Monthly Archives: October 2010
2010 Chili Recipe
This is the recipe for my entry this year in our Ward’s Chili Cook-off.
People (otherwise known as wimps) complained in the past that my other entries were too hot. I like heat as long as it is controlled and still allows the flavor to come through. This recipe has little to no heat however. I also like chili with beans and vegetables as opposed to a traditional Texas “bowl o’ red”.
- 4 lb Stew meat. Trimmed and cut into 1/2″ cubes
- 2 Sweet Onions, diced
- 2 Habanero Peppers, seeded and finely minced
- 32 oz Beef Stock
- 28 oz Crushed Tomatoes, 4 cans
- 15.5 oz Dark Red Kidney Beans, 2 cans, drained
- 15.5 oz Black Beans, 2 cans, drained
- 15.5 oz Whole Kernel Corn, 2 cans, drained
- 2 Tb Roasted Garlic, minced
- 5 Hatch Green Chilies, roasted, seeded and minced
- 2 Green Bell pepper, seeded and diced
- 2 Red Bell Pepper, seeded and diced
- 5 Tb Yucatan Sunshine Habenero Hot Sauce
- 7 Tb Chili Powder
- 2 Tb Colgin Mesquite Liquid Smoke
- 6Â Tb Salt
- 2 Tb Brown Sugar
Brown meat in a skillet lightly coated with oil, remove and add to kettle
Add onions and Habenero pepper to the skillet, lightly sweat the onions until just before they start to carmelize. Add to the kettle
Deglaze skillet with some of the Beef stock. Pour into the kettle
Add the rest of the Beef stock and the balance of the ingredients to the kettle
Heat to a slight boil over medium heat
Reduce heat to “Low to Medium” (closer to low), cover and stir occasionally.
Serve with some Honey Corn Bread
These two things always bug me…
1. Those that claim we live in a Democracy and
2. That Communist are on the left and Fascist are on the right.
This video provides a GREAT primer for those of you that make these mistakes
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A lap around AMP
In anticipation of Arizona Motorsports Park reopening this coming year for events I shot this video to use in the HPDE1 class I teach for NASA.
The lap was not done at “full” speed as the purpose is to show the line around the track to new strudents.
Enjoy…
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PayGo. Just another Man behind the curtain
I’m so tired of hearing and reading about the Democrat passed “PayGo” legislation this past session. They trot it out as if it is the long awaited salvation to the spending binge that is Congress.
PayGo (if they actually honored it – and they have suspended the rule numerous times since passing it) is just treading water on a rising tide of red ink. The financing on those borrowed dollars still has to be paid. What difference does it make if you’re paying for bloated Budget item X out of Pocket A out of money “saved” because you stopped funding Project Y out of Pocket B.
It’s POINTLESS! Stop the bloody spending!
My friend Matthias Shapiro who runs the Political Math blog has put together some of the best visuals to show what a farce the budget is. The ONLY way to address the issue is to cut the “entitlement” spending.
This was his first video and the word iconic certainly fits.
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Think about that word. Entitlement. Now think about that word in relation to the oft quoted JFK:
And so, my fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country.
Mapping Social Media
This is a pretty cool map that demonstrates in geographic terms the area in use by various forms of communication.
In the upper left corner are two smaller inset maps. The “World” of Spoken language and then a zoomed in map to Email and TXT which in turn zooms down to Social Media (which is what makes up the large map.) The two smaller maps in the lower left and right hand corners are zoomed in detail of isolated areas within the bigger map.
FYI: Selecting the Thumbnail below will open a huge image that is 3072 x 3571 pixels
