Mom's Chili (Elsie) Recipe
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Ingredients: 2 cans kidney beans, with juice
1 can tomato soup
½ small can tomato paste
2 tbsp. ketchup
1½ lbs. ground beef, browned
Mix all items above and simmer on low heat in frying pan for ½ hour.
Chili powder may be sprinkled on when served, as desired.
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Directions:GRAMMA ELSIE STORY: Mom made this chili for us often. We almost always had plenty of ground beef on hand. Dad kept a few beef cattle on the farm, and so meat was a staple at the dinner table. Mom served this chili on a plate with a fork. (Oh dear, maybe we shouldn't have put it in the Soup Category!?!)
One interesting event regarding this meal occurred when Billy and I were first married. I prepared this recipe, and he didn't quite know what to make of it. He had "never" eaten chili with a fork and on a plate. And...he was pretty impressed!
His mom was a good cook, but when the kids were little at their house, the chili had lots of beans and liquid and not much meat.
The only thing I added when I first started cooking on my own was onion and a little more chili powder. Mom was allergic to onions and liked things a little bland.
My recollection is that we also had canned beets with Mom's Chili. It just seemed to go well together. (At least for our family). |
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Notes: The photo of Annette is one of my favorites. It was taken in 1960 (as states on the back of the picture), so that made her about 3 years old. What a cutie!!
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