Takin’ it to the streets
Last weekend, the friends of Tony Barr took it to the streets in Blair County, canvassing neighborhoods and talking to voters, face to face. In the middle of the Hollidaysburg Pumpkin festival, the friends of Tony Barr HQ, saw wall to wall traffic. Volunteers and visitors alike, helped themselves to generous portions of special recipe chili (see the blog) and home baked treats before grabbing, canvass lists and stickers and buttons and heading out to spread the word that Pennsylvania has a choice. This election the grassroots message and the chili, will stick to the ribs of voters in the PA-09th.
Feeding the troops,
Canvassing is hard work. Volunteers can gather quite an appetite so in order to feed them without breaking the budget you need some thing hot, tasty and filling. Here’s quick recipe:
Canvass Chili:
1 ½ pounds of ground beef
salt
black pepper
Chili powder
Garlic (fresh is best, 1 clove; pre-chopped garlic is okay; 1tblspn; or 2 tblsp garlic powder)
1 medium sized onion
2 12 oz bottle of (Medium or mild heat) Taco Sauce
2 cans of dark red kidney beans.
Dice onion into small pieces.
Brown beef and season to taste with salt, pepper and chili powder, add onions and garlic to taste.
Drain Beans from can and add
Add Taco sauce (when cooking for myself, I use the hot but not everybody can handle that so I recommend the medium or the mild) and simmer for at least 30 minutes
Will feed about 4 people but you can adjust the recipe to feed more.
Serve with Cornbread or chips and cheese.
