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SNIPPETZ SIZZLES DURING
NATIONAL CHILI MONTH by Deborah Stumpf
ISSUE 415 • OCTOBER 12, 2009
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“Next to jazz music, there is nothing that lifts the spirit and strengthens the soul more than a good bowl of chili.” -Harry James, musician and band leader (1916-1983)
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alloween: step aside. October is also National Chili Month. As the aspens turn to gold and snow drifts in and out of Colorado, October is a perfect time to recognize one of America’s hottest (no pun intended) dishes.
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Texans have for centuries claimed fame as the originators of chili con carne. Others argue that chili originated in Mexico, but Charles Ramsdell, a writer from San Antonio, Texas, wrote the following in his article, San Antonio: A Historical and Pictorial Guide. “Chili, as we know it in the U.S. cannot be found in Mexico today, except in a few spots which cater to tourists. If chili had come from Mexico, it would still be there. For Mexicans … do not change their culinary customs from one generation, or even from one century, to another.” In 1926, another writer from San Antonio, J.C. Clopper, wrote that Mexicans defined chili in the Diccionario de Mejicanismos, published in 1959, as “detestable food passing itself off as Mexican, sold in the U.S. from Texas to New York.” No matter, most agree that San Antonio, Texas, is responsible for spreading Texas-style chili throughout the South and West and then some. In 1893, the San Antonio Chili Stand at the Columbian Exposition in Chicago introduced people worldwide to chili con carne. If there is still doubt about Texans and chili, here’s National Chili Month... Continued on Page 2
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