Fun Facts About Chili
The dish chili con carne, Spanish for "chili with meat," is a stew that originated in Texas, rather than Mexico or Spain. Its name combines the Nahuatl (Aztec) word for the pepper with Spanish. The stew was widely popularized in the late 19th and early 20th centuries by the "Chili Queens" of San Antonio, women who sold bowls of chili in the city's open-air plazas. It was also introduced to a national audience at a stand during the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago.
In 1977, Texas proclaimed chili its official state dish, defining the authentic "Texas Red" style as strictly…
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