Sarah Palin: a New Cincinnatus called from her Plough to Save the Republic

[grassfed]

"The Lower 48 needed her and she heeded the call"
Racist Pam Geller on Joy Behar with Ron Reagan and Stephanie Miller (at 03:25)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxnNE8hofJg

[MineralMan]

1. I like my Cincinnatus Chili Five Ways.

[Ikonoklast]

5. Meh. That ain't 'chili'.

It's spaghetti with meat sauce.




Kinda like Sarah Palin, now that I think of it.

[MineralMan]

7. It is in Cincinnati. I make it here in Minnesota.

You may not like the definition, but it's damned good if done correctly.

Chili has different definitions, depending on where you are. In Cincinnati, it has a singular definition, not used anywhere else.

[Ikonoklast]

9. There is only one way to make chili.

And no one in Cincinnati knows how to do it.

























And if you're doing it that way in Minnesota, it's still spaghetti with meat sauce.






:P





Warning: Thread Hijack In Progress

Warning: Chili Wars Are Only Next To 'What Is Barbecue?' Wars In Intensity.

[MineralMan]

14. I make several styles of chili, from several different regions.

Each is unique. They're all chili. I've won three chili cook-offs. One was with my Texas chili. Another was with a chili con frijoles recipe where that was allowed. The third was an anything-goes chili cook-off. I won that one with my Cincinnati five-way chili. Nobody had ever seen it before, but it won the contest. I won't disclose the recipe for that one, since it probably wasn't authentic Cincinnati five-way chili.

I even have a chili especially created for my Scandahoovian Minnesota in-laws. Despite its incredibly low heat, it has those relatives wiping their brows. It's funny to watch. They wipe their brows, then go back and fill the bowl again. It's a big hit. It's just right for Scandahoovian Lutherans. If I tried serving that back home in California, everyone would say WTF is this crap?

Here's the recipe for that version:

http://journals.democraticunderground.com/MineralMan/48

I'm a chili fanatic, but not a purist in any way. You should try my Bangalore Indian chili. It'll peel your eyeballs, but you wouldn't recognize it as chili. It's damn good though. Who knew that lamb is good chili meat?

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

16. You looking to get this thread locked?

If ever there was flame-bait, a discussion on the "right way" to make chili is sure to create a donnybrook.

I like Cincinnati Chili (lived there for twenty years), but I certainly understand my friends from Texas who turn up their nose at it.

[MineralMan]

18. Texas doesn't own chili. It never did.

Every region has its own preferences. I can make Texas chili. It's not my favorite. My favorite chili contains beans. Haven't found anyone who doesn't like it, in any of its variations.

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

20. Try telling that to someone from Texas! (nt)

[MineralMan]

22. You can always tell a Texan, but you can't tell him much.

:hide:

[Ikonoklast]

24. Texas? Ha. Ha, I say.

They know as much about making chili as my cats know about astrophysics.

Well, some of my cats.



And don't even start with me about calling roasted meat 'barbecue'.

Those guys hats are on too tight.

[Cirque du So-What]

12. You're too kind

It's noodles & ketchup in my estimation. And like Sarah Palin, it's steeped in teh weak sauce.

[Soylent Brice]

6. Skyline 4 LIFE

[MineralMan]

8. I've never even been in Cincinnati, but five-way chili is on my

list of regular recipes. Yummy stuff. Maybe I'll be in that city one day and have the real thing.

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

17. It must be eaten from a white oval dish....with oyster crackers.

You have to do it right. Eating Skyline is a combination of Mosaic Law and Kabuki Theater

[Soylent Brice]

25. LOL

[Soylent Brice]

27. in Cincy you have Skyline or Gold Star.

if you go over the river into the northern kentucky area you open up your options a bit.

you'll have Skyline, Gold Star, Dixie Chili, Empress Chili, ...

there's a few more.
if you want your money's worth go to Skyline or Dixie Chili.

that's where it's at.

[grassfed]

10. Maverick Moose Chili

Ingredients

1 pound ground moose
1 (28 ounce) can diced tomatoes with green chile peppers
2 (15 ounce) cans chili beans, undrained
2 (14 ounce) cans kidney beans, rinsed and drained
2 (14.5 ounce) cans pinto beans, rinsed and drained
2 (2.25 ounce) cans sliced black olives
1 white onion, chopped
1 green bell pepper, chopped
1 (1.25 ounce) package chili seasoning mix

Directions

Brown the ground moose in a large skillet over medium-high heat.
Combine the moose, diced tomatoes, chili beans, kidney beans, pinto beans, olives, onion, and bell pepper in a slow cooker; stir in the chili seasoning. Set the slow cooker to Low; cook 8 to 12 hours.

http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Maverick-Moose-Chili/Detail.aspx

[Ikonoklast]

11. I've eaten the same recipe, except substitute buffalo for moose.

Very tasty.








