Saturday, January 06, 2007
Three Pups in the tub
It's time for another recipe. This is the half brother of my "Little J's Lunch" recipe I posted a while back. When I created the "LJL" lunch the major problem I had was with the Macaroni. The biggest one was that you had to make the macaroni and cheese then add in the chili cheese pups. Unless you are lucky enough to live very close to a Krystal, the time it takes to make the macaroni allows the chili pups to cool down too much. Second, who can let pups sit on the counter for the 10-15 minutes it takes to make the mac & cheese? I wanted a recipe that could be made at any time, even sitting at Krystal, with little or no waiting. This meant no "outside ingredients." I also hadn't ever used Corn pups in a recipe. I love them, but frankly, they appear to be a "finished product" and don't obviously lend themselves to be an ingredient in another recipe. Then one afternoon it hit me. Krystal makes fabulous chili. what goes great with chili? A great crusty corn bread. And what's on a corn pup? TADA! For this recipe, you'll need to buy 2 or 3 corn pups and a medium or large chili. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() As a side note, many people don't know that Krystal actually makes two different kinds of Chili. When you order chili as a side item or in a bowl it has beans in it and a mild flavor. When you order a chili-cheese pup or the fabled chili-cheese Krystal, they use a meat only chili. It's often called "Pup Chili" since that's mainly what it is used for. But those of us "in the know" know you can get a Chili Cheese Krystal any time you want, just ask! (The person running the register may get a bit confused trying to find the chili to add to a Krystal, though. Just tell them that Chili is listed on the "Pups menu" and they'll find it.) Lastly, about the name. I have had this recipe ready since early December, but hadn't found a good name. There's pups and there's chili, but saying anything about chili pups would be confusing. I got to thinking that the pups were cozy in their "Corn Coats" but the irony of the fact that "Chili" isn't "Chilly" sort of made me wonder why the pups would nead heavy winter coats in a bowl of steaming chili. Over Christmas, while visiting family, my brother and I were recalling having a Fisher-Price "Little People" toy of the "Three men in a tub" of the "Rub-a-dub-dub" variety. Suddenly it hit men: Rub-A-Dub-Dub, Three Pups in a Tub! See how nicely this ties back into the story behind "Lil J's Lunch" ? ![]() |
Labels: Cheese, Chili, Onions, Pups, Recipe