Rich McCormack wrote:


Old Nick wrote:

On Sat, 30 Oct 2004 01:59:22 GMT, Rich McCormack
vaguely proposed a theory ......and in reply I say!:
remove ns from my header address to reply via email

chilli, chile, chili. all the same thing.


Chilli and chili are spelling variations of the word for the spicy
meat stew. Chile is the spelling of the word for one of the
ingredients in chili. Frankly, I don't care which spelling variations
one uses when describing the stew or it's ingredients...unless it
might cause confusion. In the original post, it was mentioned...

someone recommended eating a strong dose of 'hot' chilli before going
on the water


as a seasickness preventative. I speculated that the recommendation
might have meant a strong dose of chile, the ingredient, rather than
chilli, the stew. Made more sense to me, since chile (again, the
ingredient) has medicinal properties, the relief of gastrointestinal
problems being one of them.

I really mean it when I say I don't care how one spells the word for
the stew or the ingredient. When I make my version of the spicy meat
stew called chili, chilli, or whatever, I call it My Chile...

http://home.pacbell.net/macknet/mychile.html

The author uses the word chili. The man who recommends the 'cure' talks about huge
pots of chili that were used to feed soldiers on his LST (WWII landing craft). The
author mentions he ordered a "a big bowl of chili" at the restaurant. He also orders
some hot sauce to go with it. The chili included beans, and "it was full of the best
darned meat". BTW, the author was 6' 4" and 320 pounds in his early 20s, which is the
time of the incident.

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