"Mule Kicking" Chili; Martha

[Bill Le May]

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> "Mule-kicking" chili?
> We often "add kick" to a dish or a drink, making it hotter or stronger.
> But a mule kick?  I took a look at "mule kick" in relation to "chili."
There
> are a few hits, but not too many.

Isn't the author simply euphemizing "ass-kicking" ?
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