Chili Dogs and not ashamed to say so...

I am not ashamed to say that there are just some nights when caution goes to the wind and certain things are screaming to be eaten. My husband walked in the door very late, the boy was out at Jazz Band practice and had eaten earlier, the other boy had gone back to UPenn that morning....there was a pot of chili on the stove...
We had chili dogs...and a beer...and it was really good! There are times when a good hot dog just hits the spot. Usually that would be with mustard and sauerkraut and not all that often. This night it was a chili dog.

This was fairly standard easy night chili prepared with ground sirloin rather than my usual method of taking a chuck roast and giving it a whirl in the food processor to come out with a chunky coarse grind of meat. Meat sauteed and drained with some sauteed onion and garlic, Gebhardts chili powder, ancho chili powder, Spanish smoked paprika, cayenne pepper, cumin,...and maybe a few other things I forgot to mention, a few cans of drained pinto beans...some fire roasted tomatoes,some poblano chilis that I had roasted and frozen, and a bottle of Corona...and the pot was simmering. No recipe really...

A Sour dough roll split in half...two Nathan's hot dogs...the chili...grated cheese,tomato, avocado, red onion, cilantro...a plate attacked with knife and fork kind of chili dog...
We did not even need Tums later on which was a miracle...

My husband looked at me and said, "Babe, you should take a picture of that"....I laughed. I asked what we should call it. He said "A mess, a delicious mess!"....and it was.