I completely agree

Chili is a stew

The end

Dispute over ingredients

Ingredients for chili con carne
Beans
Beans, a staple of Tex-Mex cuisine, have been associated with chili as far back as the early 20th century.[12] The question of whether beans belong in chili has long been a matter of contention among chili cooks. While it is generally accepted that the earliest chilis did not include beans, proponents of their inclusion contend that chili with beans has a long enough history so as to not be considered unauthentic.[13] The Chili Appreciation Society International specified in 1999 that, among other things, cooks are forbidden to include beans in the preparation of chili for official competition�nor are they allowed to marinate any meats.[14] Small red or pink common beans are commonly used for chili, as are black-eyed peas, kidney beans, pinto beans, great northern beans, or navy beans.


A bowl of Texas-style chili without beans
Chili may or may not contain beans and may even be made without any other vegetables whatsoever besides chili peppers.

Most commercially prepared canned chili includes beans. Commercial chili prepared without beans is usually called "chili no beans" in the United States. Some U.S. manufacturers, notably Bush Brothers and Company and Eden Organic, also sell canned precooked beans (without meat) that are labeled "chili beans"; these beans are intended for consumers to add to a chili recipe and are often sold with spices added.

Tomatoes
Tomatoes are another ingredient on which opinions differ. Wick Fowler, north Texas newspaperman and inventor of "Two-Alarm Chili" (which he later marketed as a kit of spices), insisted on adding tomato sauce to his chili � one 15-oz. can per three pounds of meat. He also believed that chili should never be eaten freshly cooked but refrigerated overnight to seal in the flavor. Matt Weinstock, a Los Angeles newspaper columnist, once remarked that Fowler's chili "was reputed to open eighteen sinus cavities unknown to the medical profession."[15]

I will not sit here and allow a dirty okie try to school me on Texas history. In the words of your lord and savior Nancy Pelosi, I reject your facts.

Yankee

Guess.

Probably 100

I see things are still the same, maybe try a recipe with a little less ingredients!

Spaghetti O�s?

I'll have you know my sister was in the daughters of the republic. My mom's side of the family is fully Texan. My grandfather, a member of the famous Mansfield clan from bandara, a former border patrol, put beans in his chili. You Sir, have crossed the line. You pick the boat ramp!

I know right. When I am making Chili for a mixed crowd...... I also make a pot of frigole on the side. Just common sense.

That's the way my mom did it.

I just saw a poll on MSN. 77% of the voters said chili with beans.

was that a poll of Texans or yankees, cannucks, and euros?

No beans in chili, but do put hamburger meat in beans!!