MMMM Frito Pie.

[texas1928]

MMMMMMMMMM

[philosophie_en_rose]

1. What is a Frito Pie?

:shrug:

[texas1928]

3. Frito Corn Chips with Chili and Cheese on them.

It is quite good.

[philosophie_en_rose]

23. Sounds interesting...

Wouldn't the fritos get all soggy and gross? What do they add to the chili?

[texas1928]

30. just chili.

And some of them do but it adds to the flavor.

[Orangepeel]

33. no more than regular nachos

:9

[philosophie_en_rose]

37. Hmm....

I'm intrigued and a little repulsed by the idea of Fritos and chili. However, I think I'll try it.

Maybe tortilla chips would work as well with chili and cheese.

[texas1928]

40. Nope has to be Fritos.

and do not get the chili with beans in it.

[xmas74]

54. I use my own chili.

Sometimes it has beans, sometimes it doesn't. And sometimes it is beans only-no meat.
It really doesn't make a difference-it's all just according to your taste.

[BikeWriter]

61. ACK! BEANS?

[xmas74]

64. We eat vegetarian fare at least 3x a week.

Sometimes my chili has beans only for exactly that reason.
I prefer it w/ some meat (real meat-not hamburger) but if you doctor it up w/ alot of spices and peppers it's not so bad. And I make it w/ alot of fresh tomatoes too.
I figure it's a tastier way for my daughter to eat vegetarian fare.

[BikeWriter]

73. Sweetheart, if it's a matter of veggie committment I understand...

but as a pure matter of flavor the pro-bean factor is going to lose!

[texas1928]

93. BUT BUT Vegan Chili

That is not chili, it is just a spicy soup.

[BikeWriter]

96. A point well made, Brother. Beans in a veggie broth is not Chili...

Tofu? I think not!

[BikeWriter]

55. They fought that bean/no bean war in Terlingua for years.

[Orangepeel]

41. chili and cheese on tortilla chips would also be good

but try it with fritos!

[philosophie_en_rose]

51. Okay, but tortillas would be healthier.

:)

But somehow that seems to be missing the point of the recipe. :)

A healthier version with tortillas and beans seems more appealing, but I'll try authentic frito pie at least once.

[BikeWriter]

Has to be Fritos to be real Frito Pie.

[Ron Green]

2. Oh, yeah. At my first job (Dairy Queen, 1964) we would slit the edge of a

5-cent bag of Fritos, put in the chili and cheese (onion optional,) and sell it for 15 cents.

[texas1928]

4. It is the best on a cold friday night at a Foot ball game.

I loved getting Frito Pies as a kid at DQ or at the Ball game.

[Ron Green]

6. I prefer to lightly crush the bag before opening.

[texas1928]

10. Some people like them that way

But I like my fritos whole. To each his own. either way I will not turn down a good frito pie.

[Ron Green]

14. How about salted peanuts in a bottle of Dr. Pepper?

I fondly remember several weird Texas junk foods.

[texas1928]

16. No man it is salted peanuts in a bottle of Coke.

That is good. Have you ever tried it?

[Ron Green]

19. Coke??? Not if you're a real Texan.

It's Dr. Pepper all the way, preferably bottled in Stephenville, or somewhere they still use the old recipe.

[texas1928]

20. I was born and raised in Texas.

It was Coke as long as I can remember. DP is to sweet for that. And it is bottled in Dublin, Tx. They still use Pure Cane Sugar. And that DP is great. But you always put peanuts in Coke.

[BikeWriter]

22. I was bored and raised in Texas City, Texas, a couple of blocks...

from Texas Avenue. I like peanuts in Coke, but I liked them in a big Nehi Orange soda water, too.

[BikeWriter]

21. Used to have the old RC Colas, too.

[Ron Green]

25. Yep. RC Cola, Nehi, Big Red and Sun-Drop.

"Coca-Cola" always seemed foreign and yankified to me, although I know it was an Atlanta product.

[BikeWriter]

26. I liked them all. Sometimes a little Coke was the best, though...

They sell the short bottles at my liquor store and I always buy a few.

[texas1928]

32. There was a drug store in my town that sells the small bottles of Coke...

Out of the old coke machines. Those things get a little frost in them when you open them they are so cold. Oh those are the best.

