Andy M.
Certified Pretend Chef
Actually, chile is a pepper. Chili is a food dish; ingredients and methods vary greatly ...http://articles.latimes.com/2000/nov/19/local/me-54396
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Actually, chile is a pepper. Chili is a food dish; ingredients and methods vary greatly ...http://articles.latimes.com/2000/nov/19/local/me-54396
Technically "Chili" is a pepper? Right?
I am asking.
I'm a pepper, he's a pepper, she's a pepper, they're a pepper. Wouldn't you like to be a pepper, too?
Technically, you can spell the capsicum fruit's name as chili, chile, or chilli. All are considered correct, and you commonly see those spellings all over.Actually, chile is a pepper. Chili is a food dish...
Technically, you can spell the capsicum fruit's name as chili, chile, or chilli. All are considered correct, and you commonly see those spellings all over.
Chili pepper - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Technically "Chili" is a pepper? Right?
I am asking.
It is sort of like the word Pueblo. It can be the name of a tribe of Native Americans or a type of housing. A Chile can be a pepper or a dish made with Chile peppers. Either one is correct.
Actually, RB asked about chili, not Chile. Lower-case chile is the pepper while upper-case Chile is a proper noun - the country. Same with Pueblo/pueblo. Upper-case Pueblo is the Native-American tribe, or the municipality in Colorado; lower-case pueblo is the type of community found in the Southwest.
Back in the 90s, when I lived out in Nevada, I competed in a couple of Chili cookoffs that were sponsored by the self-declared International Chili Society. Now those guys are Chili snobs. Tomatoes are considered fine to use as an ingredient, but adding beans or pasta will get you disqualified (and possibly ushered off the competition grounds).
I bet fish in the chili would bring out the six shooters!
My boo boo. I was unaware that spelling counted here.
Well, typically it doesn't. But when we're defining words, spelling and capitalization make a difference.
So what do you tell the folks here that type only in lower case?
Wow! You woke my senses up just reading that recipe! Looks like a great recipe though. The nice thing about chili is we can adjust the heat any way we want. My problem is I don't always get it quite right. I don't mind if it's just a little too hot, but when it's not hot enough... now that's disappointing. I'm one of those weirdos who saves certain dishes for cold weather and others for the warmer months. There's no hard fast rule... the change just kind of eases me in to the new seasons, and I look forward to having some meals I hadn't had in a while. Unfortunately, chili is one of those things you can kind of throw a little of this, and little more of that, etc. into the pot. I'd be happy to share my mole chili with orange zest, but I'll be wingin' it on exact amounts. Oops if "Longwinded" wasn't already taken, I guess the name would be fitting. Sorry, that's what I do... I ramble.