@ossobuco,
Yeah back in the days of Pogo Spades tournaments....I became great friends with a man from Texas...He was a really, really good chili cook-off champ...
He gave me a recipe, and the computer crashed about 3 days later...
I would go back from time to time over the years but I have not even seen or heard from him again
He was the first man to ever get me to the master level with his skills and mine...
That just reminded me of that with the Mexican food and Texas Chili...