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Miss Mary · #41 Postby **Miss Mary** » Fri Oct 10, 2003 11:00 am

Here's a local recipe for what's been called Cincinnati-style Chili, or another way to put it, Skyline Chili. We have several local chili chains but Skyline is the one most identifiable when someone says they just love Cincinnati Chili! Here's their website, in case you'd like to see how it's served (not in a bowl!):

http://www.skylinechili.com/

This recipe appeared in a local Catholic Church Parish Cookbook years ago. The majority of recipes include the donar's name. However under this recipe, all it states is: Anonymous! This is very, very close to the real thing. The real recipe is under lock and key, in a vault somewhere I've heard! True!!!! Okay, here goes....
Mary

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Homemade Cincinnati Skyline Chili

2 lb. ground chuck (raw)
1 qt. water
1 Tbsp. salt
1 Tbsp. pepper
1 1/2 Tbsp. crushed red pepper
1 1/2 Tbsp. white vinegar
2 Tbsp. onion flakes or chopped onion
1 tsp. cinnamon
1 tsp. allspice
1 tsp. cumin
3 large bay leaves
1 can Hunt's tomato sauce (large, 14 oz)
2 dashes Worcestershire sauce

Put all in large pot and cook slowly for 6 hours, uncovered. Bring to a boil, then simmer all day long.

On medium sized plate, put:
spaghetti
chili
fresh cut onions
beans
grated American Cheese

"Eat your heart out" - this recipe says.....

Or you can pour a few tablespoons of chili over hot dogs to make coney's. Add onions and then cheese if you prefer.

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Mary's suggestions: mix all dry spices together in a small bowl. Add about 1/3 of this amount in the beginning. After a few hours when the beef is cooked thru, taste. If not spicy enough, add more. Once the spices are in, they are in! We had to dump an entire pot of chili for a famly reunion once. It was so spicy, oh my. We knew the kids wouldn't eat it. So there I was running out for more fresh ground chuck at midnight.....we had to cook the chili overnight to take on our trip the next day. Live and learn! We could smell chili for a long time after that. One more tip: we use a potato masher in the beginning to break up the ground beef. You have to cook it raw and it tends to clump together. A large fork works well too. Enjoy!!!!

breeze · #42 Postby **breeze** » Fri Oct 10, 2003 4:33 pm

Oh, yummy, yummy, yummy!! Thank you,
Miss Mary! It's copied and pasted in my Recipes
file!! :bgbounce:

Miss Mary · #43 Postby **Miss Mary** » Fri Oct 10, 2003 6:40 pm

Annette - you mean you don't just shove copies of recipe's in a drawer somewhere, like I do? You actually have a recipe file? Wow, I bow to you - I'm impressed.

And now I'll reveal how old I really am or prove I'm this old, LOL. I have all my home-ec recipes still.....from '72-'74! They're in a baggie - at least in one spot. Sometimes those old recipes are a riot!!! A different era back then.....I was handed down one of my deceased dear mother-in-law's cookbooks. Her daughters took most of them but I have a Better Home & Gardens one from the 60s. My daughter Nina and I just howl reading it. Maybe for a laugh I'll post some excerpts here.....one states that you should lie down and rest before your husband comes home from work. And fix your hair, cut some fresh flowers, make yourself interesting. It is so funny!

I should really do something with my recipes. In one drawer I have thin cookbooks - crockpot, Forman Grill, etc. The other drawer just has loose recipe's, printed or handwritten. I'm awful. LOL

Mary

breeze · #44 Postby **breeze** » Fri Oct 10, 2003 6:56 pm

LOL, Miss Mary - I have an old circa 1937 "Searchlight" Recipe Book
that was my grandmother's that tells you how to "truss" fowl before
cooking, and, such...I gotta SEW it up?? :o Heh-heh...all of the
prim and proper lady-like things are in it...LOL, times from when the
women stayed home and cooked and cleaned, all day! :lol:

Miss Mary · #45 Postby **Miss Mary** » Sat Oct 11, 2003 9:15 am

Here's something neat to share about Skyline Chili!!! It is so popular here in the Cincinnati area that when people move away, it's one of the first things they miss or eat when they return for a visit. If you go to the main Skyline webpage, click on About Skyline it will take you to a fan page. Each week a fan is awarded Fan of the Week, and wins a T-shirt. Last January, our very own Skywatch_NC/Eric won Fan of the Week!!! He and his family still visit this area occasionally and always stop at Skyline when here. So he was perfect for writing a letter....and he won!!!!

