I feel this way about cinnamon.

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• AmosBurton_ThatGuy@lemmy.ca ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Chili without beans is just spicy spaghetti sauce and I will die on that hill.

  Beans belong in chili.

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  • djsoren19@yiffit.net ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Beans are the foundation of chili. You can remove all the meat from a chili and still call it chili. You cannot remove all the beans and still call it chili.

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    • anomnom@sh.itjust.works ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Yes: Pinto beans are called chili beans for a goddamn reason. But also kidney beans in the mix (and black beans at least) are delicious too.

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  • AA5B@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Beanless chili only works as a hot dog condiment. I don’t see the point otherwise

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  • PlainSimpleGarak@lemm.ee ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Keep your head held high, my bean chili brother.

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  • captainlezbian@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Well yeah, take the skyline pill and embrace it

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    • SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Based and goldstarpilled

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  • the_artic_one@programming.dev ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Usually when I’ve had beanless chilli, it’s made with chunks of meat instead of ground meat so more like a spicy stew.

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    • HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I’ve had a lot with shredded beef, but that’s probably because they were too lazy to cut it after smoking. Shredding is easier.

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  • Jumi@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Preach it louder, so those in the back can hear it too

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• A_Very_Big_Fan@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

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  • showmeyourkizinti@startrek.website ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I came here looking for this and I knew Lemmy would come through for me. Thanks for passing your spark forward.

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  • frezik@midwest.social ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    That’s not completely off, but it should be dark chocolate, not milk chocolate or whatever M&M’s are made with now. A little dark chocolate is great in chili.

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    • burgersc12@mander.xyz ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      What about the Peeps?

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    • TheFriar@lemm.ee ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I can’t tell if you’re joking.

      If you’re not, do you mean like baking chocolate, ultra dark chocolate? Or like dark Ghirardelli chocolate chips

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  • Ookami38@sh.itjust.works ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Put the peeps in the chili make it taste… Bad.

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• thefartographer@lemm.ee ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  These rules come from the same people who put a slice of cheese on apple pie. “It adds a savory quality to all the sweetness.” Fuck off, it adds the taste of cheese to apple pie. People also like mint and chocolate, maybe you should eat some M&Ms coated in Vicks vaporub

  Chili is steaming dog food with too many spices and onions for dogs to eat. If you think your chili tastes better with beans or even cinnamon, then get down with your bad self. Anyone who tells you otherwise is welcome to not eat your chili.

  “Syrup doesn’t belong on waffles/french toast”
  “Cookies shouldn’t have raisins”
  “You shouldn’t put butter on your tortillas”
  Fuck all y’all, I’mma eat my food how it tastes good and you can maybe chime in once you got a show on the food network

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  • HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    As a fellow member of the [If It’s Delicious Who Cares If It’s aUtHenTic] Club, I don’t usually feed my dogs a hand selected blend of peppers and spices, but you’re invited to the cookout anyways.

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    • thefartographer@lemm.ee ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I don’t care how they’re picked, you generally shouldn’t feed peppers and spices that you’d use in chili. And never onions, garlic, or grapes regardless of the intended application.

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  • Maggoty@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Whoa now. Whoever said Syrup doesn’t belong on waffles should be kept away from sharp objects.

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    • SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      No, they should be very, very close to a lot of sharp objects, repeatedly.

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  • KittyCat@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Raisins in cookies is evil, the number of times I was fooled when I was younger…

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    • grrgyle@slrpnk.net ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Raisins in cookies is high tier. It’s got the sweet and the chew

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• Kalkaline@leminal.space ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Beans belong in chilli and you can wash the cast iron in the dishwasher

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  • FlyingSquid@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I agree, but then they call that slop they put on spaghetti in Cincinnati chili and it doesn’t have any beans, so I don’t know what’s real anymore.

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    • Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      My headcanon for the invention of Cincinnati chili is that some midwestern person read that chili is “heavily spiced” and used what they had available, including chili and nutmeg.

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    • BakerBagel@midwest.social ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      It’s got beans of you order a 5-way like a real man

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    • captainlezbian@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Only 3 ways and some 4 ways don’t have beans

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    • SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      It’s not choking, it’s “Cincinnati chili,” and you can absolutely get it with beans

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  • SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Do whatever you want to your cast iron but stay the fuck away from mine.

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• BigDanishGuy@sh.itjust.works ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Whatever dude. My chili, my choice.

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  • HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Dude the election was clear. your chili my choice.

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• TheDonkerZ@lemmy.ca ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  You put the Peeps in the chili, they make the chili taste… bad.

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• ryathal@sh.itjust.works ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Chili is a tomato based curry and pretty much anything is acceptable if balanced properly.

