chili-non-carne?

[Mark.Mandel at LHSL.COM]

The indefatigable and iron-virtual-stomached Barry quotes:

>>>
JOURNALISTS LETTERS
DESCRIPTIVE OF
TEXAS AND MEXICO.
   EDITED BY
ROBERT H. THOMAS
FARMERS' FRIEND PRINT
Mechanicburg, Pa.
1888

     [...]

Pg. 18:
   The _chile-non-carne_, or meat with pepper,
<<<

Hermes help us! I already wince at things like "chili con carne with [or
without] meat"... Or is that "non" a typo for "con", Barry?

And while we're at it, ... oh, never mind. I was about to comment on the
multiple spellings, till I realized that each was by a different author
(Introduction).

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