Here's his winning letter and a link for other letters (this page has 3 or more years of winners, w/o the year listed behind the date.) Very confusing. Eric's letter appeares near the top if you scroll down.
http://www.skylinechili.com/skyline_fan ... tWinners=Y

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Winner For The Week Of 1/19 [2003]

"My folks and I have always enjoyed Skyline Chili since our having lived in Cincinnati from 1965-1985! Mom and Dad's favorites are the 4-way and mine is 3-way!! We used to live in Hamilton, OH too and would frequent the Skyline there as well as Skyline in Fairfield, OH and that chili is one thing that we truly miss since now living in North Carolina. We have a good friend who's daughter lives in Cincinnati and he's brought back some cans of Skyline and crackers for us on occasion! Truly a taste of Home that we always have very fond memories of!! I was in Cincy over the holiday period this past year and stopped at a Skyline for a 3-way in the Warsaw area! Eric Nisely Roanoke Rapids, NC "

Eric Nisely
Roanoke Rapids, NC

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Pretty cool, huh? Way to go Eric!!!!

Mary

Skywatch_NC · #46 Postby **Skywatch_NC** » Sat Oct 11, 2003 9:37 am

I'll take Skyline Chili ANY DAY!!!

That Eastern Carolina minced pork/vinegar BBQ leaves something to be desired! :o :lol:

Eric

CajunMama · #47 Postby **CajunMama** » Sun Oct 12, 2003 10:44 pm

With cool weather getting nearer how about sitting around the kitchen table with a hot bowl of

Corn & Crab Soup

1 1/2 cups chopped onions
1/2 of a bellpepper chopped
1/2 stick of butter
1 1/2 tbsp. flour
salt/pepper
1 lb. of claw crabmeat*
4 cans chicken broth
4 cans cream corn
24 oz. evaporated milk

Saute onions & bell pepper in butter. Add seasoning and flour. Add corn, broth & crabmeat. Cook over medium fire for 30 minutes. Add evaporated milk and simmer for 5 minutes.

*no need to use the expensive lump crabmeat since it all falls apart in the soup!

Miss Mary · #48 Postby **Miss Mary** » Mon Oct 13, 2003 6:49 am

Here's a new recipe I'm hoping to try. Each Holiday Season I make treats for teachers and neighbors. Last year it was Caramel Popcorn. Year before Orange Tea Mix. This year I'm going to try Pralines! You don't even bake them - how easy is that? I'll let you all know if they're any good. Sound like they are!
Mary

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Buttermilk Pralines

Note from reader who donated recipe:
"This recipe requires your steadfast attention, so try not to get distracted. The periodic stirring prevents it from boiling over." Nora Henshaw, Okemah, OK

1 1/2 cups sugar
1/2 cup whole buttermilk
1 1/2 tablespoons light-colored corn syrup
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
dash of salt
2/3 cup chopped pecans, toasted
1 1/2 teaspoons butter
1 tablespoon vanilla extract

1. Combine first 5 ingredients in a large saucepan. Cook over low heat until sugar dissolves, stirring constantly. Continue cooking over low heat until a candy thermometer registers 234 degrees (about 10 minutes); stir occasionally. Remove from heat; let stand 5 minutes.

2. Stir in nuts, butter and vanilla, beat with a wooden spoon until mixture begins to lose its shine (about 6 minutes). Drop by teaspoons onto wax paper. Let stand 20 minutes or until set. Yield: 30 servings (serving: 1 praline).

Note: Store pralines in an airtight container for up to 2 weeks.

This recipe appears in the Cooking Light Sept 2003 issue, page 140. You can't view it online without signing up for issues online.

#49 Postby **bfez1** » Mon Oct 13, 2003 2:03 pm

Pumpkin Pecan Muffins

1/2 cup butter or margarine softened
1 cup sugar
2 eggs
1 cup mashed pumpkin, fresh cooked or canned
2 cups flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
1 cup milk
1/2 cup chopped pecans
Cream butter; gradually add sugar, beating well. Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each. Add pumpkin and beat well. Combine 1 3/4 cups flour, baking powder, salt and spices; mix well. Add flour mixture to butter and sugar mixture alternately with milk, beginning and ending with flour mixture. Beat well after each addition. Dredge pecans in remaining 1/4 cup of flour; fold into batter. Spoon batter into greased muffin cups, filling 2/3 full. Bake at 400° for 25 minutes or until golden. Makes about 18 muffins.