  • cinnamon
  • chocolate
  • coffee
  • oregano
  • cilantro
  • cheddar
  • beer
  • bourbon

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  • nyctre@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    According to google (and since the name implies it as well I’m inclined to believe it) it’s actually a chili pepper based stew. With or without meat. Tomatoes and beans are common ingredients, but not part of the base.

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    • Maggoty@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Sure, but what does that even mean? Because you start with your onion and garlic and build it from there. So in that sense the onion and garlic are the base.

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  • Nuke_the_whales@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    You start adding chocolate and you’re going into mole territory though

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    • Lurker@lemmy.zip ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Chocolate has been in my family’s secret chilli recipe for generations. If your chilli tastes sweet or chocolaty you messed up. The current generation uses a spiced mexican grandma chocolate. It balances the acidity out and helps everything harmonize.

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    • frezik@midwest.social ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      It’s not supposed to be sweet chocolate. It’s coco without the milk and sugar, and it will make almost any chili taste better.

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  • iheartneopets@lemm.ee ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I know the Japanese will dead ass put apple and raisins in some variations of their curry. Apple is pretty good, adds a sweetness that isn’t overbearing. Raisins, though I will never understand.

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    • ThoGot@lemm.ee ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Never tried raisins, but I imagine it could be pretty tasty if well done.

      There are a lot of dishes where you put dried fruit in otherwise savoury meals (I think especially middle eastern or like slavic Plov)

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    • hikaru755@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Pineapple is very common in curries, the jump to apples and raisins isn’t that far tbh

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    • BigDanishGuy@sh.itjust.works ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Danes will put apple in curry as well.

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  • OfficeMonkey@lemmy.today ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    … Bourbon??

    My universe has just expanded.

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    • ouRKaoS@lemmy.today ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      You ever had a brown sugar bourbon BBQ sauce?

      Same concept with chili.

      If you haven’t already had it, looks like I’ve added to your homework assignment!

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• Kolanaki@yiffit.net ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  A pinch of cinnamon can be pretty good in chili. Adds a certain spiciness that isn’t a capsaicin feeling spice.

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  • agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    If you can taste cinnamon, you put too much. It gives almost a smokiness while making the sweetness of the tomato pop. But you should use so little you worry it won’t do anything.

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  • FlyingSquid@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    You are entitled to your incorrect opinion.

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  • Maggoty@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    _>

    <_<

    Curry powder.

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• rumba@lemmy.zip ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  If you use cinnamon and cloves in chili, the cinnamon and cloves should be almost undetectable. The spice is meant to provide a warm undertone.

  Realistically, if you want to properly experience it, forget adding cinnamon and add good quality chorizo. It has cinnamon, but brings a lot more to the table.

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  • captainlezbian@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    So any decent garam masala will work?

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    • rumba@lemmy.zip ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      You know, I’ve never tried it with chili, but I’ll bet it would be wonderful. I’m thinking the cardamom’s going to get lost really quickly, I would probably add it once at about the middle of the cooking, and then lightly dust it again at serving for the aroma.

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  • dream_weasel@sh.itjust.works ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    For sure. A pinch or pinch and a half will do ya. 1/2 tsp and you’ve gone too far.

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  • HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Wait is that why I love chorizo I fuckin love cinnamon

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    • rumba@lemmy.zip ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I honestly had no idea what was in chorizo. I had been making chili with it at home and it came time to make it for work, I stopped by the market near work and they didn’t have any. I was all “FINE!, I’ll make my own” and looked it up, there are TONS of variations. The one I went for was basically vinegar, coriander, cinnamon, cloves, and most of the spices I already use in chili.

      One of my favorite taco shops made one that was very hot and just a touch sweet the cinnamon was forward which I didn’t care for at first, but it ended up being amazing, it was also processed fine like round beef. I’ve been trying to replicate that for a while.

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• Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I, as a chili bean lover who made their chili based on beans, understand this completely.

  Chili should (if not vegan chili) be based around the meat. The meat and flavors should be #1 and the accoutrements should be secondary.

  If vegan chili (which my mum makes and it’s SO DELICIOUS), this rule can be ignored.

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  • Rampsquatch@sh.itjust.works ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Counterpoint: I’ll put whatever I want in my spicy slop and the internet can be mad all it wants, beans are going in there.

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    • Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      That is hella based

      But I’ve tried with a lot of different things and it always comes out best if I do the meat as a base (if I’m not making vegan chili)

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  • phdepressed@sh.itjust.works ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Chili just needs to be hearty and filling. Meat and beans are great for this purpose. Having an appropriate ratio is important and the types of beans is also important (doubly so in vegetarian chili). Meat should be on top but shouldn’t overpower everything else.

