I'm sorry if I was coming across as a jerk, which was not my intention. I have strong feelings about Cincinnati chili, which probably comes across as rather strange to some.
This thread on CC does come across frequently, and I've always thought it's okay to hate it. But I've never understood hating it because of the name. There have too many stories along the lines of "I went to Cincinnati, I heard they were famous for the chili, and when I tried some, I hated it...that's not real chili!"
There are all kinds of regional names to a variety of different foods. Alton Brown, for example, just did an episode on chicken fried steak, and I never knew there was such variation on something so simple. Geez...barbecue/bbq/whatever has so many regional variations, and elicits (I feel) much more pbuttion than anything I can muster for CC. Texans love their brisket, in Memphis or KC, it's the ribs, and in NC it's the pulled pork. I think those arguments are also complete garbage, because no matter what is what, it's all great food! To me, I'd die happy if I were in a meat coma induced by a plate of brisket, ribs and pulled pork!
BTW, for a background on chili, I found the Wikipedia pages on chili and Cincinnati chili are pretty informative. The recipe, however, for Cincinnati chili (which comes from Gourmet Magazine) is complete garbage.
Guy