#50 Postby **Pburgh** » Mon Oct 13, 2003 5:42 pm

Speaking of Chili

White Chili

1 large can of chicken broth
4 boneless chicken breasts diced
4 large carrots diced
1 large onion diced
4 stalks of celery and the heart (The part inside with all the leaves) diced
6 small potatoes peeled and diced
1 stick of butter
3 TBS of flour
2 lbs of hot pepper cheese
1 small can of pinto beans

In a skillet saute all veggies in about 2TBS of oil or butter. Add the diced chicken breast. Cook slowly for about 15 minutes or until tender.

Put Chicken broth in large stock pan and add cooked chicken and veggies. Simmer for about 20 -30 minutes.

Melt the butter in your frying pan. When it is melted add your flour and about 2 cups of water to make a white sauce. (A little thicker than gravy)

Add the white sauce to the chicken and veggies in the stock pot. Bring to low boil and add the cheese. Keep stirring and the cheese will melt. Let this simmer for about 1 hour.

This is spicy but it's been the most exciting thing going at my Steeler Game Parties!!!!! (including the games)lol

breeze · #51 Postby **breeze** » Mon Oct 13, 2003 6:16 pm

Some great recipes, everyone, especially with
Winter coming on! Thanks!

Hey, CajunMama, I was thinking of you,
yesterday, when I was watching the Food
Network, and, they were showing the
annual Crawfish Festival down in your
parts, and the "Etoufee Contest" - I gotta
tell you, my mouth was watering!

CajunMama · #52 Postby **CajunMama** » Mon Oct 13, 2003 7:46 pm

Breeze....ya need to come down for the crawfish festival....come pass a good time cher!

breeze · #53 Postby **breeze** » Mon Oct 13, 2003 8:00 pm

OOOOOh, the temptation is way too great! :lol:

#54 Postby **Pburgh** » Tue Oct 14, 2003 5:42 pm

Ok Breeze, I'm on my way. I'll pick you up and CajunMama, we'll be down in a jiffy. Oh boy, my mouth is watering. Can you send some UPS????

CajunMama · #55 Postby **CajunMama** » Tue Oct 14, 2003 6:07 pm

Pburgh....I'm waiting for ya'll! But you'll have to wait until the first weekend in May for the official Breaux Bridge Crawfish Festival! Then we'll have all the mudbugs you can eat!

Pittsburgh...that's where my family is from originally

VanceWxMan · #56 Postby **VanceWxMan** » Tue Oct 14, 2003 6:52 pm

hey all here are a few of the recipies that were posted on my site back when we had the kitchen
some of them are my very own, when I was taking cooking school.

http://www.wxchat.com/board/index.php?s ... &hl=recipe

http://www.wxchat.com/board/index.php?s ... &hl=recipe

A FREE recipe program for your puter
http://www.wxchat.com/board/index.php?s ... &hl=recipe

http://www.wxchat.com/board/index.php?s ... &hl=recipe

I will look for more these should suffice for now

PS one of the links is my TOP secret recipe thread.

Enjoy
Aaron

Lake Effect1 · #57 Postby **Lake Effect1** » Tue Oct 14, 2003 7:31 pm

THANK YOU Aaron!!!

VanceWxMan · #58 Postby **VanceWxMan** » Tue Oct 14, 2003 7:34 pm

Your very welcome... I will have more later

for now I hope that you enjoy them.

Aaron

breeze · #59 Postby **breeze** » Wed Oct 15, 2003 6:21 pm

Aaron, another thanks for the recipes, my
friend! Lordy, we're cookin' up a STORM!
(I'm not sure if pun was really intended,
there, or, not...) :lol:

Pburgh, hon, about the first of May, you just
come slidin' through Tennessee, and, we'll
beat a path down to CajunMama and Bre's
territory to munch away and have a good
time! :ggreen:

azsnowman · #60 Postby **azsnowman** » Wed Oct 22, 2003 7:42 am

Here's a GREAT website for those of you who like/LOVE Southwestern Cooking, there's tons of other recipes also......ENJOY!

http://www.azcentral.com/home/recipes/

Dennis 8-)

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