Ingredients:

  Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
--------  ------------  --------------------------------
   3       lb           Lean rough grnd chuck steak
   1       lb           Lean pork shoulder
   3                    Medium onions chopped
   1                    Green Bell pepper chopped
   1                    Red Bell pepper chopped
   8                    Fresh Jalapeno peppers
                        -(2 seeded & chopped)
                        -balance gashed
   2       tb           Fresh ground cumin
   1       t            All Spice
   1       tb           Blackstarp molasses
  12       oz           (1 can) beer(not Lite)
   2       oz           Sour mash whiskey
   1       oz           Vietnamese hot sauce or
                        - Tabasco sauce
   5                    Cloves garlic crushed
   3       tb           * masa harina (fine yellow
                        -corn meal)
   1       tb           Soy sauce
   3                    Bay leaves
   2       c            Stewed tomatos chopped
   1       c            Tomato sauce
   1       c            Tomato paste

Preparation:

Saute' onions, garlic, and chopped peppers in 4 Tblspns of peanut oil or bacon grease. Add the meat and cook until browned. Add other ingredients except the cumin. Stir constantly until it reaches a boil. Boil for 3-5 minutes then lower heat and cook, stirring often. After cooking for 10 minutes add 1 Tblspn of cumin and stir it in. Cook for 1 hour on simmer then add the remnaining cumin. Cook for 15 minutes more and serve! This the recipe for my own AMBUSH CHILI, that has won in many cook-offs, and is retired from competition. The new recipe is called Ambush-2 Chili and has been entered now, in some 12 cook- offs and has placed each time including 3 1st's! "CHILI RULE #1: NEVER USE BEANS IN CHILI! THEY ARE A SIDE DISH, NOT PART OF CHI