Meet Chef Rachel... she has Chili cooking tips!

Our chef Rachel is one amazing women! We are lucky to have her as a friend... She is a real live chef who has worked on millionaires yachts, travelled the world and is from New Zealand!
Rachel like Scott are people I want you all to meet. Rachel will have some tips on life, food, liquor and more!
Today she has the "10 Top Cooking Tips for the Best Pot of Chili (Hhic) In this recipe you will notice her favorite drink! smile
Most Chili's are highly personalized creations. People work very hard for many years to perfect their chili recipes. Whether your a beginner or just looking to tweak a favorite recipe. These tips can help you create your best pot of chili ever and if ever in doubt add tequila...
1)If you chili is to thick, use broth to dilute, although I use tequila. A nice Agave.
2)If you chili is to thin, try adding tomato paste to thicken it. Do not use corn starch, don't add tequila at this time. Drink it instead, calm down all is not lost...
3)Use a combination of chili's to bring out the flavor chili. This one will take some work, and you can't always find them here in Alberta so drink some more tequila and try it anyway.
4)Cook meats first. Brown ground meats or chunks of beef, before adding any liquids like Tequila. Try adding BBQ meats.
5)Use quality meats. Chili was orginally created to diquise cheaper cuts of meat and tenderize really tough meats. I found that dog and rodent are particularly tough (smile), but road kill is excellent as its already tenderized!
6)Use fresh vegetables. Don't use vegetables that have been in your fridge for years, or canned. Use fresh you will taste the difference, if you can't have some more tequila.
7)Cook the chili the day before you plan to eat it, its better and that give you time to sample all the tequila's you bought while you were suppose to be grocery shopping.
8)Use your own mix of spices, herbs and chili's rather than pre-packaged. Marijuana is a herb in case you didn't know, use it with tequila and lime. smile
9)Don't use old spices, yeah I know you all have them & they have been on your shelf for years. But they lose their flavor and taste. Not like tequla which nevers loses its flavor...yee haw!
10)Experiment cooking and have fun! Cooking...not sex. Hey why not invite some friends over to share your chili creation with, no not the sex. Better yet, have them make some and bring it over to you...smile. If you still looking for more creative ideas ask your friends while they are their. Nah...they might have had too much tequila like myself. See you next time...
Chef Rachel...Prost!