That's your wishful thinking. The blurred pile is boxes and documents they pulled down and tore open from the wooden shelves.
It says they came in from a parking garage
Chili was cowboy food. I'm sure every cook had his own recipe. Whose top day what is authentic. It's easy to argue against beans and tomatoes because they are prohibitive in most situations they were making chili. Coriander, being dried, could have easily found its way in.
I know there's a difference, but getting cilantro is a game of chance. That's also why it's pretty close to chili for me. Who's to say coriander wasn't part of authentic chili recipes? It'd be a lot easier than keeping fresh cilantro
I just do things separately when I want chili : cumin powder; poblano, guacho, serrano,; fresh garlic; cilantro.
I live in Europe so I sometimes have to use coriander since it's far easiest to come by than cilantro
There isn't much difference between chili powder and paprika. I'll sometimes use paprika and just dried peppers instead. Coriander is just the seeds of cilantro. It's not far from a standard chili recipe
It's a bit easier when they already have a base in Greenland