3 Dutch Ovens, So Much Chili

All Seriously Food bloggers were present at a camping trip to Big Sur this month, to which we brought along some beefy chili. Chili can be made while blindfolded and drunk, and equipment-wise, requires only the possession of one big ass pot:

1. Sweat onions
2. Brown ground beef and cubed sirloin
3. Stir in canned diced tomatoes & its juice, tomato paste, beer, coffee, beef broth, a tad of brown sugar, and whatever spices & herbs you like (standard is cumin, coriander, bay leaf, chili powder, cayenne, salt, and cocoa powder [gasp!]) Eyeball these ingredients; there's no point in making a science of it.
4. Add canned kidney beans and diced fresh peppers (jalapenos are fine but there's room to get creative).
5. Simmer down

Reheating on a portable stove at camp

This chili is delicious, and I didn't take it as an insult that I had a lot leftover. I brought some to work and ate it in front of my laptop, I moved it around in the fridge, I cried a little. Then, of course, I made chili cheese fries.

Spud frying

(Yeah, go ahead and use pre-cut, frozen fries)

These beauties were enjoyed with a cool beer and two cold men, who agreed that they were the best c.c. fries that any of us had ever had.

Weep, poutine (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poutine), weep.