 Comments:

Blogger Kay said...

Love seeing the handwritten recipe, and also appreciate that you typed it out!

Covet the old Betty Crocker! xoxo Kay

December 29, 2007 at 8:48 PM  
Blogger Rooie said...

My mom had that Betty Crocker cookbook. I think my brother snaffled it when she died, though I may be wrong and it may still be in a box somewhere in my house. I know we wouldn't have let that one go. My mom had a huge bookcase in the kitchen to hold all her cookbooks so we couldn't keep 'em all.

January 1, 2008 at 10:44 AM  

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