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Posted by admin | General | Posted on June 30th, 2008

Spice Up your Health With Chiles

There is truly no one food that can help your health more than chilesno matter whether red or green. When the weather gets colder, chiles can really help your system stay at peak health.

A great way to really boost your system is to eat chilioften known as chili con carne…a truly American food. Jane Butel, author of Chili Madness and 18 other books says Bowl o’ Red is her very favorite chili. This chili has won more cook-offs than about any other recipe and is quite historic. It is the brew that fueled the cowboys on the long trail drivesbringing the cattle to the rail heads, when the railroad tracks were completed in the late 1800’s.

By the way, this is a fabulous chili for Super Bowl parties or parties anytime. It is wonderful with any kind of cornbread. Butel likes to serve it with a Blue Corn Parfait Bread, which has been a hit for 25 years in her weekend and weeklong cooking schools. It is most fun served with fixin’s ‘n mixin’s noted at the end of this recipe.

Pecos River Bowl of Red

Originally Pecos River was the name of the ranch I owned in New Mexico, hence the name. My maternal Grandfather, an executive with the Santa Fe Railroad shared this recipe with me. He developed it after five years of sampling chilis from “cookies” who cooked chili for cowboys herding cattle to the rail head.

Yield: 8 Servings 2 Tablespoons lard, butter or bacon drippings

1 large onion, coarsely chopped

3 pounds chuck roast or 80% lean beef, cut in 1/2 inch cubes

3 medium cloves of garlic, finely chopped

1/4 cup pure ground hot red chile

1/4 cup pure ground mild red chile

1 Tablespoon ground cumin, divided

3 cups water

1 1/2 teaspoons salt

1. Melt the lard, butter, or drippings in a large heavy pot over medium heat. Add the onions and cook until they are translucent.

2. Remove the pot from the heat. Combine the meat with the garlic, ground chiles and cumin. Add this meat-and-spice mixture to the pot. Immediately add water and stir. 3. Bring to a boil, then lower heat and simmer, uncovered, for about 2 1/2 to 3 hours, stirring occasionally, until the meat is very tender and the flavors are well blended. Determine the need for more salt and more chile. Stir in remaining cumin before serving with Fixin’s and Mixin’s.

Fixin’s and Mixin’s

Small bowl finely chopped onion

Small bowl pickled, sliced jalapenos

Small bowl coarsely grated cheddar or grated cheddar and Monterey jack cheese, mixed

Small bowl sour cream w/ lime wedges cut vertically and lightly dusted with some of the pure red chile on the edges.

In our on-line cooking schools, we feature a great deal more information about chile health and how to cook chiles all kinds of ways for Southwestern and Mexican meals. You can review all 40 lessons at www.janebutel.com.

About the Author

Jane Butel, the first to write about Southwestern cooking, has published 18 cookbooks, several being best sellers. She operates a full-participation weekend and week long vacation cooking school, an on-line school which teaches “All About Chiles”, conducts culinary tours and team-building classes.
http://www.janebutel.com

Blessed Relief (Frank Zappa) – organissimo Live From Founders Taproom

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Posted by admin | General | Posted on June 30th, 2008

Who’s on your top 10 women list?

Who do you think are the hottest women (celebrities) in the world right now? Mine are as follows:

1. Twiggy
2. Ashley Olsen
3. Mary K Olsen
4. Nicole Richie
5. Mischa Barton
6. Rachel Bilson
7. Gemma Ward
8. Chanel Iman
9. Agyness Deyn
10. Keira Knightley

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water ph brewing

Posted by admin | General | Posted on June 30th, 2008

I am new to the chemical mixing of pool water. The chemical kit it contains a color chart.?

When I tested the ph this morning it was almost a fuschia color; it appears to me to be off the chart high in +ph. The chem kit is from kem-tek.com. I put in a little -ph to try and balance it out and am running the filter non stop but I am now afraid I am just brewing 4,500 gal of poision. I just want to be sure my children and their friends will be safe while swimming. Thoughts? A quick reply would be much appreciated.

There is no problem with the kids swimming in the pool while
you try to correct your ph. Just start adding 2 oz of ph- with
the pump running, wait 2-3 hours and check again. (if it is still
off the chart now, you can start with 4oz, but then only two
after that). The kids being in the pool will actually help it mix
in faster than just with the pump. When I open my pool I have
just the opposite problem…..have to add ph+. I have gone
through 3 containers of it before. So just take your time and
all will be fine. Hope this helps.

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