Chili Con Carne's Origins Chock Full of Mystery

From: Chicago Sun-Times | Date: January 12, 1996| Author: Pat Bruno | Copyright information
Chili con carne, like the Caesar salad, is truly an American creation. Unlike the Caesar salad, however, chili has a history that boils with such controversy it is hard to separate the apocrypha from the truth. Here is a taste of some of the ponderings on the origins of this famous dish. You can decide which ones to believe. Chili was invented by Canary islanders, who were brought to San Antonio, Texas, in the 1700s.

In the middle to late 1800s, chuckwagon cooks, in an effort to make bee...

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