Got to meet Mike Davis yesterday

[sawduster]

Me and Kevin ( Knot Head ) took a quick ....OK not so quick ride to Mike Davis' place yesterday to pick up a band saw :tool embedded gloat ....pics later )

We had a wonderful time . Here again was that friendly, knowledgeable, patient attitude that runs rampant among the members of this group :icon_thum
We watched Mike turn mallets on his lathe, asked tons of questions, met his new BS in person ( nice mo-sheen! ) and talked shop for a couple of hours .
Mike has a beautiful place and makes a killer pot of chili !!!!! ccasion1

Thanx Mike for the hospitality and taking the time to lead a couple of rookies around by the hand :newbie:

 

[michaelgarner]

What is THIS!!?? Someone makes homemade chilli? Mike your holding out on us.

 

[Travis Porter]

I think you are going to get the award for most severe case of WG disease!

No pics??

 

[michaelgarner]

Mike,
Thanks for the recipe. I have a great sautéed mushroom if anyone wants it.

 

[rbdoby]

Mike, my recipe is pretty close to yours except I add beans and instead of balsamic vinegar I use beer. The beer seems to helps to cut some of the acidity of the tomatoes.

Rick Doby

 

[Jon]

I used to make it with beans, but I'm getting old now and the beans don't set well anymore.

I make it different every time, sometimes I add fresh Basil if we have it in the garden. Sometimes ground beef or venison, red wine vinegar or just red wine, sometimes I add a cup of strong coffee, chopped jalopenos or green peppers. The green peppers bother me now too so I don't use them much anymore.

There are a 1000 different ways to make good chili and I think I have made about 600 of them. :rotflm:

One time I made it with just the roast and chili peppers, it was hot but not as flavorful. I like lots of contrasting flavors in my foods.

I usually have the beer on the side, but Saturday I didn't want to cause problems for my traveling friends. ccasion1

See thats where you messed up. You should have given them plenty of beer and then they would have to stay and help with the Wild rose patch.
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