The Blork Blog

Blork’s Choco-chili
Before you use this recipe, you might want to read the choco-chili polemic from Monday.
INGREDIENTS

• About 750 gr (a bit more than 1.5 pounds) pot roast or other low-cost chunk of beef
• 2 onions, diced or sliced
• 3 or 4 cloves of garlic, minced
• 1 tomato, chopped
• 6 or 7 jalapeno or similar hot […]

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A few weeks ago I mentioned a variation of chili that I had concocted — I called it choco-chili. I said I would post the recipe, and I will, tomorrow or perhaps the day after. First, however, I need to say a thing or two about chili.
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Something I inherited from my Dad was the inability to grasp the passage of time.
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