Did you know that there are a dozen dif­fer­ent vari­eties of Stagg Chili? There’s the Classic Two Bean, Silverado Beef, Turkey Ranchero, Laredo with green chiles and jalapenos, even a white chili with chicken.

Stagg chili, a sta­ple of frat house pantries and dorm rooms everywhere.

Stagg has been around since 1955. In a Google search 9,300 Stagg Chili recipes come up, most are for dips and use soft­ened cream cheese. Stagg is the most pop­u­lar canned chili in the UK. In the USA it is often used in Frito Pie.

The clas­sic prepa­ra­tion of this tail­gate sta­ple requires indi­vid­ual sized bags of Frito corn chips, grated cheese, sour cream and heated chili. Dump half the corn chips out of the bag and set aside, spoon hot chili over remain­ing corn chips in bag, sprin­kle in cheese, top with the rest of the corn chips and fin­ish with sour cream. Eat it right out of the bag. Rosie O’Donnell and Emeril Lagasse are hard­core fans of this culi­nary delight.