September 2009 Poll: Do You Prefer Chili With or Without Beans?

Scott Roberts September 1, 2009 at 9:47 pm food Digg this Article

The debate has been raging on for decades, and I've recently been reminded of it again by the comments section of a review posted on The Hot Zone Online - do you prefer chili to have beans or no beans?

Comments

Joe
2009-09-02 06:20:37

I sorta grew up eating chili with beans and didn't think about it until I had more traditional Southwest "chile" which was blissfully bean-free, and full of heat and flavor. Given a choice, I'd always take that over the bean-laden variety.

Andrew
2009-09-02 07:40:09

I'm no connoisseur like you Scott, but I'm going to say that chili without beans, really isn't chili at all...

p.s. The match captchas are really hard in the mornings...

Doug
2009-09-03 14:45:50

Chili without beans is just soup.

Jonathan Passow
2009-09-03 16:48:51

BEANS!!!!!!!!!

Chileman
2009-09-08 06:08:06

You guys are nuts. Any real chili will not contain beans. Look through the list of winners for the International Chili Society World's Championship Chili Cookoff: http://www.chilicookoff.com/Winner/Winner_Champions.asp?Cat=1

I doubt if a single one of their recipes will have beans in it.

Eric
2009-09-08 11:32:20

Right on, Chileman. If you get a nice bowl of Texas Red, you'll soon say to yourselves, "Beans? What are beans"? ;)

Dr. Ben Villalon
2009-10-29 12:08:28

As a true Texas lover of chili con carne and official Terlingua judge, I can say "if you know beans about chili, you know chili has no beans. Pinto beans are loaded with protein and iron and is a nutritious vegetable. I love beans with chile sauce. To each his or her own. This is fun.
DR. PEPPER

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