# Hello Everyone! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 24, 2022, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-everyone/972161 "2022-09-24T20:08:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2022, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-everyone/972161/41 "2022-09-25T16:17:30Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > Hot dogs: mustard or ketchup Neither 😣 😈 ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2022, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-everyone/972161/42 "2022-09-25T17:19:31Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > Chili has beans. It makes it a full meal. If it doesn’t have beans, it’s some sort of mix you would put on a bun. [Oh, really?](https://www.lemonblossoms.com/blog/chile-colorado-beef-stew/) ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2022, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-everyone/972161/43 "2022-09-25T17:39:37Z")
Yep. Looks pretty good though. It also calls that beef recipe Mexican stew. I will stand firm that chili has beans. We have a chili cook off in a town I used to work in. The all meat stuff sucked and was rather pointless. You would need a number of sides with it to call it a meal. IMHO. A bowl of chili should be a meal in itself. ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2022, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-everyone/972161/44 "2022-09-26T04:03:36Z")
I’m sure Mexicans will appreciate you Anglosplaining what their dish is and is not. Not everybody lives in Cincinnati eating Skyline chili. ---
**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2022, 10:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-everyone/972161/45 "2022-09-26T10:47:53Z")
**Moderator Note** > [@DesertDog](#): > > I’m sure Mexicans will appreciate you Anglosplaining what their dish is and is not If you have ever been to any sort of chili contest, you should know that everyone has their own opinion about what should or shouldn’t be in chili. Stating one’s opinion is not Anglosplaining. The actual origins of chili are lost to history. It’s not even known if chili started in Mexico or in Texas. It might not even be a Mexican food, it might be a Texan food (I believe it is most likely it is based on an Aztec stew seasoned with chili peppers). There is no “authentic” list of what ingredients should or shouldn’t be in chili. Everyone is free to have their own opinion. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2022, 10:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-everyone/972161/46 "2022-09-26T10:55:08Z")
One version is that San Antonio is the birthplace of the chili we know today: > … > The modern dish we know as chili, also known as chili con carne (chili with [meat](https://wonderopolis.org/wonder/where-was-chili-invented#)), does appear to have roots in the American West, particularly the State of Texas. An old legend holds that immigrants from the [Canary Islands](https://www.wonderopolis.org/wonder/where-are-the-canary-islands) brought a [recipe](https://wonderopolis.org/wonder/where-was-chili-invented#) for chili with them when they settled San Antonio in the early 1700s. Historians do know that chili was a popular meal amongst cowboys and pioneers on the Western frontier. > > In the 1880s, chili stands became popular in San Antonio. Women known as “chili queens” served “bowls o’ red” to customers, and the fame of chili con carne began to spread across the country. The 1893 World’s Fair in Chicago featured the dish at the San Antonio Chili Stand. > > Since that time, chili has become a popular dish all over the United States. Its association with Texas, however, remains quite strong. In fact, the Texas [legislature](https://wonderopolis.org/wonder/where-was-chili-invented#) named chili the official state dish in 1977. > … > [Cite](https://wonderopolis.org/wonder/where-was-chili-invented) It’s a very ~~cool~~ _hot_ story. The pictures at this link are great. > **[The Chili Queens of San Antonio](https://www.npr.org/2004/10/15/4107830/the-chili-queens-of-san-antonio)** > > For more than 100 years, women would arrive at twilight at the plazas of San Antonio, Texas, to cook chili over open fires. Soldiers, tourists, cattlemen and troubadours roamed the tables, filling the night with music. The Kitchen Sisters tell their... ---
**Author:** ![Kron](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kron/32/12444_2.png) [@Kron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kron)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2022, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-everyone/972161/47 "2022-09-26T17:02:32Z")
“Every culture that has ever had access to beans and meat has put them together in a pot and cooked them.” - Max Miller, Tasting History ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2022, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-everyone/972161/48 "2022-09-26T17:33:17Z")
Oh God, I LOVE Max Miller! He is so personable and interesting. Great TV voice/diction and expressive (and cute) face. I love the way he makes a point of pronouncing foreign words as correctly as he can. He even has a friend who coaches him on pronouncing difficult Chinese words and phrases. His short videos are very well edited, too. Sigh. If only I were 40 years younger. And he was straight. ---
**Author:** ![carnut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnut/32/3531_2.png) [@carnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnut)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2022, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-everyone/972161/49 "2022-09-26T23:50:52Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > I prefer it with pepperoni (salty, fatty, and sweet all in one bite). Now that’s something I must try. I love pineapple-habanero salsa because of the heat/sweet. And I really like hot capicola on pizza. Hmm. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2022, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-everyone/972161/50 "2022-09-26T23:51:45Z")
Add a bit of pepper flakes to the pineapple/pepperoni combo and you’ve got it all. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-everyone/972161.md?page=2)