Chili powder and William Gebhardt for this dish. Gebhardt opened Miller's Saloon in New Braunfels, Texas. Chili was the town's favorite dish. However, chili peppers could only be found at certain times of the year. Gebhardt imported some ancho peppers from Mexico and ran the peppers through a small meat grinder three times and created the first commercial chili powder, which became available in 1894. Chili powder Chili powder (also powdered chili, chile powder or chilli powder) is the dried, pulverized fruit of one or more varieties of chili pepper, sometimes with the addition of other spices (also sometimes known as chili
Menudo (soup) of menudo before and after the ceremony. It is also a pseudoscientific remedy for recovery of alcoholic consumption. Menudo is time intensive to prepare, as the tripe takes hours to cook. It includes many ingredients and side dishes (such as salsa), chopped onions and cilantro garnish, and is often prepared communally and eaten at a feast. Documents from the Works Progress Administration indicate that in the 1930s, among migrant workers in Arizona, menudo parties were held regularly to celebrate births, Christmas, and other occasions. Four to seven hours to cook are required. Those who sell beef tripe offer a version