And no spaghetti noodles were ever harmed in the making of it.

[grassfed]

19. Rawkin Raw Chili

Penni's Rawkin' Raw Chili

1 cup soaked almonds (walnuts would also work well)
1 cup carrots
1 med portabello mushroom (or 6 shiitake)
1/2 cup finely minced red bell pepper
1/3 cup finely minced red onion
1-2 finely minced jalapeno, without the seeds
1 cup sundried tomatoes, soaked (reserve 1 cup soak water)
1 cup cherry or grape tomatoes
1/3 cup soaked golden raisins
2 T fresh leeks (yellow or white onion would work)
3 T chili powder
2 cloves garlic
1 T olive oil
2 t Alder Smoked Sea Salt (Celtic is also fine)
2 t apple cider vinegar
2 t dried oregano
1 tsp. cumin
Optional toppings:
black olives
fresh cilantro
red onion
avocado
Put nuts and carrots into a food processor and run until well blended. This will be your "meat base," so don't over process. Once ground, place into a large bowl and set aside.

Either on a cutting board or in your food processor, chop the mushroom, red bell pepper, red onion, and jalapeno. Add this to the bowl.

In a high powered blender, such as a Vita Mix, add all of the remaining ingredients and blend until you have everything well combined and liquefied. Stir this mixture into the bowl with the existing ingredients to complete the chili.

I recommend placing this into a dehydrator set at 145 degrees for about one hour. Stirring the chili every 15 minutes will help to warm it evenly. Although your dehydrator will feel hot, the temperature of the food will not exceed 110 degrees in this amount of time.

Serve the chili warm and top with the fresh ingredients of your choice. Enjoy!

(Note: Last night's recipe also included 1/2 cup minced celery, but my dad and I agreed that it made it too crunchy. Although my dad was really impressed with the flavor, he says chili shouldn't be crunchy, so I've omitted the celery from my original recipe for that reason.)

http://realfoodtulsa.blogspot.com/2008/10/raw-vs-cooked-chili-night.html

[GreatCaesarsGhost]

2. The lower 48 needed a good laugh

[old mark]

3. I wonder where people get these incredible ideas....They are so

divorced from reality, it is almost sad. Yet there are many "adults" in the US who will believe this drivel because it was on TV. Sometimes I'm appalled at the level of stupidity here-is it this bad all over the world or do we have some special thing about us that gives us a high percentage of jerks per square mile?

I recall one woman I worked with who would not vote for Kerry because she did not like the texture of his hair.....

Just amazing.

mark rec...

[grassfed]

4. "Only dead fish go with the flow." - Sarah Palin, quitting, July 3, 2009

Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus


Sarah Louise Palin

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

13. Cincinnatus was behind the plow. Sarah represents the ass he was lookin' at.

[Ikonoklast]

15. I was tempted to make a snarky remark about staring into

two brown eyes, but my better nature told me not to.

[Orsino]

21. It's just like that...

...except that she worked no plow, she wasn't called, and she can't spell "republic," much less save it.

[grassfed]

23. The last person to conflate "palin" and "plough" was Rich Lowry

NR's Rich Lowry: Palin "Sent Little Starbursts Through The Screen"

Via TNR, National Review's Rich Lowry gives Sarah Palin's debate winks a rave review:

"I'm sure I'm not the only male in America who, when Palin dropped her first wink, sat up a little straighter on the couch and said, 'Hey, I think she just winked at me.' And her smile. By the end, when she clearly knew she was doing well, it was so sparkling it was almost mesmerizing. It sent little starbursts through the screen and ricocheting around the living rooms of America. This is a quality that can't be learned; it's either something you have or you don't, and man, she's got it."
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/03/inris-rich-lowry-palin-se_n_131735.html

See video of Palin's mesmerizing, man-straightening winks here http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/02/sarah-palin-winks-at-amer_n_131457.html

[Cheap_Trick]

26. Palin's more like a Cincinnati Bowtie.....

look it up:evilgrin:

[11 Bravo]

28. Unless the Lower 48 was over-populated with wolves, why in the Hell would we need that twit?

I guess I could keep her in my trunk and use her for traction when I'm stuck in the snow, but otherwise I can't think of a thing.

[BreweryYardRat]

29. That's a nauseating degree of toadying.

:puke: