Ok . I am still taking a "semi-break" from this blog until mid-terms are over in a couple of weeks; however, I must put in the minimum of an entry while the experience is still fresh in my mind. This chili was one with a myriad of textures. "Five-Way" refers to the five layers of food that encompasses the dish. For me, it was all about the textures.
The chili is served over a layer of spaghetti, then the layer of chili, a few warm red kidney beans, a few chopped onions, a nice thick layer of cheddar cheese and then garnished with oyster crackers. I managed to find the real OTC oyster crackers that I can never find when I'm making my oyster filling for the holidays. This was the first chili that we had to serve on plates rather than our "special" chili night bowls.
My beef with the recipe was, of course, the one cup of barbecue sauce that I still think tastes and smells like hot dogs. Geoff's only negative on this one was that it was a little too sweet (again, a product of the barbecue sauce). The boys insisted that they could taste the 1/2 ounce of unsweetened chocolate; my tastebuds mustn't be as sensitive as they used to be! I just wasn't tasting it.
We made a few adjustments to the cooking process with this one that I will spell out in my new, improved blog that will contain recipes. For now, the final score was a 3.03 and for all you who wait with great anticipation for the beer we chose, it was Sierra Nevada Tumbler Autumn Brown Ale. I'm really liking the Sierra Nevada.
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