My dad would tell me of roadside chili houses in the southwestern USA (Texas, California, etc.) that always had a pot of chili going that they would ladle out t

My dad would tell me of roadside chili houses in the southwestern USA (Texas, California, etc.) that always had a pot of chili going that they would ladle out to hungry travelers. The meat in the chili supposedly varied according to what was available: usually beef, pork, or roadkill.