• @KISSmyOS@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    526 months ago

    Chocolate Chili is absolutely delicious.
    200 grams of dark chocolate are a good amount for a large 5 liter pot.
    Also, one of the best winter beverages is cocoa powder (without sugar) boiled in milk with fresh chili peppers.

    But don’t use Hershey’s for fucks sake.

  • @gmtom@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    466 months ago

    I mean this could be an interesting combo, sweet and savoury together can be amazing if done ri-

    sees its Hersheys

    No I agree, whoever made this should be sent to the hague.

    • @SapphironZA@lemmings.world
      link
      fedilink
      96 months ago

      Correct, Hershey’s is not for human consumption.

      It was the worst thing about my holiday in America. The chocolate is universally terrible. Way too sweet, rough texture and chemical taste to the dairy content (something in the milk used).

    • @frezik@midwest.social
      link
      fedilink
      96 months ago

      As is usually the case for this kind of thing, there are tons of good chocolates from America. They just don’t come from major brand names.

      For that matter, Nestlé is Swiss.

      • The Stoned Hacker
        link
        fedilink
        16 months ago

        I specified American milk chocolate because American milk chocolate typically uses a more sour milk which gives it its distinctive flavour. Personally I can’t really stand it but to each their own.

          • The Stoned Hacker
            link
            fedilink
            16 months ago

            My phrasing was off, i didn’t mean to say that that actually used rancid or sour milk. Rather the flavor of butyric acid is commonplace in a lot of American chocolate. And it’s a flavor i quite despise (despite loving Hershey’s growing up), hence the preference for non-American chocolate. I understand that sweeping generalizations are almost never true, and that there are plenty of American chocolatiers who make chocolate without that distinct sour note, but that doesn’t denigrate the fact that you can go to most places in the states that sell chocolate and get something with a sour note. For many people they like that, I personally don’t.

  • Sabre363
    link
    fedilink
    English
    376 months ago

    It’s actually a pretty good idea to add chocolate to certain savory dishes. Not that much or that kind, but still.

    • @misophist@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      -116 months ago

      That’s not chili, I see beans, so it appears to be a bean soup or bean stew, but I concur, a bit of cocoa and/or a touch of cinnamon can really elevate a chili or bean stew.

      • @bdonvr@thelemmy.club
        link
        fedilink
        1
        edit-2
        6 months ago

        Huh, I didn’t know chili had such an incredibly strict definition. Does this strict definition mean that adding anything extra no longer makes it chili? If so is chocolate, cocoa, or cinnamon also included in this super strict definition? If not then isn’t adding these things make it some kind of “stew” not chili? Or is it just beans that make this dish magically transform into something else?

        I’d love to see this definition. Specifically where it says “unless it has beans, then it becomes something else”

        • @misophist@lemmy.world
          link
          fedilink
          -86 months ago

          Today you learned! It’s always a wonderful feeling to learn new things!

          Chocolate, cocoa, and cinnamon are flavorings and spices. Those are allowed in Chile. Chili is meat, tomato, onion, and spices. And yes, you can use chili as a base for a nice veggie stew with the addition of beans or q lot of other veggies!

          Cheers!

          • @bdonvr@thelemmy.club
            link
            fedilink
            96 months ago

            Oooh sorry that’s incorrect. No I think you’ve confused “Chili” and “Chili con carne”. Chili doesn’t have meat, and if you add it then you have “Chill con carne” (con carne = with meat)

            We have to be ridiculously gatekeepy and precise in our words, of course.

    • @RudeOnTuesdays@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      English
      186 months ago

      Yeah, cocoa powder enhances the flavor of the chili without making it taste like chocolate. What’s going on this picture is a crime though.

      • SolidGrue
        link
        fedilink
        English
        5
        edit-2
        6 months ago

        To be fair, the ratio of milk chocolate (15%) to dark chocolate (80%) works out to about 70% cocoa.

        Chef put in about 10x too much, but maybe we don’t know how deep that pot is.

        I say give it its day in court before we start thowibg around words like 'crime" or “inhumane”

          • SolidGrue
            link
            fedilink
            English
            26 months ago

            If that’s true then I’m not afraid to start lobbing terms like “crimes against humanity” around

            How deep does this rabbit hole.go???

        • Sentient Loom
          link
          fedilink
          English
          36 months ago

          Just to be dramatic I’ll go one step further and call this terrorism.

          • SolidGrue
            link
            fedilink
            English
            36 months ago

            I pulled up short of “genocide,” but someone else alread pointed out it is Hershey’s in that pot.

  • pflanzenregal
    link
    fedilink
    146 months ago

    Scrolling past this on an amoled screen with extra-low brightness this kinda looked like a satellite with solar arrays lol

  • 🇰 🔵 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 ℹ️
    link
    fedilink
    English
    10
    edit-2
    6 months ago

    Chocolate and spice actually go together really well. Like Mexican mole and, yes, chili. Though you would usually use an unsweetened dark chocolate (like 70% or more cacao).

  • @PopMyCop@iusearchlinux.fyi
    link
    fedilink
    86 months ago

    Hmm, I think the beans need to have some canned fish in there as well. It’s the only way to complement the flavor in all its subtleties.

    • Decoy321M
      link
      fedilink
      36 months ago

      Your comment made me throw up a little in my mouth.

  • Dr. Coomer
    link
    fedilink
    English
    66 months ago

    Gordon, no. Get the shotgun, we gotta put em down like ol yeller.

  • @JaymesRS
    link
    English
    5
    edit-2
    6 months ago

    ¯\(ツ)/¯ I put peanut butter in mine.

    [hides]