Small, red or green seed case from particular types of pepper plant that is used to make some foods very hot and spicy,also chilli con carne a spicy dish of meat, onions, chillies or chilli powder, and usually beans.
While many food historians agree that chili con carne is an American dish with Mexican roots, Mexicans are said to indignantly deny any association with the dish.
Most historians agree that the earliest written description of chili came from J.C. Clopper, who lived near Houston. While his description never mentions the word chili this is what he wrote of his visit to San Antonio in 1828: "When they [poor families of San Antonio] have to lay for their meat in the market, a very little is made to suffice for the family; it is generally cut into a kind of hash with nearly as many peppers as there are pieces of meat--this is all stewed together.” The fame of chili con carne began to spread and the dish soon became a major tourist attraction. It was featured at the World's Fair in Chicago in 1893 at the San Antonio Chili Stand.
By the 20th century chili joints had made their debut in Texas and became familiar all over the west by the roaring ‘20s. In fact, by the end of that decade, there was hardly a town that didn't have a chili parlour, which were often no more than a shed or a room with a counter and some stools.
''Chili'' - Quotes And Descriptions Writing:
There was nothing like coming home to a bowl of his Dad's chili on a cold day. It had all the same tomato chunks, beef and kidney beans that Mom's did, but it was scorching hot. Dad must have put four or five times the amount of chilli in it. Each burning mouthful warmed him up from the inside out. Of course he washed it down with a glass of milk to help put out the fire in his guts, but that was all part of the fun.
