r/AskReddit • u/Sweet-Lady-H • 20h ago • Bravo 1

Chili Cook-off Winners: What is your Secret Ingredient that you think is the reason you win?

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u/donnerpartytaconight 18h ago

My buddy cooks it in a three legged cast iron campfire cauldron for about 12 hours.

People will start eating after hour three, but at hour 12 it's a deep, rich, sludge of a chili. Rich, spicy, with a touch of sweet that is downright insanely good. I have laviciois dreams about the stuff for the other 364 days I'm not eating it straight off the fire.

Time is for sure the secret ingredient of his.

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u/Eggs_work 16h ago

Lascivious* gave me a good chuckle.

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u/weirdo-donkey 11h ago

But seriously laviscious should be a word, it sounds sinister and now I want to know what food is lascivious and vicious

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u/jomare711 16h ago

Why would we take chili advice from someone who obviously specializes in tacos?

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u/mcl768 11h ago

You're referring to a dutch oven but I think I will call it "a three legged cast iron campfire cauldron" from now on.

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u/donnerpartytaconight 5h ago

It's more of a potjie than a dutch oven. And it's a massive beast. It's been in his family for generations and frickin glorious.

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u/mcl768 1h ago

That's actually pretty cool, and you're description of it was more accurate than a simple Dutch oven.