Chili and Cinnamon Rolls

[seaofred92]

How did this start? It’s actually great

 

[BigRedBuster]

https://www.mashed.com/247581/the-strange-reason-people-eat-chili-with-cinnamon-rolls/

 

[runningblind]

It existed in school for me in Wyoming and for my wife in Colorado in the 90s.  My aunt says she had it in school in the 60s in Colorado also.

Didn't know how it started until the article above though, good stuff.

 

[knapplc]

Many of us native Nebraskans grew up eating chili & cinnamon rolls for school lunch. It was one of the more popular lunches when I was a kid.

We keep eating food that tastes good. Chili powder and cinnamon are a good flavor pairing. The sweetness of the rolls goes well with the spiciness of the chili.

The people who grew up with it are as bemused at the confusion of those who don't get the pairing as they are that we like it. I've seen people ask if you dunk your cinnamon roll in the chili, and while you can, it's not what I do. I pair fish with white wine, but I don't dunk my fish in the wine.

Funny thing is, I just made chili & cinnamon rolls for dinner last week. It's a great Fall dinner.

 

[Toe]

There was a school lunch guidebook published in the early 60s that seems to have popularized it.

https://whatscookingamerica.net/chili-and-cinnamon-rolls.htm

Also: https://www.kansascity.com/living/liv-columns-blogs/chow-town/article177216821.html

 

[internetman]

chili and cinnamon rolls in western iowa schools 90s and 00s

 

[knapplc]

There was a school lunch guidebook published in the early 60s that seems to have popularized it.

https://whatscookingamerica.net/chili-and-cinnamon-rolls.htm

Also: https://www.kansascity.com/living/liv-columns-blogs/chow-town/article177216821.html

It predates the 60s by at least a decade. My mom had it in her school growing up.

 

[Toe]

@knapplc I said popularized it, not originated it.

 

[knapplc]

@knapplc I said popularized it, not originated it.

It was a staple of school lunch in several states before the 1960s. From your own link:

"The states of Iowa, Colorado, Nebraska, and Washington school systems all want to claim they started serving Chili and Cinnamon rolls in the early 1960’s."

If they were all claiming to have been serving it by the early 60s, it was prevalent quite a bit before that school lunch guidebook.

 

[gobiggergoredder]

Cornbread.  Cinnamon rolls are for breakfast

 

[Toe]

Turn in your Nebraska card, @gobiggergoredder

 

[Guy Chamberlin]

I love cinnamon rolls and chili. 

But I think I'd love cinnamon rolls with anything. 

 

[TGHusker]

It was a staple of school lunch in several states before the 1960s. From your own link:

"The states of Iowa, Colorado, Nebraska, and Washington school systems all want to claim they started serving Chili and Cinnamon rolls in the early 1960’s."

If they were all claiming to have been serving it by the early 60s, it was prevalent quite a bit before that school lunch guidebook.

Wish my school in SD had it when I was growing up. Sounds great. I love both. I’ll have to try it for lunch this week 

 

[UniversalMartin]

I don't like it...I also put ketchup on my bratwurst 

 

[Guy Chamberlin]

Horseradish for bratwurst.