How Do You Eat Yours?

[NoMercy]

Chilli con carne, that is?

I favour mine without rice, just in a bowl with a good dollop of creme fraiche on top.

I know some like to add guacamole, cheese, nachos, tacos, etc.

Anyway, I'm cooking the stuff later and was wondering how to jazz it up a little, particularly the rice, which is a must-have component for the OH.

Best answer for best rice idea!

[ummmm]

Measure it against a bog standard packet.

[EcclesCake]

Quite what is so challenging about eating spaghetti is a mystery to me. Cutting it into inch long pieces strikes me as more challenging.

Each to their own though.

[ummmm]

Plus Zebo, it depends on peoples appetites.

[ichkeria]

"An absolute no-no. Whoever first thought of putting soured cream on to a savoury dish must have been out of their mind. If you left that off you'd probably find your chilli does not need "jazzing up". It is a perfectly good dish on its own with your choice of pasta or (preferably) rice. "

I'm inclined to agree. The best way to jazz up a chilli is to use proper chillis (the ones that score at least 4 little chillis on the packet!)
I must say, while I like creme fraiche I would never put it on a chille con carne but the real no-no for me would be cheese. I love cheese, but it gets added to so many things unnecessarily,making them heavy and stodgy.

Best tip for rice is to drain the excess starch off first :-)

[NoMercy]

I've done as Ginge suggested and bought some Chermoula. I ended up spending £31.20 in Waitrose - thanks a bunch, G!

[tamborine]

With plain brown bread & watercress.

[-Talbot-]

Best tip for rice is to drain the excess starch off first :-)



I think you had better boil it for a while first. You will struggle to get any starch from it otherwise.

[mazie]

We sometimes have Chilli Lasagne for a bit of a change

[EcclesCake]

Mazie has reminded me of the time when I had an expected guest for dinner and having take some bolognese out the freezer I reached in a grabbed a second bag when unexpected visitor arrived.

Only I took out a bag of chilli con carne and we ended up having lightly spiced spag Bol once I had picked out the kidney beans from the chilli.

[tamborine]

Tortillas save lots of faff & healthy roughage.

[NoMercy]

Mazie, I've been toying with the idea of doing that myself, but maybe with thinly sliced aubergine instead of pasta sheets.

I note you can get butternut squash lasagne sheets now...

[tamborine]

Chilli would be ideal to stuff & bake in brinjals (egg fruit).

[pastafreak]

I used to make chilli ( and buffalo chicken wings) in a pub in Brooklyn. Always served it with rice, sour cream and loads of cheese.
Chilli...like pasta...varies loads according to region.

I wonder if NJ would like all his food in more manageable pieces for ease of eating? If it applies to spaghetti, it must also apply to steaks...omelettes...;-)

[pastafreak]

NoM...I have made veggie lasagne with large grilled peppers instead of pasta sheets.

[gingejbee]

Oops,,,sorry....send me the Waitrose bill!
I can also recommend the Verbena harissa and Zhoug....both by Belazu. If off now......

https://www.waitrose.com/ecom/products/belazu-verbena-harissa/436007-408488-408489

[ummmm]

Talbot....lots of bags of rice tell you to rinse the uncooked rice until the water is clear.

[New Judge]

"..it must also apply to steaks...omelettes...;-)"

Yes it does. And you cut them up before you eat them. You don't try to manipulate an entire steak or omelette into your mouth just because it's served that way. The two dishes you describe - particularly the omelette - are difficult to serve (and especially cook) any other way. Spaghetti is not. It could be made any length but is actually manufactured in a totally unsuitable size for eating.

[albaqwerty]

the fun of eating spag bol with un-cut spaghetti is the joy of wiping your mouth afterwards and giggling at the off-spring who wear it as a badge of honour :-)

Chilli con carne, always served with plain boiled rice so as not to detract from the flavour of the chilli

[EcclesCake]

Just how has the population of Italy and elsewhere coped??? I had no idea you were such a precious flower NJ!

[ummmm]

You need to watch how the individual cultures eat their food. They manage perfectly well.

Can you use chop sticks NJ?