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ivan's world war ii chili

(1 rating)
duncan2929 avatar
Recipe by
virginia duncan
@duncan2929
decatur, AR

Grandad (Ivan) was a cook in the army during World War II and loved to cook for his family and friends. He said the only problem was trying to use his army cookbook and get the measurements down to family size versus a platoon size which was printed in his book.

(1 rating)
cook time 45 Min
method Stove Top

Ingredients For ivan's world war ii chili

  • 3 lb
    chili meat (hamburger)
  • 3/4 lb
    ground suet (pork sausage)
  • 3/4 tsp
    comino seed(cumin) seeds or 1/2 tsp ground equals 1 tsp seeds
  • 3/4 tsp
    red pepper
  • 1/8
    water glass chili powder
  • 2 oz
    flour (6 teaspoons)
  • 1/2 tsp
    paprika
  • 1 clove
    garlic

How To Make ivan's world war ii chili

  • 1
    Brown all meat. Add all spices.
  • 2
    Now since this is taken from Ivan and Betty's recipe box I'm coping it the way it was written. The next step I know is figuring out what they mean. Like I had no idea what comino seeds were until I looked it up. So for the 1/8 water glass of chili powder. I don't even know how big the glass was. So I'm going to say season it to taste.
  • 3
    It also doesn't say how long to simmer. But I can remember him simmering it at least 30-40 minutes. Now you will also notice it doesn't have any tomatoes, water, or beans in it. That's because this was only how to season up the meat. And the rest depended which supplies were on hand .
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