The history of chili, as with many American dishes, is a matter of debate and has evolved with the contributions of several cultures.Chili as we now know it (meat flavored with chilies and other spices) appears to have taken off in the mid to late 1800s through the ???chili queens??? who dished out the stuff on the plazas of San Antonio.A similar stew to those ladled out by chili queens made a gra