[BikeWriter]

35. Yep, they seem to be a little bit sweeter or something. :-)

[texas1928]

39. On a hot and humid day they hit the spot.

I loved those, and how about an old fashioned coke float? Those are the best, too.

[BikeWriter]

46. I haven't had a coke float in years. I'll have to pick up ice cream. :-)

[texas1928]

50. I was thinking the same thing.

I may ahve to stop and get some vanilla ice cream. I got Coke at home.

[texas1928]

29. With a Moon Pie.

MMMMMMM. Good ol RC cold Cola.

[BikeWriter]

31. Yep, and I still have to have a Moon Pie now and then.

[texas1928]

36. Do you prefer the Chocolate covered or just the plain.

I like the Chocolate covered.

[BikeWriter]

48. Either one's okay by me.

[Redstone]

44. Here's your trivia for the day: There's no period after the "Dr"

in "Dr Pepper."

Truth.

Redstone

[trof]

38. Cigarette ashes in a bottle of Coke will get you drunk.

That was the 8th grade story at YWCA square dances.
I tried it.
Nothing happened.
Maybe I didn't have enough ashes?
;-)

[texas1928]

42. WTF?!?

I try to keep my ashes out of my drink. YUCK!!!
I think someone was playing you.

[trof]

45. Well, it was David Wininger.

He told me if you put cigarette ashes in a gir's coke it will get her drunk and it's kind of like Spanish Fly.
That's what he told me.

[BikeWriter]

49. David Wininger is a dork.

[BikeWriter]

24. Takes considerably less chewing that way.

[GOPisEvil]

53. THIS is the correct method of Frito Pie construction!

:thumbsup:

[Wapsie B]

5. Also called a Walking Taco in these parts.

[prole_for_peace]

7. LOVE LOVE LOVE frito pie.

it is even better when it is served in the frito bag. i don't know why but it tastes better (to me) that way.

[texas1928]

8. Yeah they always seem to be better that way.

Don't know why either. They always seemed so good when I was a kid at the football games, but when you do the same thing at home they just don't taste right.

[Lex]

9. Like this?

[texas1928]

11. Yep.

Just like that.

[Lex]

12. I've never had any before.

A sheltered life, I suppose.

[texas1928]

13. Oh man, you have got to try it.

It is the best.

[RPM]

65. or this?

[BikeWriter]

85. Mmm, that looks good. No beans, right?

[terrya]

15. "Gorge, stop rising"

I HATE frito pie. :shudder:

[Blue-Jay]

17. You'd like mine!

I stomp on the Fritos as if I'm making wine! Mmmmmmmm.

[texas1928]

18. Well I am sure it hates you too.

:eyes:

:P

[BikeWriter]

27. Why do you hate America?

[Redstone]

28. Oh, yes, Heart Attack In a Bowl!

(if you're being fancy. In the Fritos bag if you're not.)

Want to try the Northern version of Heart Attack In a Bowl? Go to Quebec and have some poutine...Dang, I love that stuff. And have a Michigan Burger while you're at it.

Redstone

[Madrone]

34. WTF

..is a Michigan burger?

[Redstone]

43. Oh, it's really cool. It has a sauce that's kind halfway

between brown gravy and tomato sauce, kinda thin, with real tiny bits of ground beef in it--sort of, but not really, like Cincinatti Chili sauce.

Anyway, they put the bottom half of the bun, the burger and the cheese in one of those styrofoam containers or a basket lined with waxed paper, and pour a ladleful of the sauce over it.

Then they put the hop half of the bun on, and poiur another ladleful of sauce on top of that!

Knife-and fork material, this. Just wonderful, if a bit salty.

You ever go up there, try the poutine and Michigan Burger (or hotdog) at a chain called La Belle Province.

Or the little tiny burgers at another chain called Dic-Ann's. I'm not giving away that secret, except to say that their little tiny burgers are NOT AT ALL like White Castle's little tiny burgers.

Redstone

[Madrone]

47. Well, this Michigan girl has never SEEN a Michigan burger!

Let alone heard of one! lol

I'm going there on Friday (airplane travel grumble grumble) - but not anywhere they have those. Must be a UP thing?

