Recipe - Ljs Chili Con Cae

3 lbs of stewing beef 3 cans of red kidney beans (14oz) 2 can of brown
beans (14 oz) 1 can of Hunts tomato paste (large) 1 cup of ketchup 2 large
green peppers 2 large red peppers 2 teaspoons black pepper
salt to taste One half cup of chili powder 1 cup of mashed potatoes (cooked)
One fourth mashed banana 1 tablespoon lemon juice 1 large can tomatoes (quart)
prefer home canned 1 tablespoon crushed chillis (to suit more or less) 1
tablespoon black mollases 1 teaspoon Cumin 1 teaspoon Oregano 2 large
Spanish onions (you have'ta shed tears when slicing these) 3 cans of
mushrooms (8 oz.cans)

Cutbef nt 1 inch chunks or thereabouts. etbef soak in a bowl with the
tomatoes and juice, lemon juice, mushrooms, blak pepper, crushed chilis and
onions over night. Brown the meat in a skillet. In large pot throw in the
tomatoes and crushed chillis, onions, meat, paste, everything except the
beans and peppers and slow cook for three hours. Next chop your green and
red peppers into long slivers or if you prefer minced . Also stir in your
beans and cook slowly for one more hour. With the thick "soupy" ring around
the pot; stir back into the simmering chili.

You might like the chili hotter or maybe milder, depends on your taste.
What ever you do, don't ruin the chili by making it hotter with hot sauces,
this has a tendency to make the chili into "superficial" body heat not a
deep solid heat. To accompany the chili try and get your hands on some
"Agua Dente" (fire water) 80% alcohol (national drink in Colombia). I
guarantee you will see God!