"spamtrap1888" wrote in message
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On Nov 17, 3:45 am, "William Sommerwerck"
wrote:

Picky point...
Chili is the dish. Chiles are the peppers. There's an episode of "Good
Eats"
that carefully (and repeatedly) makes the distinction.

I'm trying to bridge the Atlantic here. Further, "Good Eats" doesn't
know what they're talking about.

In the US, the usage I gave is correct. Chili (sometimes called chili con
carne) is the dish, a kind of beef stew, and the chile is the pepper. What
caused this divergence, I don't know.