[Redstone]

68. It seems to be a Quebec thing. I suspect it has nothing

at all to do with Michigan, in fact I've asked people in Canada and they have no idea whatsoever where the "Michigan" name came from.

It must be like a Brooklyn "egg cream," which has no eggs and no cream in it.

Redstone

[tonekat]

80. You can get poutine at a roadside stand in N NYS too

in that extremely northern part of the state just under Canada north of the adirondacks where there is pretty much absolutely nothing.

[xmas74]

52. Sounds good.

I make mine w/ Fritos, chili and cheese. I also have lettuce, black olives, tomatoes, onions, jalapenos, salsa, guac and sour cream on the table. Then it becomes an entire meal-more like a taco salad.

[48pan]

56. Mmmmmmm is right. I'll have a bowl.

[sundog]

57. i finally clicked on this thread

and this is what all the fuss is about :eyes:

how do you say DRAMA :P

[BikeWriter]

58. Hey Sundog, Frito Pie is almost a religious thing to Texans! Are you...

knocking our religion? :p

[texas1928]

59. He does not know good stuff if it bit him.

I mean he does not like crawfish either.

[BikeWriter]

62. Why that's unAmerican!

[sundog]

60. yes

:P

[BikeWriter]

63. Oh, you're in for it now!

[sundog]

66. sooo scared

:scared:

:eyes:

[BikeWriter]

70. You'd better be, you're not that far away! We might hunt you down...

and have a chili cookoff! :-)

[texas1928]

78. We should force feed him...

Crawfish and Miller High Life.

[BikeWriter]

92. Hey, Bro, I'm all for that! We'll get his mind right! :-)

[texas1928]

94. We can have a crawfish boil.

MMMM I am hungry again.

[BikeWriter]

99. I know you're right, Pard. Remind me to give you my Cajun Chili...

recipe sometime. :-)

[texas1928]

102. Will do.

I need to make some chili this year. Right now it is to hot. Maybe this fall, for a Saturday during college football.

[BikeWriter]

105. Oh yeah, I know football is a big thing in your part of Texas...

(To anyone saying there's nothing else to have fun with, back off!)

[texas1928]

107. Well I just love College football.

Do not watch NFL. except for the playoffs, and the Super Bowl, but give me my college football.

[BikeWriter]

149. Yep, and I've seen Texas towns where everybody was at the game. :-)

[texas1928]

67. I say we go find him.

Yeah!!!

[BikeWriter]

71. Alright, Bro! This may wind up a serious thread!

[texas1928]

81. Nah

I am always threatening to go see Sundog, and be a rowdy customer.

[BikeWriter]

82. I'd think at the least we have to defend The Frito Pie, and Chili...

That could expend a couple hundred posts, for sure. As for Sundog, what would he know about Texas things?

[texas1928]

91. I know where he lives.

ELOL

:evilgrin:

[BikeWriter]

106. ROFLOL! We could show up on his door step with the fixin's then! :-)

[Redstone]

69. Frito pie certainly IS worth fussing about,

as is Cincinatti Five-Way chili, the cheesesteak hoagie, Beef on a Weck, speidies, raggedy ends, the Muffaletta, and any and all of the other wonderful regional food items you find around the America.

If we're going to get worked up about something, at least it ought to be something tasty and filling!

So there.

Redstone

[BikeWriter]

74. Redstone, my Brother... I have a very serious question to ask you...

It will not make me respect you any less, but it is something I'd respectfully like to ask your opinion on. Are you pro-bean or no bean on your Frito Pie?

[Redstone]

163. No beans. Unless, of course, the only chili around has beans.

Iknow that's an un-Texas-like accomodation, but hell, I figure chili with beans is at least better than no chili.

We don't make it with beans here, but I tell you, if someone wants to make me a dish of Cincinnati Five-way, I'll eat the damn beans and be perfectly happy! Lots of people wouldn't call the Cincinatti stuff real chili (because it isn't), but it's some good anyway.

Redstone

[BikeWriter]

166. That's a sensible answer. We take chili so seriously it's the...

official "state food."

[Left Is Write]

72. I like taco soup over Fritos.

But I usually eat it without Fritos.

