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Maggie’s Motivational Pic Thread v2.0 - - New Rules - See Post #1

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Alright, it’s been a while. Are we ready to start this debate again?

Cincinnati Chili doesn’t have beans. Texas chili doesn't have beans. My chili doesn't have beans. The rest of the population of earth, puts beans in their chili. Chili without beans is hotdog sauce. Why do we have to keep going through this?

There you go, FIFY
 
The full name of the dish is chile con carne. The translation of that is literally chile with meat. No where in that name do you see beans mentioned. Debate over.

"Chilli con Carne y frijoles.

Dat beans Fer ya green go's.
 

"Chilli con Carne y frijoles.

Dat beans Fer ya green go's.
That’s an abomination and someone’s sick, twisted mutilation of the original recipe. 😂😂😂
 
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That’s an abomination and someone’s sick, twisted mutilation of the original recipe. 😂😂😂
I still maintain that the parent dish for American Chilli is Italian 3 bean soup. Probably Mexican Chilli bean soup also. A lot of Italian influence on food in certain areas down there.

Chilli con Carne is just meat with sauce. Chilli Verde is meat with green sauce but it's not the same as green Chilli which is a pork based stew with "Chilli" or peppers as we call them. Another delicious all American dish. Texmex, like nachos with cheese sauce.

To sum it up. Chilli corn carne aint the parent dish of a good ole' pot of American Chilli beans.
 
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I used to race like that when I was stationed in Fort Sill, OK. We ran an 1/8 mile track. You would spend most of the day trying to "dial in" your time. Before racing started in the evening you would tell them how fast you were going to run and they would paint that on your windshield.

It did not matter what the other lane was running. He dialed in his time and they set the clock accordingly. If he was faster than you, he had to wait. The idea was you should both be at the finish line at the same time. Whoever crossed first - without "breaking out" (running faster than you dialed in) would win.

I was running my '71 Cuda against some kind of fiberglass bodied "Funny car". I drove it on the street. I am absolutely positive he moved his around in a trailer. If I had to guess, I would guess he was even running "hot block". We guys running street cars tried to be courteous to the guys running the hot blocks and "set the light" as quick as we could so the other lane did not harm their engine. They also had "rail dragsters" and "bikes" (those guys were insane).

Anyway, his time was maybe three seconds less than mine. I got a three second head start. I should have beat him especially if he broke out. I did something you never do when drag racing. I looked in my rear view mirror as I was heading to the finish line. I watched the lights come down and saw him get his green. Of course, not much I could do. I was running as fast as I could. It is really a trip getting passed like you are standing still when you are doing over 100 mph. Yes, he won. I suppose I should have given a little slower dial in time, but I thought I might run a little faster when I actually had somebody in the opposite lane and I did not want to break out.

This was back in the late '70s. I sure miss drag racing - on the track. Now I drive a Chrysler Town and Country mini-van.

I SURE WISH I STILL HAD MY CUDA! 😢

I drove a 66 Vette at a 1000 ft strip. Bracket racing got confusing with the advent of delay boxes. You might have your estimated time you’ll run down , but then others could set their delay box depending on your dial in. The people from Brodix Heads used the strip as a testing ground. It sucked to have your dial in perfect , your reaction time almost perfect and their dragster blowing by you with a 100 ft left.😖
Add an insult when they touch their brake to keep from breaking out.
They usually won money that they didn’t need.
The days of running a quarter mile when a flag man pointed at you , then the other driver , and threw the flag down are long gone. Started getting real when the Christmas tree was invented. Good way to beat yourself. 🫤

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