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Cindy Powell – Stusauroni Chili

I call this recipe "stusauroni chili" because of the three meats I use in this recipe: STEW meat, Italian SAUsage, and peppeRONI. This chili has taken first place in every chili cookoff I have ever entered.

For many years (1970s-on) I clipped recipes from newspapers and magazines. When I went through the shoe box I stored them in, to organize the most interesting recipes (into the categories from the Betty Crocker Cookbook) pasting them into a large scrapbook w...