Originally Posted by
RugosaB
When my dad made chili, you know, ( I don't remember my mom ever making it, but that could be because of my memory, not because O my mom) he put the beans in a blender and mushed them up before adding to the chili. That was what 45 years ago? I have never met anyone else who did that
I do!!! I mash my beans with a potato masher before adding them to chili. My mother did it this way too. With the hull of the bean broken open, the chili gets thicker and the beans aren't so firm.