{"id":11604,"date":"2019-12-19T10:00:12","date_gmt":"2019-12-19T16:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/iowahighwayends.net\/blog\/?p=11604"},"modified":"2019-12-16T00:08:35","modified_gmt":"2019-12-16T06:08:35","slug":"2019-the-year-in-food-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/iowahighwayends.net\/blog\/2019\/12\/2019-the-year-in-food-7\/","title":{"rendered":"2019: The Year in Food (7)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11605\" alt=\"cincychili\" src=\"http:\/\/iowahighwayends.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/cincychili.jpg\" width=\"700\" height=\"622\" srcset=\"http:\/\/iowahighwayends.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/cincychili.jpg 700w, http:\/\/iowahighwayends.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/cincychili-300x266.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><em>Cincinnati chili &#8220;three-way&#8221; with fries and the requisite oyster crackers. The fries were very good.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>7. Camp Washington Chili, Cincinnati, Ohio (Oct. 31)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I have consumed Cincinnati chili and lived.<\/p>\n<p>You might have heard of it under the name of a chain, Skyline. This is not from one of those; it&#8217;s a 75-year-old restaurant on the list of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/campwashingtonchili.com\/food\/cwc-named-one-of-1000-places-to-see-in-the-united-states-and-canada-before-you-die\/\">&#8220;1,000 Places to See in the United States and Canada Before You Die.&#8221;<\/a>\u00a0The chili is\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.simplyrecipes.com\/recipes\/cincinnati_chili\/\">ground beef, an array of spices, and most important for me,\u00a0<strong>no beans<\/strong>.<\/a>\u00a0I had the &#8220;three-way&#8221;, which is\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/campwashingtonchili.com\/our-menu\/\">chili over spaghetti with LOTS of shredded cheese on top<\/a>. I plopped the whole concoction upside down on a second plate, which was probably not the brightest move, but how else was I supposed to mix it?<\/p>\n<p>The taste is hard to describe, but it&#8217;s got a zing that announces\u00a0<em>this is not spaghetti sauce.\u00a0<\/em>For me, this counts as being adventurous. It also served as 24 hours&#8217; worth of food until the pizza in Seymour. Would I eat it again? Probably, sometime, if I ever make a fourth trip to one of the places that <a href=\"https:\/\/theculturetrip.com\/north-america\/usa\/ohio\/articles\/cincinnati-oh-called-queen-city\/\">calls itself the Queen City<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Combine that meal with a free hot dog from the Indianapolis Police, served at the foot of the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.indystar.com\/story\/news\/history\/retroindy\/2016\/12\/02\/retro-indy-myths-soldiers-and-sailors-monument-debunked\/94077556\/\">Soldiers and Sailors Monument<\/a>\u00a0in below-normal temperatures with\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.indystar.com\/story\/news\/2019\/10\/31\/indianapolis-weather-first-snow-falling-indiana\/4110964002\/\">multiple forms of precipitation<\/a>\u00a0being spit at me, and Halloween 2019 was certainly a\u00a0<em>unique<\/em>\u00a0food day. The national FFA convention was going on in Indianapolis, meaning every hotel room at the airport was sold out.<\/p>\n<p>Eastern Time Zone Trip: 13 new counties, 5 US route state clinches (IL US 136, IN US 136, OH US 27, IN US 50, IL US 50), 1 construction-imposed national non-clinch (US 136, 5 miles short), 1 26-hour day, 1 state capitol,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.freedomcenter.org\/\">1 Underground Railroad museum<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlb.com\/reds\/hall-of-fame\">1 baseball museum<\/a>, and 1 college football game in the 150th anniversary year of the sport<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cincinnati chili &#8220;three-way&#8221; with fries and the requisite oyster crackers. The fries were very good. 7. Camp Washington Chili, Cincinnati, Ohio (Oct. 31) I have consumed Cincinnati chili and lived. 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