Ironically enough, I just had this for lunch. I saw my grandmother yesterday, and she gave me some of her home-made chili to take home with me for lunch today. By itself, there wasn't a tremendous amount of it, but with a half cup of rice, it was a wholesome, rib-stickin' meal. I'm not a big chili aficianado, but I almost inevitably have it with rice when I do partake. When I've ordered chili in a restaurant (rare) it comes by itself in a cup or a bowl, but anybody I know who makes it from scratch uses rice as an accompaniment. Even when I have it from a can, I use rice.
