Chili

My sister went to a work party and bought me a new cookbook. How nice, but the only catch was that she wanted me to make her the chili from the book since she enjoyed it that much from the party.

Specifically, the recipe is called "Chili for a crowd". A crowd of 35-40 people and involves 8 lbs of beef and 2 lbs of Italian sausage. I am not sure if I have a pot big enough to host all that meat, and I didn't have that many people coming to dinner so I cut the recipe down to 25% and followed it as close as possible.

I bought a nice chunk of chuck roast from Whole Foods and asked the guy to ground it up for me. I am not sure if it's Whole Foods or the nice meat, but the grounded beef didn't gross me out as they normally did.

The recipe contains a few uncommon chili ingredients such as basil, oregano, dill and Italian Parsley. Overall, the chili was one of the best I've had. The flavor was very vibrant and delicious, but there was too much meat and too little beans for me. I will try this recipe again with half the meat and twice the beans. And maybe more tomatoes too.