Felipe's chili con carne

Yield: 20 Servings

Ingredients:

2 1/2 lb Fresh kidney suet from -choice beef
10 lb Choice beef round; ground -coarsely
1 pt Water
1 c Fresh garlic buttons
2 lg Onions
2 cn El Chico green chilies
10 tb Paprika
2 tb Oregan
3 tb Cumino
4 tb Salt Cayenne pepper to taste
24 oz Tomato juice
12 oz Carrot juice
4 lg Dried chili pods
1 1/2 c Oyster crackers; pulverized -to a fine powder
1 c Water

Instructions:

Grind suet slowly melt in a large heavy cooking pot until liquefied. Add meat and water. Stir often to brown evenly. Combine garlic onions and green chilies in blender and blend into juice. Add dry seasoniongs. Add tomato and carrot juices. Stir often and simmer until meat is tender. Float dried chili pods on top. Cook about 3 hours. Near end of cooking time prepare cracker meal by adding pulverized crackers to a cup of water stirring into a liquid and add to chili. Stir well. Remove chili pods before serving. If possible leave chili in pot and allow to marinate overnight - it develops the flavor. Margaret Garland Source: Prize Winning Recipes from the State Fair of Texas 1976.