# What vegetables are good in chili? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 30, 2005, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-vegetables-are-good-in-chili/287492 "2005-01-30T23:28:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![UncleRojelio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unclerojelio/32/3160_2.png) [@UncleRojelio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleRojelio)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2005, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-vegetables-are-good-in-chili/287492/41 "2005-02-01T19:41:01Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > If you ever travel through Texas, you’ll be lynched! And no jury would, or should, convict the mob! You may not be welcome here, but [spam](http://www.spamarama.com/) sure is! :wally ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2005, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-vegetables-are-good-in-chili/287492/42 "2005-02-01T20:01:39Z")
> [@UncleRojelio](#): > > You may not be welcome here, but [spam](http://www.spamarama.com/) sure is! > > :wally But surely not in **chili?!** ---
**Author:** ![UncleRojelio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unclerojelio/32/3160_2.png) [@UncleRojelio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleRojelio)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2005, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-vegetables-are-good-in-chili/287492/43 "2005-02-01T20:18:41Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > But surely not in **chili?!** Sadly, it is the sheer volume of chili cookoffs around here that inspired the farce that is Spamarama. And, even more sadly, yes, spam is a staple ingredient of the Spamarama chili cook-off competition. :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![sturmhauke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47c2d/32.png) [@sturmhauke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sturmhauke)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2005, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-vegetables-are-good-in-chili/287492/44 "2005-02-01T20:32:19Z")
Lo, did Satan lie with the animals, and they were fertile. When the fullness of spring came, the animals did bear the fruit of Satan’s loins, and it was Spam. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2005, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-vegetables-are-good-in-chili/287492/45 "2005-02-01T21:05:14Z")
> [@astro](#): > > Well as a garnish…believe it or not _sauerkraut!_ This did come up during our divorce procedings. ---
**Author:** ![esquimalt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/4af34b/32.png) [@esquimalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/esquimalt)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2005, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-vegetables-are-good-in-chili/287492/46 "2005-02-01T21:17:43Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > Rather than hijack this thread – [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=299664](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=299664) – I decided to start a new one. Other than those vegetables which are considered more or less basic to (or at least unobjectionable in) a chili recipe – i.e., chile peppers, sweet bell peppers, onions, garlic, tomatoes, and beans – what vegetables go well in chili? Various recipes I’ve read suggest: > celery > > corn > > nopalito cactus > > carrots (vegetarian recipes only) > > zucchini (ditto) > Have you ever tried any of these? How did you like the result? > > I’ve never seen any recipes calling for okra. I like okra in gumbo and other Cajun/creole dishes, I find myself wondering how it would go in chili. Also mushrooms. Never seen a chili recipe, even a vegetarian one, calliing for mushrooms. We use celery in our chili. Gives it a little crunch. ---
**Author:** ![FilmGeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@FilmGeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FilmGeek)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2005, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-vegetables-are-good-in-chili/287492/47 "2005-02-01T22:17:39Z")
I usually throw two or three kinds of roasted peppers (a jalepeno\* or two, a pablano or anaheim or two, roasted in the oven and peeled) a can of corn, a can each of black, red and kidney beans, four cans of tomatoes a green bell pepper, a red bell pepper and a large onion into my chili. Depending on what kind of meat is cheap, I’ll make it with ground beef, ground turkey, beef roast or pork roast. (\*I can’t find how to make a tilde, at least I don’t pronouce is jal-eh-peen-o) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-vegetables-are-good-in-chili/287492.md?page=2)