NYU diss

[George Thompson]

Barry:

Perhaps something of interest to you in this?

>From pushcart peddlers to gourmet take-out: New York City's iconic
foods of Jewish origin, 1920 to 2005
by Berg, Jennifer Schiff, PhD
NEW YORK UNIVERSITY, 2006, 268 pages
AAT 3199966

GAT

George A. Thompson
Author of A Documentary History of "The African Theatre", Northwestern
Univ. Pr., 1998, but nothing much lately.

----- Original Message -----
From: Bapopik at AOL.COM
Date: Wednesday, September 20, 2006 6:28 pm
Subject: "Dallas County Jail Chili" or "Texas Prison Chili" (1976)

> If anybody has access to the Dallas Morning News (or maybe it can
> wait  until
> I check it at the UT-Austin library), try to search for "Sheriff
> Smoot
> Schmidt" or "Dallas County Jail Chili/Chile" or "Texas Prison
> Chili/Chile."...
> ...
> ...
> From the article "Just Another Bowl of Texas Red" by John  Thorne
> in the September/October 1990 issue of Chile Pepper Magazine.
>
> http://www.fiery-foods.com/dave/chiliconcarne2.asp">THe_
> (http://www.fiery-foods.com/dave/chiliconcarne2.asp">THe)   Great
> Chili Project
>
>
> Dallas County Jail  Chili
> Chili philosopher John Thorne  comments: "Texas prison chili got
> its good
> reputation from Sheriff Smoot  Schmidt’s truly fine recipe for the
> Dallas County
> Jail. Recently, however, a  Texas prison chili contest was won by
> the
> Huntsville Penitentiary with a  godawful recipe that called for
> twice as much cumin as
> chili powder and ‘2  handfuls’ of monosodium glutamate. In Texas,
> this is
> called crime  deterrence."
>    *   ½ pound beef suet, ground
>    *   2 pounds coarsely ground beef
>    *   3 garlic cloves, minced
>    *   1½ tablespoons paprika
>    *   3 tablespoons chili powder
>    *   1 tablespoon cumin seeds
>    *   1 tablespoon salt
>    *   1 teaspoon white pepper
>    *   1½ teaspoons dried sweet (mild)  chile pods (or paprika)
>    *   3 cups water
> Fry the suet in a heavy kettle.  Add the meat, garlic, and
> seasonings; cover.
> Cook slowly for 4 hours, stirring  occasionally. Add the water and
> continue
> cooking until the chili has thickened  slightly, about 1 hour.
> Serve plain or
> mixed with an equal portion of cooked  pink or red beans.
> Yield: 6 servings
> Heat Scale: Medium
> ...
> ...
> 30 September 1976, Chicago  <i>Tribune</i>, pg. D3:
> For a bit of nostalgia, try the  famous Dallas County Jail Chili,
> that was
> supposed to have originated during the  Depression. It's said that
> the chili was
> so well known, it was a pleasure to go  to jail. It's a mild chili
> that could
> easily be heated up with chilles or a  bottle or two of hot pepper
> sauce.
> (Long recipe follows -- ed.)
> ...
> ...
> 6 November 1984, Washington  <i>Post</i>, pg. B4:
> As for his current infirmity,  Rather says he will get through it
> not thanks
> to chicken soup but with "some of  Jean Rather's famous Texas-
> prison chili"
> and several cups of "her very strong  coffee, which is strong
> enough to float
> buckshot in."
> ...
> ...
> 7 November 1984, New York  <i>Times</i>, "Dan Rather Battles Sore
> Throat With
> Chili," pg.  C25:
> "He was fighting it with his  wife's 'Texas prison chile.' It's
> very hot."
>
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