My stepmom was right...

So I made chili today and my stepmom let me do it on my own and it was all good, had good flavors but it tasted a bit too... much I guess? It had a bit of an edge and my stepmom said I should add some sweetness, like sugar or ketchup or something to take the edge off. I thought she was crazy but I did it and it tastes so much better. It seemed like the wrong thing to do but she was right. I guess I have some stuff to learn about cooking still.