Tag Archives: stew

Grandma’s Kwanzaa Coffee Chili

Posted on December 26, 2014 by spasture

Time needs no assistance. Aiding time’s progress is futile. Abetting its coarse passage is criminal. While time does not define a person, it sets a parameter and frames the canvass on which each of us will work. My brush stroke … Continue reading →

Posted in ground beef, traditional chili | Tagged celebration, chili, coffee, cooking, corn, food, kwanzaa, pasta, philosophy, recipe, spicy, stew | Leave a comment

Dark Side of Chicken Chili

Posted on December 11, 2014 by spasture

The truth is obscured amid the luster and glisten, as unforeseen dangers lurk and beckon with luminescent allure. The Holidays, much as is the case with anything held to the light of high regard, have a dark side. A loud … Continue reading →

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Raucous Ramen Shrimp Chili

Posted on December 10, 2014 by spasture

Marathon runners are painfully cognizant of this sad-but-truism- “One cannot run mile 26.2 when one’s feet are at mile 23.” To compensate for the fracture between this intense and highly emotional desire and the cold indifference of physics and the … Continue reading →

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Rocking Root Beer Elk Chili and BONUS root beer recipe!

Posted on December 9, 2014 by spasture

The danger with mixing root beer and sriracha is that it may taste really terrible. As a contingency, I’m adding vegetables. In this way, if something tastes bad, I’ll just blame the veggies. Ingredients: 1 lb elk meat, … Continue reading →

Posted in slow cooker, vegetables, wild game | Tagged beef stew, chili, crock pot, elk, hearty, homemade, kids projects, recipe, root beer, soda recipe, spicy, stew | 2 Comments

Deer, Dumpling, and Dijon Chili

Posted on December 5, 2014 by spasture

Hearing an utterance of “’D’ as in…” snaps me briskly back to middle school. Classrooms were a quagmire of noise, confusion, and collusion. The unwritten, yet indelibly inked, rule was this- in order to stand out, one need not be … Continue reading →

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Old School Turkey and Sweet Potato Chili

Posted on November 24, 2014 by spasture

The place was run down because we allowed it to be so. In the sleepy college abode we wallowed in reveled in our mediocrity. It was a special place, a home were underachievement was not an indictment of a weak constitution … Continue reading →

Posted in turkey | Tagged chili, college, humor, life, recipe, running, spicy, stew, sweet potato, Thanksgiving, Thanksgiving Recipe, writing | 2 Comments

Drunken Elk Chili

Posted on November 18, 2014 by spasture

Day 322 and tensions are on the rise. Mrs. Chili365 “was going to cook something” until she realized that “we only have chili ingredients in the house”. I was actually feeling remorseful, until I remembered that the Missus’ new gig. … Continue reading →