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Order a chili seasoning mix packet today to make your own Wild West Chili in your kitchen. It's some of the best chili you can make at home
or at a competition.

Wagons pulled by oxen in the old west

According to an old Southwestern Native American legend and tale, it is said that the first recipe for chili con carne was put on paper in the 17th century by a beautiful nun, Sister Mary of Agreda of Spain.  She was mysteriously known to the Natives of the Southwest United States as “La Dama de Azul,” the lady in blue.

Residents of the Texas prisons in the mid to late 1800s also lay claim to the creation of chili.

A wagon train traveling in the hills of the old west

Some Spanish priests, in the 19th century, were said to be wary of the passion inspired by chile peppers, assuming they were aphrodisiacs.  A few preached sermons against indulgence in a food which they said was almost as “hot as hell’s brimstone” and “Soup of the Devil.”

The Texas chili went national when Texas set up a San Antonio Chili Stand at the 1893 Columbian Exposition in Chicago.

the rains of a chili establishment of old day

Tolbert, author of the classic “A Bowl of Red“—agrees that chili likely originated in Texas. Some Mexicans are more than ready to concur: a Mexican dictionary of 1959 defined chili con carne as “detestable food passing itself off as Mexican, sold in the U.S. from Texas to New York.”  Chile con carne, which translates to “chile peppers with meat” has no beans.

The history of chili is long and colorful and everyone has their own opinion and their own taste.

Wild West Chili Mix is the perfect chili seasoning mix. It contains all of the dry spices needed to make 1 gallon of Wild West Chili. With the chili seasoning packet you will receive the recipe of the ingredients needed to add to the contents of the chili seasoning mix packet. The recipe does provide options that you can choose to use to make your pot of chili. Options include the type of meat, with or without peppers and beans or no beans.