Time to make Chilli--

DOUG’S SECRET CHILI------MMMMMMMMMMM

2 tablespoons chili powder

2 tablespoons paprika

1 tablespoon ground cumin

1 tablespoon oregano

2 tablespoons black pepper

2 tablespoons granulated garlic or 4 cloves garlic (minced)

put all this into a bowl with 1 cup hot water and set aside—

4 lbs chopped or coarse ground beef—or combination of beef, pork, elk, deer, rabbit or chicken—also you can substitute some kind of MYSTERY MEAT—ha ha

1 large onion

1 14oz can whole tomatoes (can use cut tomatoes)

1 quart V-8 juice

¼ cup masa flour

1 7oz can diced green Ortega chilis

½ lb. mushrooms (chopped)

3 tablespoons crushed red pepper flakes (optional)

1 or 2 tablespoon cayenne pepper (optional)

brown the meat in a skillet and discard the juice—dump the meat into a pot—dice onion and sauté the onion and mushrooms in the skillet and dump them in the pot with the meat—add the tomatoes, juice and all, the V-8 juice and the diced Ortega chilis—add the spices to the meat and simmer all this for about 30 minutes—take out about ½ cup of the chili juice and mix it with the masa flour to make a rue and dump it into the pot—add pepper flakes and cayenne pepper to taste……..

I thought I would sent this recipe because I am getting a lot of   MYSTERY MEAT------(hate to see it go to waist)

In this case the MYSTER MEAT  is gopher-----ha ha     I did catch my 6th distusting gopher today, as you can see he is a handsome critter.....ha ha      Altho I don't really think  gophers are fitting for MY chilli....ha ha