Anyone else familiar with Cincinnati-style/Greek-style chili?

[Paragon]

Having a plate now - yummy. Of course, I live in Cincinnati...there's nothing else to eat here.

[DuctapeFatwa]

1. The Greeks will put cinnamon in anything. They put it in peas.

They put it in chili, they put it in spaghetti sauce. Try it, it's good!

[Ellen Forradalom]

2. There used to be a place in Chicago called Five-Way Chili

Yummy chili that gave you ferocious halitosis.

[slor]

3. I too, am a Cincinnatian...

And I like the chili with one exception: the appearance. It looks nasty, but that may be due to the way skyline and goldstar prepare it. It is too ground up. I like to be able to see and discern what I eat. Maybe I will attempt a homemade version with ingredients purchased fresh from Findlay Market. BTW, good to see a fellow Cincinnatian here!

[MiltonLeBerle]

4. Is it anything like a Cleveland Steamer?

Ohio is famous for it's cuisine.

[starroute]

5. I have a recipe for it from my microwave cookbook

I make it from time to time, and it's pretty good.

I have to confess, though, that I don't go all the way with it -- I leave out the spaghetti.

[mike_c]

6. I'm sorry, and I'm REALLY TRYING TO BE MULTICULTURALLY...

...SENSITIVE, but that's NOT chili, tastiness notwithstanding.

[osaMABUSh]

7. AKA scillini's or Skyline Chili home of the 5-way and coneys

Friend of mine went to Univ. of Dayton Law School and we spent many a road trip nights wolfing down at Skyline. A 5-Way (spaghetti, chili, onions, beans and cheese) solved those munchie problems at 3AM.

http://www.skylinechili.com/skyline_menu.asp

[Gman]

8. As someone from the city of the Chili queens in front of the Alamo...

that's disgusting! :puke:

Real Chili has no beans. Anything with beans is NOT chili. Secondly, cinammon???

[cmd]

9. The beans are added to the top of the chili

I'm not too fond of the cinammon myself, but my homemade chili over spaghetti with a topping of beans, cheese and onions is a favorite at my house. Give it a try.

[dolo amber]

10. Oh yeah!

Lived there for 10 years. Maybe we should sub-divide and have a Gold Star vs. Skyline debate. Nothing quite like the looks you get when you're no longer in Cinti and say "God, I could really go for a 3-way right about now"... ;)

(Side note: My sister worked at the Gold Star in Mt. Adams, where Jerry Springer came in to have lunch every day when he was a local news anchor...she had this HUGE crush on him, and she still has a straw wrapper of his. :D)