Subject: Lynn Wilson's Brick Chili
From: Pat
Date: 12/24/2020, 11:21 AM
To: phaedrus@hungrybrowser.com
On 12/23/2020 5:49 PM, Pat wrote:
I grew up with Lynn Wilson's Chili (Utah). Dee's Hamburger Drive-Ins used it,
snack bars at a large variety of entertainment venues served it and my mom
used to buy the frozen gallon containers of it and ship it to me in California
(packed in dry ice). I know that the company was bought by Resers (soooo sad).
Do you know if there are any copycat recipes for that chili? It was relatively
mild and my sensitive stomach tolerated it well.
Thank you for any help you can offer.
Pat
Nampa ID
Hi Pat,
I haven't seen any brick chili in years. As a teenager, I worked at a fast-food restaurant similar to
McDonald's where we used frozen brick chili on the hot dogs (Can't recall the brand, but it was very good.)
As you say, Lynn Wilson Products was sold to Reser's Fine Foods in 2002. At the time, Reser's said they
would continue the brand and product line, but I cannot find any verification that the Lynn Wilson line
was continued after 2002. That doesn't mean that it wasn't, just that there is nothing about it on the web.
Reser's has a website at: Reser's Fine Foods. They
list all of their product lines and brand names on that site, but Lynn Wilson's is not among them, and Reser's
apparently does not sell brick chili at all now.
I was not able to find a recipe or a copycat or even a recommendation of a chili or brick chili that
"tastes-like" Lynn Wilson's.
Have you tried the brands of brick chili that are available currently? Two that are recommended are "Dolores"
and "Schwab's," which you can get at Walmart. Another brand is "XLNT", which you can get at Albertson's Supermarket.
There is also one called "Texas Chili", but that one is probably not mild. See these sites:
Dolores Chili Brick
Walmart
Schwab's Brick Chili
XLNT Brick Chili
Texas Chili
Although I was not able to find a recipe for brick chili that was described as tasting like Lynn Wilson's,
I did find some recipes for homemade brick chili. The advantage with these is that you can regulate the
spiciness yourself. See these recipes:
Brick Chili 1
Brick Chili 2
Brick Chili 3
I will post this for reader input.
Phaed
