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Take a lot at it.  There it is.  A big fat plate of Cincinnati Chili Spaghetti!  Ah, the very sight of this culinary apparition brings to life my old college days in Dayton, Ohio.  Prior to walking into a local Frisch's Big Boy restaurant during my freshman year, I had always eaten chili in a bowl.  Never over spaghetti!  But in ye olde Midwest that is one of the most popular ways to enjoy this type of nosh.

The historical backround on this dish is as follows: According to most sources, a Macedonian imigrant named Tom Kiradjieff, the owner of a small Greek restaurant called The Empress, invented Cincinnati style Chili in 1922 when he started cooking chili seasoned with Middle Eastern spices and served the stuff up over a mound of spaghetti!  His original version of the dish included two hot dogs atop the mound of cheddar topped chili.  In the wake of Kiradjieff's success, a slew of chili parlors opened up around town and the rest, as they say, is history.  To this day, The Empress (now a chain of restaurants), along with the Skyline, Gold Star and Dixie chains, serve up tons of chili each year to the hungry citizens of Cincinnati.

I always figured a place like Texas to be obsessed with all things chili, but those Ohio folks are positively addicted to the stuff.  Let me count the ways, friends!  When ordering chili in Cincinnati, follow the numbers: 

  • Two Way Chili is simply chili served over spaghetti
  • Three Way Chili is chili with the addition of shredded cheddar cheese
  • Four Way Chili means you add on chopped onions
  • Five Way Chili adds on red kidney beans

Basically, an order for Five Way or "the works" will mean they slop everything above over your spaghetti.  Yes, indeed.

Let's fire up the stove and make a batch-- seeing (tasting) is believing, right?

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