I was really craving hot peppers a couple of months ago and finally ended up buying some nice long, red chillies. They sell for 2$ a lb. Of course, you only need a few, definitely not 1 lb! We all enjoy that burning sensation, so I decided to plant the seeds. Now, several months later we are enjoying these little chillies from our own plants in our yard. It is exciting.
I already made some hot pepper vinegar and the kids practically drank it down. They pour it on everything, but especially EMPANADAS. The Canadians loved it, and Jason even asked me for the recipe…it’s just hot peppers (seeds and all), crushed garlic, oregano, a little bit of salt and vinegar. The first time I made my pepper-vinegar the “hotness” of the little chillies stayed on my hands for about a day. My fingernails were burning. I was afraid to touch Edson’s food or body. The next time I used gloves.
Well, personally, I prefer the fresh cuts. So, the other day, I cut up four little chillies for Oscar and me at lunch. We divided it up half and half and put it on our food. The first bite had us spitting out our food. These peppers were soooooo hot that I ended up scraping them off my food and separating them in a pile. Even with no peppers on our food, it was already way past the “picante” side. Our mouths were burning, we had tears in our eyes and nose started getting runny.
It was a wonderful experience for those of us who enjoy “mild” to “hot” … even though I think that this was “extra, extra hot”. Let us know when you’re coming; I’ll have some ready for you!
5 comments:
You better send Roger and Tim some of those seeds. Those guys like HOT! I'll pass on it, though. I'm "mild" in my old age. Love, Mom
I remember getting Rog & Tim a bottle of Dave's Insanity Sauce when they were still roomies -- I warned Tim to sample it with a tooth pick...it's VERY hot...but according to Tim, Rog decided not to heed the warning and burnt his mouth so bad it took quite awhile before he could taste again!
Next time you handle hot peppers: 1st use a good hand lotion before you start. Then (even with gloves, mine get hot) after you're done with cutting them, soak your hand in a bit of milk. The milk neutralizes the capsacian (the hot stuff) in the peppers. By the way, the hot stuff is good to rub on painful arthritis joints.
I've met my match. While Thai food is hot (picante or pedas) and Sunda food is hot (Bandung area), food from Sumatera is probably the hottest I've ever had. I couldn't finish the stuff from the other day. I called one of my Indonesian friends and asked if he wanted the leftovers. He was happy. I asked later what he thought of it. He said it was fairly normal -not to spicy. Yes, lindasue, it's like eating Dave's Insanity Sauce on everything. Maybe I'll join gramschley and go with the mild here.
Hot food = awesome. I love thai for that reason. I'm half tempted to come down just for some peppers. :)
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