I'm just reading a goofy book called Love in the Box and just finished another one by the same author, Rick Johnson, called Trailer Trash in both of which this chili brand, which I've never heard of, figures prominently. It must be regional because I've never seen it here.
Is it good?
I mean, we're talking canned chili, I know, but really, is it good?
Don
I had no idea it was a regional thing. It's been around for years.
It's not too bad for canned chili. On a 1 to 10 scale I'd give it a 5. If you're taking the youngins camping a can of Wolf Brand and a box of saltines is standard equipment. Make sure you get the "No Beans" can.
Great find Paden. When I saw the thread title I instantly thought of that series of TV commercials from when I was a kid in Oklahoma and Tejas. Never knew the pitch man's name (Lee "Pop" Myres)... I always thought it was Mr. Wolf himself. When we would go camping the slogan "Neighbor, how long's it been since you had a big thick steaming bowl of Wolf Brand Chili" would always get a laugh around the camp fire when you'd head into the woods with a roll of toilet paper in your hand.
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It all of a sudden appeared at our local Ralphs about 6 months ago. Tried it. Maybe a 5. Not nearly as good as Stagg's various chilies.
Wolf Brand chili has been in my family's household all my life.
Mom always mixed about a small handfull of chopped onions per heaping bowl to the pot
The recipe has changed thru the years like all products and it now comes in many styles.
I mixed Lean Beef No Beans with a Homestyle to get me what I consider to be close to the original I remember. The regular Homestyle is not available anymore so I now substitute Homestyle With Beans.
That poured over Frito with chopped onion, mustard and cheddar cheese has been a staple dish called Frito pie that is still sold at high school football games around here.
mmmmm, mmmmm, good B-)
If you really want to punish someone pass a can of Hot With Beans their way, it is a triple threat.
Its been around here for at least 50 years - it's not bad, not great.
Can't hold a candle to Mom's receipe - although try as I might I just can't make it like she did...
My wife uses it for chili dogs, it's serviceable if you don't have Tony Packo's hot dog sauce available.
Did not know about until swmbo's family using it for chili dogs when they do cook out.
That is the only time that they use it so I guess it is for the convenience.
They are southern folk so it must be a Winn-Dixie thang.
I did a survey for the fellow that says,"well that's too long" in the latest Wolf Chili commercial. He has also appeared in a lot of Westerns. He had built in his back yard a couple of OLD WEST looking buildings. He sold the property and moved to a more urban area.
I grew up on Wolf Brand Chili. That may explain a lot. :-$
DOES ANYONE REMEMBER BRICK CHILI
We ate that stuff when I was very young. Half fat...woooooo
DOES ANYONE REMEMBER BRICK CHILI
This stuff is the bomb.
I put a rump roast in the crock pot and cook it in beef broth and pepperoncini peppers for 24 hours until it has fallen apart. I add a brick of chili (and some spices that I will not reveal) and cook another six hours. Let it cool overnight in the fridge and then remove the "grease Frisbee" off the top. Reheat and serve. To die for.
Money Penny has won several chili contests with her recipes.
DOES ANYONE REMEMBER BRICK CHILI
None of the premade chili's suit my taste. Of course mine has been know to make Yankees scream at the first bite and strong men cry and yell "Come on Ice Cream" when it passes through.
I have been told that it burns the nose just to smell it cooking. And that was only a medium batch. My hot batches sometimes make me wince a little.
B-)
Stagg's isn't bad. Just way too mild.B-)
Reminds me of....
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Packaged to look like a brick
The brick chili I remember must to have been made with the left-overs from the meat
plant. It was tallow (beef fat), some beef and a lot of grissle. It was molded into the shape of a brick and wraped in its package.
When it was placed in a pot the fat melted and the result was chili or something that was called chili. The antedote was ALKA-SELZER.
The brick's still there..
...it's under the cardboard.
You use to be able to see through the package at all the "fine" ingredients that fell into the grinder (sometimes you'd swear it was looking back at you).
I believe they started covering it up because it was scaring little old ladies and small children.
WOLF BRAND MOONSHINE
This may be a local label, but to the old timers, Wolf Brand Moonshine (or Wildcat) referred to the worst made 'cat on the market. I never knew why they called it Wolf Brand. Maybe because they ran like a wolf from the revenooers. The best was called "Singled and Doubled", which referred more to a process than a name.
I haven't bought chili in a while until I bought two cans of Wolf's last night. And a box of saltine crackers. Mild with no beans. Good to have a couple cans on the shelf just in case. It's quick and easy to put together. Wolfs, some chopped onions and melted cheddar on top with a stack of saltines. Easy meal.
I vaguely remember chili bricks as a kid in the mid seventies but haven't seen one since we lived on the rock farm.
What I'd like to find is the four-square saltines that aren't already separated into individual cellophane packs. How can you make a respectable (but messy as heck) cracker sandwich without the large, four square cracker?
4 square crackers
Andy, the crackers have probably been hiding right under your nose if your in Texas. Except where they're sold they are called galletas.
Find your local supermercado and get you a mess of them.
