Re: OT - Chili and feminism

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I'm a middle aged (50) feminist, and I object to the title, too. But

that's what it was on my Mom's recipe card, and in the newspaper when

she tore it out in the 60s. So I was quoting!

My mother signed her name as Mrs. R. K. Roosa until I went off to

college and came back as a feminist and convinced her to stop! Very

few women under 50 still sign their names like that. On the other

hand, my friend's mother still signs herself as Mrs. [husband's name]

for 30 years after her husband died. Thank god things HAVE changed. In

a fit of romanticism, I changed my name when I married. I took my name

back later and I would never dream of changing it again!

> Being an old feminist, I truly object to the recipe's name. Mrs.

> Lyndon

> had her own name and it was Ladybird. (Or at least that's how

> she was popularly known). Not putting you down, , that's

> probably the way it was printed in the original newspaper recipe. Maybe

> in the south they still do things that way.

>

> Just shows how things have changed!

> Vicki

>

> Re: Chili recipe

>

>

>> Being from Texas, I now feel obligated to include my favorite chili

>> recipe. My mother, though a " yankee, " made this chili all my life

>> after seeing the recipe in the Houston Chronicle, and I am thrilled

>> that it does not seem to raise my bs readings. She added a can of

>> kidney beans. I leave those out. Sometimes I use Tomatoes and Green

>> Chiles to " heaten it up. "

>>

>> Mrs. Lyndon B. 's Pedernales Chili

>>

>> 4 lb chili meat or lean ground beef

>> 1 large onion

>> 2 cloves garlic

>> 1tsp ground oregano

>> 1 tsp comino seed

>> 6 tsp chili powder (or more, to taste)

>> 1 1/2 C. canned whole tomatoes

>> 2-6 generous dashes of hot sauce

>> 2 cups hot water

>> salt to taste

>>

>> Cook meat, onion and garlic in a heavy pan or Dutch oven. Cook until

>> light in color. Add all other ingredients. Bring to boil, then lower

>> heat and simmer for an hour. I skim off any fat during cooking.

>>

>> On Sunday, January 1, 2006, at 12:21 PM, Christy Stouffer wrote:

>>