- I’ve selected Gentlemen Prefer Blondes for June’s Dinner and a Movie,
so if you fancy joining the fun, grab yourself a copy of it and watch it in your own time, on your own sofa sometime in June. There will be chit-chat about the film in our virtual reality cinema bar, so get amongst it!
The accompanying recipe I have suggested is Jane Russell’s Chili, but I also heartily recommend her Green Pepper Steak.
(I looked a bit like this after I’d tried Jane’s Green Pepper Steak for the first time.)
In the article that featured Jane’s recipe for chili she also shared recipes for Buñuelos and Spiced Cocoa – I haven’t tried either of these, but I do want to! Apologies that I don’t have a clearer scan for you, hopefully you can read the recipes OK.
Have fun watching the movie and/or cooking up one or more of Jane’s delights – let me know how your star-spangled din-dins turns out.
I’ll let you know ! Just saw this wonderful movie at Rgt. St Cinema in its full cinemascope technicolour glory ! Marilyn and Jane stole the show of course, spectacular the pair of them . I fear the tomato soup part as that is what ruined Ernest Borgnines Pork chops for me. I see that it replaces the tomato paste/water and or tin of tomatoes with their juice, I expect the soup gives it a sweeter taste with its sugar content and no other spices or herbs bar chili powder ? But I will give it a go as I’m sure it will probably be a perfectly edible chili, just lacking the subleties of the Chasen/Price/Garner/Cash ensembles !
Oooh Mark, I am JEALOUS! This was the first film I watched on my DVD projector when I moved into my flat 12 years ago, and I was THRILLED when it popped up all wide!
I am all ears for your verdict. You are the King of Movie Star Chili as everybody knows!
Jx
Well I made jane’s chili today and simple as it is, it’s very nice . Meaty for sure and with the tin of tomato soup is, to me, slightly reminiscent of some store bought tinned chili’s I’ve bought in the past, but none the worse for it . It’s nice and thick and I had to simmer it for a bit longer to allow the the chili powder more time to blend, but nothing really wrong with it. Could happily eat that in a taco or on a jacket spud with cheese. Next to Diana Dors the quickest and easiest chili I’ve ever made .This Gentleman is never going to prefer it to Chasen’s, but it’s a great time saver option to have . Thanks Jane !
Yayyyyy! So pleased that it got the approval of the King of Movie Star Chillis himself! I wonder if I will ever find a star-spangled chilli that will knock Chasen’s from its perch. We shall see….
I can’t read the recipe even trying to enlarge it, I can’t find it elsewhere online, can someone please let me know the ingredients and steps, thanks!