re: #79 Backwoods_Sleuth

Fun chili factoid: In 1993, the Illinois state legislature adopted a resolution proclaiming Springfield the “Chilli Capital of the Civilized World.” And said resolution proclaimed that the official spelling was to be “chilli” with two Ls. Per Wiki: “The unique spelling is said to have begun with the founder of the Den Chilli Parlor in 1909, due to a spelling error in its sign.”
I remember when the legislature did that, but I spent my teens and early 20s in Cincinnati, home of Skyline Chili. I refuse alternative spellings…

In New Mexico it’s chile, which refers to both the fruit of the chile plant and the dish made with chiles and meat. NO BEANS.