Finally!!!! It's not quite as it was but it will be!!!!!!!!!!!!! It's spicy but not too hot so feel free to add more peppers, or hot sauce, if you like your chili to make you sweat!
Pixie's My Kinda Party Chili (My favorite Jason Aldean song)
Peanut Oil
1 - 15 oz. can beef stock (I use Swanson 100% Natural no MSG)
1 - 28 oz. can crushed tomatoes (I use Hunt's)
1 - 15 oz. can hot chili beans (I use Brook's)
1 - tbs. onion powder
1 - tbs. garlic powder
4 - beef bullion cubes, crushed (I use Wyler's)
1 - tbs. cumin
3 - tbs. paprika
3 - tbs. chili powder (I use Penzey's Chili 9000)
2 - tbs. chipotle pppers, ground
1 - tbs. medium hot chili powder (I use Penzey's)
1 - tbs. dark brown sugar
2 - tbs. Mexican oregano
2 - tbs. basil
2 - tbs. thyme
1 - tbs. salt
1 - tbs. fresh black pepper. ground
3 - tbs. Worcestershire Sauce
1/2 - lb. ground beef (80/20)
1/2 - lb. ground pork
1 - large onion, diced
5 - cloves garlic, minced
1 - large red pepper, diced
1 - jalapeno pepper, diced
1 - serrano pepper, diced
4 - stalks celery, diced
Mix all spices together in small bowl, set aside.
Heat a 3- or 4-quart sauté pan over medium heat. Add peanut oil to cover bottom of the pan. Add the meat and be sure not to over-crowd the pan. When the meat has lost its raw edges, drain all the fat from the pan and add all the spices, stir to coat well and then add the garlic and the Worcestershire Sauce.
Contine to brown the meat as you realease the oils in the spices and evaporate the Worcestershire Sauce. Remove the mixture from the sauté pan and add it to a stock pot or Dutch oven.
Do not clean the pan, if necessary add more peanut oil, add all the vegetable to the sauté pan and sauté until the vegetables begin to soften... do not overcook the vegetables. The vegetables, when you serve the chili, should still have a slight crunch to them!

Remove the vegetables from the sauté pan and add to the stock pot or Dutch oven.
Add the hot chili beans, crushed tomatoes with puree and the beef stock.
Simmer over medium heat for at least 45 minutes and up to 2 hours.
Accompaniments to the chili:
Sour Cream
Scallions or Onions, diced
Jalapenos or Serrano peppers, diced
Corn Chips or Fritos
Cornbread - sweet or real

Hot Sauce
and, of course, for those of you who are beer drinkers... two or three iced cold ones!!!!