Mark Casto’s Chili – We Love God!

If you have been truly born again you have a new and holy nature, and you are no longer moved towards sinful objects as you were before. The things that you once loved you now hate, and therefore you will not run after them. You can hardly understand it but so it is, that your thoughts and tastes are radically changed. You long for that very holiness which once it was irksome to hear of; and you loathe those vain pursuits which were once your delights. The man who puts his trust in the Lord sees the pleasures of sin in a new light. For he sees the evil which follows them by noting the agonies which they brought upon our Lord when He bore our sins in His own body on the tree. Without faith a man says to himself, 'This sin is a very pleasant thing, why should I not enjoy it? Surely I may eat this fruit, which looks so charming and is so much to be desired.' The flesh sees honey in the drink, but faith at once perceives that there is poison in the cup. Faith spies the snake in the grass and gives warning of it. Faith remembers death, judgment, the great reward, the just punishment and that dread word, eternity.

C.H. Spurgeon

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Meats, Grains	Tex-Mex	Main dish, Meats, Tex-mex	1	Servings

INGREDIENTS

1	lb	Ground pork sausage
1 1/2	lb	Ground beef
1	lb	Cubed beef
2		28-oz cans crushed tomatoes
1		Head garlic, crushed or
		Chopped fine
1		Spanish onion
1		Green pepper, large dice
1		Sweet red pepper, large
		Dice
1		Habenero Pepper
		Jullienne
		With seeds
1		Handfull of chopped
		Cilantro
1	T	Ground sage
1 1/2	oz	Ground cumin
1	t	Cocoa powder
2	T	Chili powder
12	oz	Dark beer
1		Can tomato paste

INSTRUCTIONS

Brown ground beef, ground sausage, and cubed beef. Drain off all
grese. Add meat to large pot.  In same frying pan, saute onion and
garlic until translucent, add to meat mixture. Add all remaining
ingredients and 1/2 of dark beer. Simmer on medium-low for
approximately 1-1/2 hours or longer, stirring occasionally. Add
remainder of beer and tomato paste to thicken. Add salt to taste.
Serve with: Chopped onion, grated cheddar cheese, sour cream and
sliced French Bread.  I hope you enjoy as we have, this is my first
time responding to the  Food Exchange.  Mark  MM Format Norma Wrenn
npxr56b  Recipe By     :  From: Dscollin@aol.Com                Date:
Sun, 19 Feb 1995 22:06:15  -0500  File
ftp://ftp.idiscover.co.uk/pub/food/mealmaster/recipes/mmdja006.zip

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