What Ken said. Or use Peter's handy forum search thing.
I think that the international red chili cookoff rules prohibit anything except meat, liquid and spices as ingredients. That is why the recipe is what it is. There's nothing to prevent you from adding whatever you think would be good. I've made that recipe a number of times, but I just like its meaty goodness. I add other stuff at the table sometimes.
correct, although there is the "anything goes" category. My chili partner and I recently made a GREAT batch o chili using ground elk....I think that will now be our defacto recipe.