[BikeWriter]

75. Mmm, taco soup... I have eaten delicious versions of that...

Do you, by chance, have recipes? :)

[Left Is Write]

88. Sure. I can post it or PM you.

[BikeWriter]

103. Thank you, Dear. I suspect this will be one of DUs longer threads...

The forthcoming recipes should all be archived and also posted in the cooking forums, though. This should be a scrumptious thread. :-)

[texas1928]

90. Is that like tortilla soup.

???

[Left Is Write]

100. No - no tortillas.

It's meat, beans (yes, beans!), tomatoes, taco seasoning, corn and stuff, served over Fritos (but as I said, I usually eat it without the Fritos, delicious though they are).

[texas1928]

101. Oh we make something like that.

But we take flour tortillas and tear them up in the soup.

[Turn CO Blue]

76. Mmmm Frito Pie. Mmmmmm Chili-cheese Coney from Sonic... n/t

[Ilsa]

77. Had some tonight! With beans in the chili. The hotel served it

for their free dinner. Yummy. Spicy and good.

[texas1928]

79. NO NO NO NONONO

NO BEANS!!! DADGUM THAT JUST RUINS IT!!!!

[BikeWriter]

84. Brother, this is more serious than I had thought...

[Ilsa]

87. It's a Marriott Inn, so maybe the

Mormons added the beans. I dunno.

[BikeWriter]

83. Say what? Is this up north somewhere? That's sacriligeous!

[Ilsa]

89. It's a Marriott Inn, so maybe the

Mormons provided the recipe and added the beans!

[BikeWriter]

95. Just a doggone minute! Mormons are from Utah, right? What...

would they know about Texas things like Chili and Frito Pie? Frito Pie don't have no beans!

[Catherine Vincent]

86. Yes, it is very good.

You've got me wanting some now!

[BikeWriter]

97. Alright, Sweet Lady. Welcome to the thread. :-)

[texas1928]

98. Yes she is a Texan so she knows.

[BikeWriter]

109. Alright, Brother. We have more backup showing up all the time...

...and I've done polls showing there are lots of Texans here, and there seem to be some non-Texans who know the TRUTH about Frito Pie and Chili.

[NoSheep]

104. Okay! Frito fucking Pie! Never dies! Bumper stickers should be issued!

:9

[texas1928]

108. Are you trying to say you are tired of seeing my thread?

If not, then :yourock:

If so come on put'em up.

[NoSheep]

110. Naw,man! I'm just blown away that Frito Pie is such a big hit!

If you have a business, I suggest hanging out a shingle that says, Free Frito Pie with every order over 200 dollars!:hi: :headbang:

[texas1928]

111. Don't think that will sell

But it is an idea

[NoSheep]

114. Sell, Hell! Look at this thread! You should write a damn cookbook!

:D

[BikeWriter]

120. Hee hee hee! :-)

[texas1928]

122. I don't know about that.

I like ribs and stuff like that but my favorite meal is ground meat in mushroom soup, on rice. I am not the gourmet chef. I like it simple and something that is wholesome.

[NoSheep]

130. The world NEEDS more cookbooks like that. Comfort food.

just sayin'.

[BikeWriter]

142. Damn right. I'm the only Texan I know who has exported food to...

Louisiana, and it was all comfort food. ;)

[BikeWriter]

115. Hey, Bro, I think we ought to look into it. I used to sell $600 a week...

in boudain to the Cajuns!

[texas1928]

119. It might work, but not here in Lubbock.

Now start it in a bigger city, and you could franchise from there.

[BikeWriter]

121. Those folks in Lubbock haven't tasted my Boudain, or our Frito Pie...

[BikeWriter]

112. Hey, hell yeah. We can do that. :-)

[texas1928]

116. We could do it the cheap way too.

Just the little bags of chili, and cheese, you would not need bowls. Onions if they want them. And some jalapenos if they really like it fired. I like to put tabasco on mine.

[BikeWriter]

118. Freakin A, sounds good to me, but my Boudain gig made lots of money, Bro..

[NoSheep]

113. Hell, this party's been goin' on since 2 pm eastern. In another hour, that

will be 12 hours of sustainable Frito Pie! Frito Lay might demand the use of a trademark after such exposure.

