One Hour Chili for an Army

• 1 tbsp olive oil
  
• 2 medium onions, diced
• 3-5 cloves garlic, smashed and diced
• 2 tbsp cumin
• 1 tbsp chili powder
• 2 tbsp flour
  
• 1 6 oz can tomato paste
• 3 lbs ground beef
• 1 8 oz can chipotle peppers in adobo sauce
  
• 2 16 oz cans diced tomatoes
• 1 16 oz can tomato sauce
  
• 1 16 oz can beer
• 4 16 oz cans dark red kidney beans, drained and rinsed
• 2 tbsp honey
• juice of one lemon
• salt and pepper to taste
  

In a large dutch oven heat oil on a medium heat until hot. Add onions and sautee until translucent, about 5 minutes. Add garlic, cumin, chili powder, flour and tomato paste and sautee a further 2-3 minutes, until fragrant. Add ground beef and cook until no longer pink. Add the remaining ingredients except the lemon juice and simmer for 20-30 minutes. Add lemon juice and salt and pepper to taste.

Garnish with shredded sharp cheddar, chopped green onion and/or sour cream. Yum-O!

TV Shows I Like

• Babylon 5
• Crusade
• Heroes
• Dexter
• Sliders
• The Dresden Files
• Doctor Who
• Torchwood
• Early Edition
• Secret Diary of a Call Girl
• Primeval
• Alien Nation
• Futurama
• Chuck
• Forever Knight
• Breaking Bad
• New Amsterdam
• My Own Worst Enemy
• Threshold
• Warehouse 13

Places I wish still existed

A list of places and place names I wish still existed:

• Thibet - as an alternate spelling of Tibet.
• Formosa - Old Portuguese name for Taiwan. From Ilha Formosa, "Beautiful Isle".
• Cipangu - Marco Polo's rendering of Japan from a Chinese source.
• Siam - Old name of Thailand.
• Burma - On-again off-again name of Myanmar.
• Contantinople - Not Istanbul.
• Zaire - Now the Democratic Republic of Congo, not to be confused with the Republic of Congo, which is confusing.
• Roumania, Rumania - as alternate spellings of Romania.
• Prussia - A place that no longer exists, the territory now belongs mostly to Russia, Poland and Germany.
• District of Keewatin - Former Canadian territory now mostly in Manitoba, the Northwest Territories and Nunavut.
• Sandwich Islands - When Hawaii was delicious between 2 slices of bread.
• Holy Roman Empire - Not really holy nor Roman, but now mostly modern Germany and northern Italy
• Cathay - Again, Marco Polo's name for China.