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3 of 3 found the following review helpful:
 damn tasty Jan 03, 2010
By Chili Chili Bang Bang
My boyfriend tried this for the first time in the 80s. He's a sports journalist and had heard about it from his newspaper buddies back in the day. We've been making it consistently for 20 years. He likes it with ground buffalo meat, says it's a tiny bit sweet. It's also great with half ground turkey or beef and half pork. Adding a whole sauteed diced onion is a must. We add stewed tomatoes, sauteed mushrooms, olives, chili and kidney beans. Right, we're not from Texas. But it is excellent with some chunks of steak. We leave out the mesa; it's thick enough. Oh, and a tiny bit of Dave's Insanity Sauce pushes it to out of this world delicious.
3 of 3 found the following review helpful:
Never Fail Chili Spices Kit! Feb 06, 2009
By doodles
We've used this product for years, and have loved it's flavor & consistency - always something you can count on! We used to add the same spices using various recipes, but chili would always seem to come out differently each time. No 'hit or miss' with this product - individual packets of each spice give you maximum control, should you want to add less. We love this stuff so much, that we panic when we 'run low' at home (less than 3 kits), in case we can't find the Mix at our local grocery store! So, we bought a case!
2 of 2 found the following review helpful:
Nothing fancy, but a good reliable chili that's on the table in 45 minutes Jan 15, 2012
By Esther Schindler
I may get serious about cooking... but sometimes we find ourselves standing in the grocery store and wondering what the heck to make tonight. For at least 20 years one of my most reliable standbys has been the Wick Fowler 2-Alarm chili -- largely because it tastes good, is natural (no sugar or other junk -- just spices), is very cheap, and can be thrown together with almost no effort. It also reheats very well the next day, so this is "convenience food" for us busy foodies.
One of the reasons I like this mix is that it's very customizable. All the spices are supplied in individual packets, so you can adjust the heat by adding just a little of the "hot" chile (though even at the 2-alarm level it's not *super*spicy), or go light on the salt, etc. The basic mix calls for you to add 2 pounds of ground beef, an 8-oz can of tomato sauce, and two 8-oz cans of water. With the instructions' encouragement we usually add a can of pinto beans, too, and a can of diced tomatoes; we also substitute an amber ale for the water. See: It can be as complex as you want it to be. But cooking is simple: Brown the meat, dump in everything else, and simmer for half an hour. Add the masa packet at the end if you feel like it (and we usually do). Dinner's served.
And did I mention this is delicious? Sure, I can spend an afternoon making a pot-o-red from scratch that's better than this. But this is darned tasty stuff that takes almost no time. While it simmers, I can do something else... like write an Amazon review!
2 of 2 found the following review helpful:
Yummy Yummy Yummy Jan 23, 2009
By HMC
"Native Texan"
I am a native Texan and I've had so many different chili's I can't even remember how many. This is the BEST EVER! We sadly moved from Texas to Seattle 6 years ago and I tried many times to make chili this good myself since I couldn't find a store up here that sells Wick Fowler's. So, YAY for Amazon! I bought some before Christmas (bought during a trip to New Orleans) and my family was in heaven again tasting the awesome flavors of Wick Fowler's 2 alarm chili. I used up the last of my supply for the Christmas party chili - even my native northwestern neighbors loved it. I was so happy to find some on Amazon, now we will be enjoying great chili again without traveling all the way back to Texas.
2 of 2 found the following review helpful:
Yummy! Dec 17, 2008
By mer from MD
My spouse grabbed this for the first time last month and WE LOVE IT. This pack makes better chili than we can cook from scratch and my hubby is a chili cookoff winner. We varied the instructions slightly by adding a diced poblano pepper (or chili) and one bottle of beer in lieu of 12 oz water. Oh so ymmy.
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