Great Gopher Chili

Great Gopher Chili

Ok, For this recipe, you need:

• 2 pounds of coarse ground gopher meat.

• 1#3 can tomato sauce.

• 1#3 can of water.

• 1/3 cup ground Chili powder.

• 1 table spoon of Cumin.

• 1/2 cup chopped onions.

• ! tea spoon of paprika.

• 1tea spoon of garlic powder.

• 1 tea spoon of salt.

Instructions:

Brown the ground gopher over medium heat until brown.

Drain of the excess gopher grease. (you can save some of this for the gopher grease cornbread if you like.)

Pour in the water and tomato sauce.

turn the heat to low.

Now stir in the rest of the ingredients except the onion.

Stir occasionally, but allow it to cook as long as you can stand it, and about 20 minutes before you reach that point, add the onions. This way, they will be soft and tasty, but not “sulphurized” because some folks have a weak stomachs and can’t stand the smell of over cooked onions!

If you haven’t caught enough gophers, you can substitute ground beef in a pinch.

Make your gopher grease cornbread using any standard cornbread recipe, just don’t use one of those recipes that calls for adding sugar. That’s just gross! Regular cornbread will do just fine, so will crackers if you like, and I prefer to use tortillas with mine.