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Is Chili Soup Or Stoup?

For me, a bowl of hot chili represents autumn way more than any pumpkin spice drink ever could.

My brother lived in Texas where they claim chili originated.

Texans have a very different outlook on chili – they claim there are no beans or tomatoes in chili.

I love the beans in my chili – I don’t think I would eat it otherwise.

I also like corn in my chili to give it some colour.

And I like my chili thick enough so that the spoon will stand straight up on it’s own, so I guess it’s not soup.

More a combination of soup and stew, or as my family called it – stoup.

Is chili a soup or a stew?

And do you put corn in your chili?

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Bridgewater, CA
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