On my way home from the banquet tonight, I was still under the impression that it was going to snow tomorrow. (Silly me!) I stopped at the supermarket and bought the ingredients for a yummy chili recipe that my sister e-mailed me this week. Even though it now looks like all we’ll get tomorrow is more rain, it should still be a good day for chili.

I’m not sure where this recipe came from, and I haven’t found it on Google. But I’ll post it for you tomorrow after I’ve tested it. It’s not like my usual chili recipes (or the mixes I usually buy) for a couple of reasons. For one thing, it’s not a long-cooking recipe. It does involve a lot of prep work, and the meat is initially cooked through separate from the seasonings. But once everything is in the pot together, the flavor base and canned beans cook for only about 10 minutes. Then the pork and a few fresh ingredients are added at the very last minute.
It’s also unusual in that there is no chili powder. The recipe uses sweet and jalapeno peppers, and cumin, but no chili powder per se.

My sister was intrigued at the inclusion of chopped semisweet chocolate. But chocolate is added to Mexican foods like mole sauce, and when I was looking on Google just now I found several other chili recipes that include it.

Anyway, it sounds terrific and I can’t wait to try it. I’ll let you know how it turns out.

Looking at the recipe just now, I have realized that I forgot to buy an onion. Assuming that it doesn’t snow, I’ll go get it first thing tomorrow. If it does snow, I’ll just double up on the garlic and call it even.