Posted on 11/21/2004 2:43:59 PM PST by Paleo Conservative
I've never heard of this one....where is it from? Yucatan Sunshine?
Oh heck --- I work the other way around - I grow bells next to the habaneros...cross pollination gives the bells a nice kick without being killer hot.
Don't try it with hot cherry peppers and habaneros - those will kill you.
Take a selection of habs and your other favourite peppers (Georgia greens, aka fingerhots, are excellent here btw), remove stems, mince in a food processor along with 1 clove garlic for each 3-4 oz. of peppers (some of us, ahem, use a bit more garlic...(w!)). Remove into an old, rinsed pickle or olive jar. Add 1 tbsp salt for each 6 oz. of peppers. Fill to just covered with white vinegar. Optionally, add minced onion, prepared horseradish, and/or liquid smoke (delicious!) to your particular taste. Close, shake vigorously. Refrigerate for at least 24 hours (a week is better) to allow flavours to blend.
Dynamite salsa...no fumes, either (g!) Does NOT spoil, ever, if kept refrigerated. Can be warmed before serving if desired.
Muy picante y muy bueno, amigo!
HEEEELARIOUS!!!
We grow them just for ornanemtation...even a small slice of these puppies will peel the paint off the Dodge...
Yeah, you can google it and find it pretty easily, but I havent seen it in stores. A buddy of mine had some at his house and I tried it, it is hot, but he took about a tablespoon and a half and mixed it with a can of refried beans, and it was fantastic stuff. Its a funny mix of ingredients, with carrots being one of the main one, but you should look for it if you like habaneros...JFK
When I was in high school (boarding), we got a movie every weekend. Part of the pleasure of this was eating snacks from home. Mine were the little yellow hot pepper "pickles." Seemed like everybody in my dorm had their jars or pickled peppers. Today, I can hardly stand to eat them unless I "work up" to it. Oh. Poblanos are yummy...Best Mexican restaurant in the area serves them. Just right.
:^)
What a weenie! Messing with perfection.
correction: In plain English, water, beer, and wine flat don't work to cool out a 'burnt'...
I love that one!!!!
We used to eat in a Thai restaurant all the time, but I couldn't handle the heat as much as my husband, so the owner always made my dishes with slightly less heat than normal. I started working there and so was eating there 5-6 times a week instead of once a week. After about 6 weeks I was able to eat the identical things the thai women would fix for themselves for lunch every day.
It got to the point my husband couldn't handle the heat I could. But within a couple of weeks after I stopped working there - I couldn't handle the heat any longer.
Sorry, Freebird. Beer will undoubtedly have its own salubrious effect on one's outlook, but it won't do a thing to dissolve the capsaicin. Just basic chemistry, nothing to do with being a Yankee (g!). Capsaicin and related capsaicinoids (oleoresin capsicum, in the case of habanero) are soluble only in fat, not in water or alcohol. A swig of buttermilk will fix you (or anyone) right up.
Don't ever touch any sensitive part of the body after dealing with any hot pepper!
My husband was helping me cut and seed peppers a few years ago for some dish I was making and needed to releive himself...........need I say anymore.
Lemon or lime juice and salt rubbed on the hands before washing with soap does wonders to kill the effects on the skin.
I've never heard about the tomato part - but I do know about the salt.
Put salt on your tongue and just hold it there as long as you can - spit it out and then rinse. Repeat as necessary, but do not swallow the salted saliva.
A mild habanero makes as much sense as a solar powered flashlight
My 16 y.o. daughter and I have tears streaming... we can relate. It's been a LONNNG time since we've had such a good laugh!
A lot of the hab sauces are cut with carrots and or mangos - for some reason those flavors bind well and while they cut the heat, don't cut the smoky flavor of the habs.
My Mom taught me to take a strand of hair and rub it over your eye if you get hot stuff in it........kinda crazy but it works for me........your eye should be closed......
I ate a habanero once too. Quickly starting sweating out of every pore and nearly ceased breathing. My friends couldn't stop laughing, the bums!
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