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Chili and Cinnamon Roll? Midwest Thing? (1 Viewer)
- Thread starter Joe Bryant
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That was my thought too. And was sort of surprised to see so much negative for it.
Sweet and Spicy can be great.
Lots of chili will have an element of chocolate in it.
Seemed to make sense to me. But I'd never heard of it.
Doug B
Footballguy
To me, it's not a problem with "spicy & sweet". It's more a problem with "meat & frosting/icing/glaze". Or "beans & frosting/icing/glaze" if it's veggie chili.
An un-iced cinnamon roll would be unusual to my palate, but probably taste fine dipped in chili. Similar with sweet cornbread, brioche, sweet "school" yeast rolls, etc. Cinnamon-raisin toast would probably be fine with chili, as well.
But, say, a glazed donut? Birthday cake? A Ding Dong?
I love this. Nostalgia rules.
Mister CIA
Footballguy
Intrigued
AAABatteries
Footballguy
Hey, let’s keep it PG here, dawg.
AAABatteries
Footballguy
Never heard of it but would try it - love chili, love cinnamon rolls- sounds like a good combo.
Eater ran this again today. https://www.eater.com/23439374/cinnamon-rolls-chili-heartland-midwest-school-lunch
Still interesting.
Still interesting.
nirad3
Footballguy
Ew.
I love chili, and love cinnamon rolls.... but there is zero chance in heck I would mix the two.
Bob Sacamano
Footballguy
What in the actual hell?
Lived in IL for 30 years. It's pretty mid. And also moderately west.
No.
Just no.
Lived in IL for 30 years. It's pretty mid. And also moderately west.
No.
Just no.
snellman
Footballguy
Lived in Iowa all my life, never had it until I met my wife. Now it is a winter staple.
Don't knock it until you've tried it. Obviously you don't dip the cinnamon roll into the chili (although my wife does, but she is certified crazy
) but there is something about the two that go pretty well together now that I have had them the last 20 years.
Don't knock it until you've tried it. Obviously you don't dip the cinnamon roll into the chili (although my wife does, but she is certified crazy
) but there is something about the two that go pretty well together now that I have had them the last 20 years.
Hastur
Footballguy
A lot of people have fond memories of sub-grade foods(cheese, meat, etc.). For example, even though I took time to watch hours of videos and researched tomato soup extensively, my mother in law prefers the condensed soups in a can. Is she wrong? No. It is what she prefers. It probably brings her back to being a little girl sharing a bowl of soup with her parents(think that one scene in Ratatouille). I make a much better bowl of tomato soup, but I cannot compete with such wonderful memories of childhood. Here is a subtle part of adulthood is better learned earlier: Just because you know how to do something VERY well(cooking, painting, sewing, etc.) doesn't mean it is the best way for all. It is an individual path kinda thing.
Same could be said to chili with a cinnamon rolls. Folks today aren't to blame. It is the ancestors of people in Iowa and Wisconsin. Someone tried to punk some friends with a stupid idea, and it got out of hand.
Same could be said to chili with a cinnamon rolls. Folks today aren't to blame. It is the ancestors of people in Iowa and Wisconsin. Someone tried to punk some friends with a stupid idea, and it got out of hand.
Hastur
Footballguy
Important question: Does the chili they eat cinnamon rolls with have beans in it?Lived in Iowa all my life, never had it until I met my wife. Now it is a winter staple.
Don't knock it until you've tried it. Obviously you don't dip the cinnamon roll into the chili (although my wife does, but she is certified crazy
rockaction
Footballguy
That might bring back childhood memories of pleasant thoughts but I’m pretty sure that will not taste good unless you are so conditioned. Hey Hastur, I will also give you a subtle part of adulthood back. I’m smiling as I write this, so please let this wash over you with a genial tone. There are warm familial memories and traditions like, say, getting the town together in the town square to go to the local indoor handball match where 3000 of you will pack a gymnasium and each person brings and and blows into a vuvuzela non-stop for the one and a half hour match. It is custom for there always to be at least 2/10ths of the townsfolk causing the vuvuzela to reach aural levels only heard in this town at this time of year. You are also implored, if you have a guest, to bring them so the town can meet that person.
I think you probably don’t need me to spell out the point any further. Some things are awful no matter what we’re attached to and better to be disabused of that awfulness so that we can see it for what it is rather than subject others to it.
I think you probably don’t need me to spell out the point any further. Some things are awful no matter what we’re attached to and better to be disabused of that awfulness so that we can see it for what it is rather than subject others to it.
AAABatteries
Footballguy
Agree with this but also there’s odd combos that people never think to try or are unwilling, that end up being delicious. I’ve never had this so can’t say this qualifies for the latter but I could see it.
WDIK2
Footballguy
Everyone I know that likes this combo dips the cinnamon roll in the chili.
I remember it from when I was a kid, but am not a fan. Just give me the chili.
ETA: I do like dipping a grilled cheese in chili though.
Kanil
Footballguy
Lived in Colorado my whole life except for a 4 year stint in the Air Force. I'd never heard of this until I was driving through North Platt, Nebraska to go on a float trip and saw two separate restaurants that were advertising a cinnamon roll + chili night. Gave a WTF to the people in the car with me and they all agreed. Then one night we went to dinner at the house of the other couple who was in the car and as kind of a joke, they made it. And I was pleasantly surprised. It's a really good combo that we now have occasionally (not dipping or mixing, just having the two at the same meal).
Don Quixote
Footballguy
I have not had it with traditional chili, but I’ve had the New Mexico equivalent of a bowl of green chile stew or posole followed by a cinnamon roll for dessert. The combo of spicy followed by sweetness to cut the heat works pretty well.
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Ramsay Hunt Experience
Footballguy
I know a woman from Topeka who has extolled this flavor combination. So I think it's pretty much confined to what I'd think of as the Prairie states. Kansas, Nebraska.
massraider
Footballguy
Uncle CornCob
Footballguy
I actually thought they were topping the cinnamon roll with chili like those hayseeds from Cincinnati do with spaghetti
Don't knock it until you've tried it. Obviously you don't dip the cinnamon roll into the chili (although my wife does, but she is certified crazy
I dunno.
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snellman
Footballguy
Yes, the Chili does have beansImportant question: Does the chili they eat cinnamon rolls with have beans in it?Lived in Iowa all my life, never had it until I met my wife. Now it is a winter staple.
Don't knock it until you've tried it. Obviously you don't dip the cinnamon roll into the chili (although my wife does, but she is certified crazy
I could see that if it was a thick chili (basically the thickness of the chili on a chili dog). My wife likes hers like a soup because she likes to load it up with sour cream and oyster crackers. I prefer a thicker chili but I concede to her wishes.Don't knock it until you've tried it. Obviously you don't dip the cinnamon roll into the chili (although my wife does, but she is certified crazy
I dunno.
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