Mikes Champion Chili

      Yield: 24 Servings

      3 md onions

      2 md green peppers

      2 lg stalks celery

      2    cloves garlic

      1 sm jalapeno pepper,fresh,

           -seeded & di,ced

      8 lb lean chuck,coarsely ground

           -or hand,cut into 1/2 cubes

      7 oz green chiles,Diced

     28 oz stewed tomatoes

     15 oz tomato sauce

      6 oz tomato paste

      6 oz chili powder,dark

      2 T  cumin,toasted and ground

           -tabasco s,auce to taste

     12 oz beer,divided into two

           -portions

     12 oz mineral water,or beer

      3    bay leaves salt and pepper

           -to taste

Dice and saute the first five ingredients.  Add the meat and brown

it. Add the remaining ingredients, including half the beer (Mike sez to

drink the remainder!).  Add water just to cover the top of the