Now maybe it was the ridiculous amount of wine, beer or liquor but in one clear moment I recall getting a glass of wine with Ms. Boyardee and almost being left behind. As she looked back, I was just staring at a large vat of meat-filled chili like it was a swimsuit model. Ms. Boyardee called over the janitor the wipe off the drool on the floor and it was decided that we'd try the vegetarian chili from the book.
Now the book has a fairly simple, bean and veggie based, chili but it also talks about ways to spice up the recipe with "the fixings". Obviously Ms. Boayrdee and I had to have ALL the fixings which included yogurt, toasted pumpkin seeds, green onions, toasted tortilla, cilantro, sweet onion, tomato, cheese, corn, lime wedges, and avocado. This chili was going to be as loaded as I was at the Wine & Food show.
I got home from work, and Ms. Boyardee and I realized that we had no wine, so we took a trip to the local depanneur for some cheap wine. The wine we chose was called "Fucquet" which I am assuming is pronounced " Fuck-it" so obviously we had to buy it based on the name alone.
The hardest part of this recipe was preparing all the fixings. At one point I was getting the corn ready and had to shuck it while drinking fucquet and then clearly had to include that comment in this blog because I'm immature. While I got the fixings ready, Ms. Boyardee browned some onions, garlic, poblano peppers and a crap load of wicked spices that I really can't distinguish between. Once they were browned we added all the beans and some tomatoes and vegetable stock and voila, veggie chili.
As you can see there were a lot of fixings. We skimped out on the limes but I think my picasso-esque drawing more than makes up for that omission.
The picture is yet again an exact replica. Just so you readers know, the real one is the closest one, it's hard to tell but what gives it away is the lack of beer in the glass. Ms. Boyardee took too long with the fixings and I couldn't help myself.
Ms. B: 7.0
J: 7.5
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