Interesting experiment.
Some time back I was down to the bottom of a sack of tortilla chips, and it was all just little bitty pieces and crumbs, and I got this brilliant idea.
I put all the pieces in a ziplock bag, and then I crushed it up real fine with a rolling pin. Stuck it in the freezer so it would not go bad. And I planned to use it as a thickener if my chili was too runny. I was thinking like massMASA.
So tonight I saw that the chili was a little runny, and I got it out of the freezer and busted it all up and put it in the chili. Stirred it in and let it cook for a few more hours (I make my chili in a crock pot).
It added the very distinct tortilla chip flavor to the chili. I was not expecting that. Thinking about it now, I certainly should have expected it, but I didn't.
Still -- it was pretty good.
