Culinary experimentation

The girl is working until 8:30 tonight. Hopefully, when she gets home we will have chili for supper.

I say hopefully because I'm making the chili. Following her directions, but still.

The progress so far:
- brown a pound of hamburger meat.
- toss into some olive oil over medium heat:
- one white onion and half a red onion left in the fridge
- a zucchini
- some mushrooms
- about three stalks of celery
- half a bulb of roasted garlic, and a couple cloves of raw garlic, diced
- Stir. Brown. Add the hamburger.
- Add in an indeterminate amount of: salt, pepper, chili powder, hot pepper flakes
- Add a large can of diced tomatoes and a bottle of beer. (Take the tomatoes out of the can and the beer out of the bottle first)
- Simmer. A lot.
- Add a tablespoon of cocoa powder.

Now to see how it all turns out. And if we've got the stuff to make cornbread.