Daddy's Dyin' (for some a' this chili)

INGREDIENTS

• 1 – 2 lbs hamburger
• 1 small or medium onion (Vidalias are best), chopped
• 1 medium size tomato, diced
• 1 tbsp chili powder
• 1 tbsp cocoa powder
• 1 tbsp minced garlic
• 1 tsp cayenne pepper
• 1 tsp black pepper
• 1 tsp mustard powder
• 1 tsp curry powder
• 4 – 5 beef bullion cubes
• 1 small jar of your favorite salsa
• 18 ounces tomato paste (3 small cans or 1 large 1 small)

DIRECTIONS

Throw the onion and hamburger together in a large skillet and brown the hamburger. Combine all ingredients EXCEPT the tomato paste in a 5-quart pot. Top off the pot with water (save for a half-inch) and bring it to a boil for three to five minutes, stirring just enough so nothing burns. Lower the heat to simmer and stir in the tomato paste until consistency is smooth. Serve however you like to eat chili (crackers, cheese, sour cream, whatever).

You can substitute just about any kind of meat for the hamburger (Jimmy Dean sausage, stew beef, chicken, goat, road kill). You can even substitute black beans if you have a hippie vegetarian in the house. Or you can add the beans anyway if you just like beans. To really spice it up, throw in a couple of those exotic Eastern chili peppers.

But whatever you do....DON'T PEE IN YOUR CHILI!