mutant chili
this coming tuesday we're having a potluck party at work, so i thought i'd use this weekend to test-run a few recipes. i'd found a chili recipe that sounded pretty good and had a high serving yield, so i purchased my supplies (i bought ground turkey because it was cheap and increased the overall healthfulness of the dish) and went to work.
i noticed right away that this chili was not going to turn out the way i thought it would. first off, it was incredibly thick (so i thought....apparently, after consulting a few sources, the way mom made chili was very different from what's considered the norm), like sloppy joe mix. i compensated for this by adding more water, a second can of tomatoes, and a cup of leftover pasta sauce. secondly, the recipe called for the addition of an entire jar of cheez wiz. i was skeptical, but did as the recipe called. the end result ruined whatever chili aesthetic i had created. it looked like a combination of queso dip and puke.
i think the most frustrating thing about this recipe was that the finished product didnt even closely resemble the stock photo they had. and i've found that this is true with most of the kraft food recipes. luckily the chili tastes wonderful (much to my surprise), and will last me a long time (i filled up 4 storage containers). but even though the end result was good, i dont think i'll make this for the potluck. people tend to make their choices based on the appearance of the food, and i dont think a lot of coworkers will look at this and think 'yum'.
i noticed right away that this chili was not going to turn out the way i thought it would. first off, it was incredibly thick (so i thought....apparently, after consulting a few sources, the way mom made chili was very different from what's considered the norm), like sloppy joe mix. i compensated for this by adding more water, a second can of tomatoes, and a cup of leftover pasta sauce. secondly, the recipe called for the addition of an entire jar of cheez wiz. i was skeptical, but did as the recipe called. the end result ruined whatever chili aesthetic i had created. it looked like a combination of queso dip and puke.
i think the most frustrating thing about this recipe was that the finished product didnt even closely resemble the stock photo they had. and i've found that this is true with most of the kraft food recipes. luckily the chili tastes wonderful (much to my surprise), and will last me a long time (i filled up 4 storage containers). but even though the end result was good, i dont think i'll make this for the potluck. people tend to make their choices based on the appearance of the food, and i dont think a lot of coworkers will look at this and think 'yum'.
posted by suz at 10:22 PM
2 Comments:
mom sent me a hilarious reply that i thought i'd share:
"Suz, if you are using turkey to make the chili healthier, WHY would you add a jar of processed cheese?"
touche, mutti. the answer: the turkey was supposed to offset the un-healthfulness of the cheese. looking back, i would've been better off doing away with it.
Isn't it interesting how we expect a food like chili to look a certain way, and if it doesn't, we might not try it, even though, if we did, we would find it delicious? Green Eggs and Ham, Sam I Am.
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