Mike's Texas Chili - Southern

      Yield: 4 Servings

      3 lb beef,Ground

      1 lb pork,Ground

    1/2 T  bacon fat or

      5    strips of bacon,Precooked

      1    crushed

   1/16 c  sugar

    1/8 c  dark brown sugar

      1 T  beef soup base

    1/2 t  coffee (or real),Instant

           -coffee

      1 c  celery,Chopped

      1 t  thyme

      2 t  salt

      1 t  cummin seed

      1 t  garlic,powder or minced

      1 T  cocoa

      2    bay leaves

      1 t  cilantro

    1/2 T  mexican oregano

      1 t  tabasco or

      1 t  cayenne pepper (+/-to taste)

    3/8 c  chili blend

      2 T  paprika

      1 cn v-8 juice,(48 oz. ea)

      1 c  onion,Chopped

    1/2 c  green and red peppers

      1    chopped

      1 cn stewed tomatoes (16 oz. ea)

Brown pork and beef, and drain very well. Add all ingredients to

large crock pot and cover. Cook on high for 4 - 6 hours or low for 8 - 12 hours. The longer it cooks, the thicker it gets. Cubed roast or steak

may be substituted for the ground meat.