best brands of canned chili - Page 1
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author: coppercone2
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timestamp: July 26, 2025, 07:13:50 pm
content: We live in a unique world where its almost economical to buy cans online, and canned chili is good enough to bother at least partially stocking.What are the best brands of chili ?Or freeze dried, if it exists.

author: David Hess
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timestamp: July 26, 2025, 09:08:19 pm
content: Dennison's Chili, although it is only distributed in the western US.

author: iMo
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timestamp: July 26, 2025, 09:35:42 pm
content: Carolina Reaper chili - if you can get it canned. I got a small bottle with it, and I recommend it..

author: Analog Kid
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timestamp: July 26, 2025, 10:00:55 pm
content: I probly eat more canned chili than I should. I find the following brands to be good:HormelNalleyCampbell'sI've bought Southgate, el cheapo stuff (both beef & chicken), at the dollar store. It's tolerable, but not as good as the above.My normal procedure is to grate a bunch of sharp cheddar cheese over the chili.And the ultimate: serve w/cornbread.

author: coppercone2
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timestamp: July 26, 2025, 10:52:02 pm
content: Hormel tastes like bitter to me, I ate too much of it. It is no longer appetizing

author: Analog Kid
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timestamp: July 26, 2025, 11:17:27 pm
content: Quote from: coppercone2 on July 26, 2025, 10:52:02 pmThat might be true of any (canned) chili, eaten enough repeatedly.The only chili I never got tired of was what they served at the (now gone) Bagdad Cafe in San Francisco.With cornbread, of course.

author: coppercone2
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timestamp: July 26, 2025, 11:48:01 pm
content: i think they add masa to it

author: Stray Electron
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timestamp: July 27, 2025, 03:31:17 am
content: FWIW I've made a lot of chili from the various kits in the grocery stores and some of them included masa flour but I couldn't say that it tasted any different than the kits without masa.Most of the canned chili is much too greasy for my taste. I brown my ground beef and then drain the grease and oil off and then add the other ingredients and make my own chili.

author: coppercone2
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timestamp: July 27, 2025, 05:19:13 am
content: I prefer making it too, if I have the energy to deal with the dried peppers and stuff.cans are so god damn lazy but you pay in the bathroom

author: David Hess
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timestamp: July 27, 2025, 12:11:49 pm
content: We usually make a box of macaroni and cheese, with a two slices extra of Velveeta cheese, combine it with a can of chili, and add a couple of cut up hot dogs. I am not fond enough of chili to eat it by itself.

author: Stray Electron
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timestamp: July 27, 2025, 12:21:19 pm
content: Both of my kids love Mac and Cheese mixed with Chile but I'm not that big of a fan of Mac and Cheese.

author: themadhippy
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timestamp: July 27, 2025, 01:14:43 pm
content: Quotemake a large batch, its just the same amount of work and freeze it in individual portionsQuoteBut have you tried proper macaroni cheese,not the powdered box travesty. Make a proper cheese sauce with real ,not skool bus coloured plastic, cheese poured over cooked macaroni and then grilled to brown the top.

author: David Hess
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timestamp: July 27, 2025, 01:24:24 pm
content: Quote from: Stray Electron on July 27, 2025, 12:21:19 pmWell, maybe that is why we add the Velveeta to the cheese mix. When I make it, I use a whisk attached to my drill to mix the cheese; I try to use power tools for everything I cook.

author: coppercone2
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timestamp: July 27, 2025, 04:18:22 pm
content: you can get undyed american cheese. It's white.that cheese is cultural identity, people need to lay off. There is plenty of weird processed foods from other cultures that are not particularly healthy either , but some how they are acceptable.Though, it says the velveta cheese was substantially different, made out of other cheeses, long ago, and it got changed by 90s walstreet winner takes all mentality.This recipe seems to adhere to the historical record of original velveeta: (colby, swiss and cheddar, as per the advertisement)https://gregkantner.com/blog/archives/6292It hardly seems diabolical1 cup of boiling water6 Tablespoons of milk powder1/3 lb cheddar cheese, grated1/3 lb colby cheese, grated1/3 lb swiss cheese, grated1.5 tsp gelatin (like Knox® Unflavored Gelatin)