BBC - BBC Radio 2 Programmes - Chris Evans, 09/07/2009

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Chilli Con Carne

CHILLI CON CARNE
by Jhon Rojas from All Star Lanes

Serves 4 to 6 people
Prep time 30 mins
Cooking time 1 hr 30 mins

Ingredients

100ml vegetable oil
1kg minced beef (as high quality as possible)
200g fine chopped onions
15g / 3 garlic cloves fine chopped
1 / 20g fresh red chilli de-seeded & chopped
15g / 3 dessert spoons chilli powder
15g / 3 dessert spoons ground cumin
15g / 3 dessert spoons ground coriander
100g plain flour
125g tomato puree
300ml red wine
580g tinned chopped tomatoes
500ml water
600g tinned red kidney beans
Salt, black pepper and caster sugar (to taste).

For garnish:
Fresh diced tomatoes (small handful)
Fresh chopped coriander (small handful)
Fresh chopped jalapeno green peppers, into rounds (small handful)

Method

1. Heat the vegetable oil in a saucepan.

2. Add onions and garlic and sweat down until translucent (no colour).

3. Add spices and fresh chopped chilli; cook slowly for 5 mins then add the beef in, breaking down any lumps.

4. Cook the beef off sealing thoroughly making sure not to burn the bottom of the pan.

5. When this is done sprinkle plain flour across the top and stir in, cook for 5-10 mins.

6. Add tomato puree and cook for a further 5-10 mins.

7. Add red wine and cook for a further 10 mins.

8. Now add tinned chopped tomatoes and water and cook slowly for a further hour.

9. Then add drained kidney beans cook for a further 10 mins, adjust seasoning (salt, pepper, caster sugar) to taste.

10. Finish it with fresh chopped coriander, fresh diced tomatoes and chopped jalapenos.

11. Serve on a bed of rice.

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Thursday 9 July - Question 1

People working on the road wear safety jackets that are yellow, whereas people working on the railway have orange ones. Why do they use different colours and which one is actually safer?

Thursday 9 July - Answer 1

I had a lot of people getting in touch about this - so thanks to everyone for their offerings. I've also had a chat with Dave Fairclough, who's a Railway Safety Supervisor for a company called Total Access. He says yellow jackets could be mistaken for a yellow signal, or even a green one - because at a distance they can look green, which means go, which can lead to a train going through a signal when it shouldn't. Also, as the front of trains are painted yellow so workers can see them from a distance, a group of workers WEARING yellow could be mistaken for the front of a train, which could cause confusion to drivers. As for which is safer, yellow probably is more visible, but because of the reasons I've just mentioned, overall, orange is safer for the railways.

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Thursday 9 July - Question 2

Why do painters and decorators always wear white overalls? Surely a darker colour would be more suitable for what is a messy and sometimes dirty job? Heidi, Manchester

Thursday 9 July - Answer 2

There are several theories about this - and I really don’t think there's one particular reason, rather a number of reasons that mean it just makes sense. White denotes cleanliness and professionalism - and it distinguishes painters from other craftspeople. Also, most of the time painters are dealing with white paint - so it shows less on white overalls. And finally - and this is a bit like why babies are more likely to be dressed in white sleepsuits than coloured ones - it's easy to wash them higher temperature and there's no danger that the colour will fade.