july 3, 2012 lunch

hoo boy, that beanless chili right there might be one of the hottest things i've ever eaten. i'm a three to three-and-a-half star spice eater, but man, this thing was off the scolville charts. i think because it has three kinds of peppers: ancho, chipotle in adobo, and dried red peppers in it, with ground cayenne just to give it that little extra painful kick. the flavor beneath the raging capsaicin fire is really nice, though. it has two kinds of meat (round steak and grass-fed ground beef), red and green bell pepper, tomatoes, and onions.

note to self: although i habitually consume my veggies first, in this case, it would have been nice to have a little coleslaw or greek salad to douse the flames!

also, i think those olives are huddling together in fear and awe of the chili. (didn't your momma tell you not to anthropomorphize your food?)