I had a request for a recipe. Saddle tramp chili

which there really isn't any fixed recipe forcvf/s;cdf/- thank you, Kitty.tyu777777. Thanks again. This is going to be an interesting post because Kitty is restless.

Anyway basic Saddle Tramp chili is pretty much a meat dish.

Grab a couple pounds of red meat. Beef, venison, elk or bison seems to work the best. If it is already ground up you can start with that. I use venison burger when I can get it.

As for beef? Either use a couple pounds of ground beef of get yourself a couple pound chunk of the cheapest beef you can find. Cheapest? Yes. Cheapest. Do NOT do anything stupid like buy expensive steaks. You'll ruin everything. 

If you use a chunk of meat such as beef then throw that stupid French knife back in the drawer and using your hunting knife which should be sharp as hell, hack the meat un into pieces about a quarter the size of your little toe.

Brown the meat and set it aside. Then hack up a big onion and a bunch of peppers. Toss them in the skillet and when let them get started for a few minutes. Then toss in the browned meat, add some water and let it slowly simmer.

Add whatever spices you deem necessary and let it simmer until the peppers get kinda mushy. While simmering you can add other ingredients. I seldom add beans and sometimes (but not always) toss in a can of Ro Tel (diced tomatoes are OK, also.)

When the peppers are kinda mushy and the juice has simmered down to the right amount I sprinkle in a bit of flour and stir it into the juice and let it thicken up the juice a bit. Then I pull it off the heat and when it's cooler I eat a bowl. The rest gets put into single portion containers and frozen for later. 

It's really nothing more than a spiced to taste mixture of meat, onions and peppers, basically.

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