[BikeWriter]

117. Hey, we could negotiate...

[texanwitch]

123. I love Frito Pie, I want one now.

[texas1928]

124. I got one from Sonic today for lunch.

Man it was good.

[texanwitch]

128. Sonic has good frito pie.

:toast:

[texas1928]

129. It is good.

But their chili could be spicier.

[texanwitch]

132. I make mine with Wolf Brand Chili, no other kind.

:beer: go's good with Chili Pie too.

No beans. Chili with beans, not right.

[texas1928]

133. No beans in chili

I Likes beans, mixed in, but then I call it chile con carne. Now Chili con carne is good with corn bread.

[texanwitch]

134. I love beans.

Nothing like a big bowl of pinto beans.

[BikeWriter]

139. I love my pinto beans and corn bread, like no other love I've known.

:)

[texanwitch]

144. My mother told me her Mother made pinto beans on wash day.

The beans cooked slow, didn't need a lot of attention.

Pinto beans and corn bread, excellent combination.

[BikeWriter]

146. Yes'm, purrrrrrfect. When my Dad told Mom they were moving...

from Oklahoma to Texas back in the mid 1940s, she told him she'd just finish cooking the pot of beans she had simmering on the stove. He insisted she dump them out and they'd buy something to eat on the road, they were leaving immediately. Mama cried. She'd seen many days they didn't have a pot of beans or cornbread. I did so admire my Parents.

[BikeWriter]

140. You got it, Brother.

[BikeWriter]

138. "Chili with beans, not right." Brava!

[EstimatedProphet]

125. Thanks. Get me all hungry for Frito Pie...

Hard Times Chili in DC and surroundings makes a killer Frito Pie...man I miss it...

[texas1928]

126. Well you can make your own.

Just get some Frito's and some chili, BUT NO BEANS!!!, and some grated cheddar, little diced onion if you prefer, and chow down.

[EstimatedProphet]

135. Oh, I do, when I make a good pot of chili

Canned chili don't cut it IMO.

[texanwitch]

136. I have tried to make Chili, I just can't do it.

I have since given up.

Good homemade Chili is great, now I do make a excellent chicken fried steak.

[EstimatedProphet]

137. Here. Try this:

My chili recipe:

Effective Chili

3.75 lbs coarse grind ground chuck
1 large yellow onion, diced
1 lb red kidney beans (optional)
15 oz beef broth
15 oz chicken broth
24 oz can diced tomatoes
1 large tomato, diced
Cumin
Ground chipotle chile
Ground ancho chile
Ground Anaheim chile
Seasoned salt
Paprika
Fresh cilantro
Fresh thyme
Minced garlic
Rubbed sage
Ground oregano
1 bottle pale ale
2 oz Cabo Wabo Blanco tequila
2 oz malt vinegar
1 pork chop

Soak beans in 6 cups cold water overnight.

Brown ground chuck in a large (3 gal.) stock pot. While browning, begin first seasoning: add 1 tbsp. cumin, 1 tsp minced garlic, 1 tsp seasoned salt, ½ tsp chipotle and ancho chile. When brown, add diced tomatoes and onion, chicken and beef stock. Drain water from beans; add beans. Add porkchop.

Begin second seasoning: mince 4-5 8-inch stalks cilantro and thyme; add to mixture. Add 2 tbsp. cumin, 1 tbsp. minced garlic, 1 tbsp. seasoned salt, 1 tsp chipotle and ancho chile, 1 tsp sage, 1 tsp oregano, 1 tbsp paprika. Add pale ale and malt vinegar. Bring to boil.

When boiling, begin third seasoning: mince 4-5 8-inch stalks cilantro and thyme, and add to mixture. Add 1 tbsp. cumin, 1 tbsp paprika, 1 tsp seasoned salt, ½ tsp chipotle and ancho chile. Boil for ½ hour covered. Reduce heat to simmer, uncover.

Begin final seasoning: add ½ tsp Anaheim chile. Add tequila. Simmer until thick stew-about 1 to 2 hours.

[texanwitch]

141. Great Chili recipe, many thanks.

I will make it this weekend, this may be the one.

Everyone I know can make Chili but me, I like the herbs in the recipe.

:hug: :woohoo:

[EstimatedProphet]

143. Good! Hope it works for you.

If I can I want to try and enter that one in a chili cook-off this year. there's one here in September.