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    • Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Full agree. If it’s meat chili, the easiest way to do that is to use the meat base.

      But you’re 100% correct, you can absolutely do it different ways, especially if you’re making non-meat chili.

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• Slovene@feddit.nl ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  “If you like beans in chili put beans in chili. If you dislike beans in chili but you dislike someone who also dislikes beans in chili more than you dislike beans in chili put beans in chili.”

  m.youtube.com/watch?v=ZT3GlECfYoU

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• ouRKaoS@lemmy.today ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  There are various spices that go into chili that have been lost to time & grandfather’s taking recipes to the grave. I’m ok with a little experimenting, but it should taste like Chili, not “Chili”.

  Also, there is a hard line in the sand at elbow noodles. That’s Goulash.

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  • Maggoty@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    That’s ChiliMac and we’re going to have to fight now because that’s the highest expression of Chili known to man.

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    • Furbag@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      It’s funny, I love chili and I love mac and cheese, but I find ChiliMac to be somehow worse than the sum of it’s parts.

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  • Hagdos@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Also, there is a hard line in the sand at elbow noodles. That’s Goulash.

    WHAT?! I was all the way with you, until Goulash. What horrific version of goulash are you eating that contains elbow noodles? Or even noodles at all?

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    • Wogi@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      American, not Hungarian.

      Goulash is a common food in school lunch rooms and is like a tomato and meat sauce on elbow noodles. It’s not what you’re thinking goulash is, but it’s quite good.

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• AnimalsDream@slrpnk.net ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  As a vegan it might be strange and interesting to try to replicate the “authentic” Texas Red recipes. No beans, no tomato. The basic recipe would be an almost purely pepper-based stock, probably use both Beyond Ground and diced Beyond Steak. If I recall, the most original known chili recipe called for a substantial amount of added pig fat. I’m not big on high-fat foods in the first place, so to me it’s dubious whether to even include an alternative. But if I did, the most comparable choice would be coconut oil, but I avoid coconut/palm oil to the best of my ability, so probably a bit of added avocado oil would work best, though it’s worth noting that Beyond products are already high in one or the other of these (avocado Beyond is best). Spices don’t need to change.

  But then, is that really superior chili? Sorry but midwestern bean and tomato/pepper extravaganza chili is way better, and will continue to be my main. But with some added crumbled soy curls? Gonna have to try that soon.

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  • CascadianGiraffe@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Vegetarian for over 20 years. Most of my chili is “leftovers chili”. It’s about the flavor more than the ingredients. I suppose it’s more of a chili flavored goulash technically.

    Usually starting with black beans, chick peas, tomatoes, peppers and chili spices. Then whatever leftovers I don’t want to eat get chopped up and added. My favorite leftover is old French fries because they never reheat right anyway. Also a great way to use up produce that is going bad but not yet unsafe to eat.

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  • FlyingSquid@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I’ve never tried it, but I bet TVP would work pretty well in chili as a substitute for meat, at least texturewise.

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    • AnimalsDream@slrpnk.net ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      That’s where the soy curls come in. TVP would be a nice addition, but I lean more in favor of a whole-foods approach. TVP = chemically stripped soy, mostly protein. Soy curls are the whole beans boiled and reformed into a surprizingly incredible and versatile meat alternative.

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    • rumba@lemmy.zip ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I make chili for work once a quarter or so. I make two batches, one Vegan, one Fantastic (ok kidding)

      Yes, you can use just about any meat substitute they are all fantastic. Slices of seitan, TVP, Small chunks of drained and pressed low moisture tofu, morning star sausage. The spices destroy any of the finer flavors, so you’re just in it for the texture you really can’t go wrong because the only no-no is gristle.

      Before the meat alternatives got decent in the past few years, I always just made both batches with beans.

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• grrgyle@slrpnk.net ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  There is nothing that cinnamon can’t improve though

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• FlexibleToast@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Chili is short for chili con carne, not chili con carne y frijoles. I understand competitions demanding a certain “purity.” That said, I will put beans in my chili because that’s what I like.

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• NickwithaC@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Chidi from The Good Place making chilli

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• lemonadebunny@lemmy.ca ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Reminds me of the scene from The Good Place where Chidi puts peeps in his chili 1000095944

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• 200ok@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I put in a pinch of espresso 🤌

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• myungbrenda@discuss.online ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  However, there is nothing that cinnamon cannot make better.

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• Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Cincinnati is a strange and wonderful place.

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• ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  As long as it has a shitload of beans on tomato paste, I’ll eat that slop.

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