Spaw and Russ, I have a recipe that is MUCH better than yours! I'll not go into it right now as Beccy has a question that I can answer by explaining the proper way to eat Cincy Chili.

Hard and fast rule: you never, NEVER, NEVER mix your chili into your spaghetti! You spread your chili out over your spaghetti, take a bite of your chili with the big spoon provided, swallow a bit and then twirl up the spaghetti where you just scooped up the chili and then put it in your mouth, with some of your chili still in it. Reason, you want to taste all the flavors of the chili first, seasonings, beans, cheese, and.......onion. That's why you never use cooked onions for your topping. EVER! Use only sweet, slightly tangy onions. Fresh ones, no left overs from the day before and never, NEVER use the reconstituted de-hydrated ones. You eat slowly, letting a few seconds pass between bites. If you have to leave left over food, don't ever leave the chili, leave the spaghetti.

I lived in Cincy over a year and would go back there in a New York minuit if I could.