[NoSheep]

127. Frito Pie, Frito Pie..How do I love thee, let me count the ways:

I would eat you on a train, I would eat you in a plane, I would eat you on a bus, even if you make a fuss!
I would add more crunchy chips, like those seven layer dips, and don't forget the sour cream, Frito Pie, You Make Me Scream!!!!:crazy:

[texanwitch]

131. Bravo

:applause:

[NoSheep]

145. Twern't nuthin' mayum.

:+

[texanwitch]

147. I wonder how many people reading these posts have never had Frito PIe?

The chips are very important, get the real thing not the store brand.

I did work at a mom and pop fast food place when I was a teenager and I must have made a million frito pies in the bag.

[BikeWriter]

148. Seeing as how you're from Houston, I'll bet you used the right brand.

:)

[texanwitch]

150. O yes, only use Frito Brand, because it doesn't taste the same.

Now I only use the small chips, and do like to eat it in the bag.

The mon and pop place I worked at was close to a baseball park, we couldn't keep enough bags of chips. We used Wolf Brand Chili in big cans, a lot of them. Also a lot of onions.

I would guess that I made at least 300 bags on a Saturday, sometimes more. Guess who had to chop all the onions.

[BikeWriter]

151. Oh my Dog, I'll bet you did a lot of bawling, Hon. Yes'm, that's ...

good groceries. :)

[texanwitch]

152. What I did is but the onions in the freezer for abut 5 ot 10 minutes

and chop real fast.

I learned a lot working there, served me well in later years.

[BikeWriter]

153. Yes'm, good move. That does seem to slow the tearing...

I've probably chopped about forty 'leven thousand pounds of onions in the last thirty years, what with cooking for the family and selling boudain as a second job. I'm retired and live alone now, but I'm going to buy one of those fancy food processors one of these days. :)

[Catherine Vincent]

154. Here are some pics for you guys:

This one looks like it has beans. I don't alike mine with beans.


You can prepare and serve it right from the frito bag.


This one doesn't have enough chili and cheese for me!


I prefer mine with fritos, chili and cheese...nothing else. Yum!

side note: I googled frito pie and when I clicked on one of the pics, it had a pic of Jeff Gannon's famous pose. Where in the heck did that come from? LOL!

[Theres-a]

155. Maybe Pickles served it at a dinner party ?

Or is pickles in the dark about Mr.Guckert?Perhaps Commander Cuckoobananas whipped up a dish for his guest?

[texas1928]

156. This thing is still going?!?

Unbelievable.

[NoSheep]

157. Frito Pie must be a code word for something else.

:D

[texas1928]

158. Must be.

don't know for what.
:shrug:

[BikeWriter]

159. Never underestimate the power of Frito Pie.

[texas1928]

164. Yeah

Tell me about it.

[Jessica]

160. My co-worker had frito pie for lunch today.

He also had a chili dog. I freaking cracked up.

:rofl:

[BikeWriter]

161. Maybe he's a DUer too!

[Jessica]

162. I don't think so.

That's why it was so funny - and so random. I loved it.

[texanwitch]

165. I am eating Frito Pie right now.

:woohoo:

[texas1928]

167. Is it good?

I had baby back ribs tonight. Those were good.

[texanwitch]

168. My Frito Pie was very good. I made like my Aunt Dorothy's, in layers

with cheese and onions.

Yes, Frito Pie is a codeword, but I not talking.B-)

[texas1928]

169. Oh please share all the gooey details.

Was it messy?

[texanwitch]

170. It can be, depends on the cheese.

My Frito Pie isn't nearly as good my Aunt Dorothy's, I know she added something else.

[texas1928]

172. Oh ok

:wink:

[texanwitch]

174. My aunt has since passed on, so she took the secret to the grave.

I think it was the onions, she did have a garden. She liked these funny little onions, I don't what they were called. My aunt grew herbs also, could have been that. Whatever it was, it was damn good.

[texanwitch]

171. It can be, depends on the cheese.

My Frito Pie isn't nearly as good my Aunt Dorothy's, I know she added something else.

[Tektonik]

173. She added beans

:9

[BikeWriter]

175. ACK! You must be from California or somewhere. :-)