1904 Chili Concarni

1904 Chili Concarni
The Blue Ribbon Cook Book
Jennie C. Benedict
2 cans of tomatoes
1 stalk of celery
9 red pepper pods
3 dried onions
3 pods of garlic
1 lemon minus the juice
1 tbs of whole cloves
1 tbs of whole allspice
1 quarts of water
3 cans kidney beans
2 lbs Hamburg steak
2 tbs chili powder
Boil hard for two hours. Strain through colander. Put on at the same time two pounds of Hamburg steak in a little water; boil for two hours; add to this three cans of kidney beans. Add these to the tomatoes. Then add two tablespoons of Chili powder and serve hot. Enough for two meals for family of six.
Did we eat it? Yes
Would I make it again? Maybe
Notes: I cut this recipe in half and used regular onions since I did not have dried. I also used less spice than it called for. I did not understand the instructions for the lemon so I added the juice of 1 lemon. I did not add any water.