It’s a legend that sounds like the basis for a religion or, at the very least, a very cool rock song: an astral projecting nun, who spent her entire life in a Spanish convent, was the first to record the recipe for chili. According to the legend, native women in America’s southwest gave her the recipe. This nun, the spiritual mother of chili, is depicted on Sister Ray’s (549 25th St., Sherman Heights) logo in bearded form, a mashup with the sex, drugs and rock ‘n’ roll of The Velvet Underground’s seminal song of the same name.
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