It's wonderful in soups and broths!
For sauces, I have several in the fridge. McIlhenny, Crystal, Siracha, Red Hot...all for different purposes.
As a Korean friend told me once, heat in and of itself is of no value if it doesn't also have flavor!
Posted on 03/01/2015 10:47:08 AM PST by PJ-Comix
If you seek a super-hot (and inexpensive) salsa, check out Jardine’s ghost pepper. I find it too hot for dipping; instead, a teaspoon full adds just the right amount of fire to a big bowl of chili or beef stew. Available for less than $3 at WalMart, other stores.
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Green chilies are just unripe red chilies. Red chilies are sweeter (and hotter, obviously), while green chilies retain a slightly bitter taste. I lived in Socorro, New Mexico for years and there is no more flavorful chili than a good New Mexico red (or green, if that’s your preference).
I once drove 600 miles out of my way to get a green chili cheeseburger from the Owl Bar in San Antonio, New Mexico. It’s right off 95 about 45 minutes south of Albuquerque. I’ve heard from other FReepers who favor a couple other local Green Chili Cheeseburgers, but that’s my favorite.
For those less heat tolerant, Green Chili Cheeseburgers are not hot—about Tabasco level—but they are the perfect burger: a little spice, a lot of grease, and definitely on the FDA dangerously-not-healthy food list. Yummy!
Yowzer! A regular stop on my way to Spring training every year.
But is the Owl Bar's green chili cheeseburger superior to what the Bobcat Bites outside of Santa Fe used to offer? Haven't tried the new place, Santa Fe Bite, downtown.
I am convinced that, while one can develop some tolerance, there is a genetic factor. I see great variations within my own family — among my 8 siblings and in my own children.
One of my sisters just does not feel the heat. And she has always been this way, as was my late father.
Hot peppers make my mouth feel like it’s on fire, and the fire just does not stop. It is quite unpleasant. I have been able to notch up my tolerance somewhat to hot spices a little but not much.
But I love horseradish. It is an entirely different kind of burn. And, while I can feel it in my sinuses, it is gone very quickly and does not seem to climb under my buccal mucosa as hot peppers do.
Same here. I try to keep total daily carbs below 20 grams per day. No starch, bread, sweets, etc.
Haven’t tried it. I used to live less than 5 miles from the Owl Bar, so that is my favorite. Of course, living I’m FL now, it’s a bit of a drive—even for me. ;)
It's wonderful in soups and broths!
For sauces, I have several in the fridge. McIlhenny, Crystal, Siracha, Red Hot...all for different purposes.
As a Korean friend told me once, heat in and of itself is of no value if it doesn't also have flavor!
Not only can you you kind of have too. Well I guess if you only want to eat bland food you don’t. But if you have the hunter instinct and want your food to fight back, train up.
I consider it a tune up and order the 5 stars or higher.
If it feels too hot, shouldn't swallow it. Now I like a little hot and I also like spicy that isn't hot but hot hot hot, no way.
I have noticed that a little spicy hot helps with my gingivitis which makes my gums, mouth and tongue sore. Also some special toothpaste. Also warm salt water.
Ruy that is interesting about the c rations; you must have served in Nam or just before or after. So the hot stuff might well have medicinal value if you can tolerate it or administer it another way.
***Ruy that is interesting about the c rations; you must have served in Nam or just before or after.***
here it is on line.
http://www.1stcavmedic.com/tabasco_cookbook.htm
Not much in there sounds good but when you are hungry, it's amazing what can taste good. Give me some Kikkomen soy sauce or other chinese seasonings, oyster sauce, yum, kimchee forget it.
Then I lost my place and was reading about a veteran who died from cancer that started in his kidneys from Agent Orange and spread until it killed him. VA wouldn't recognize it as due to AO. Sad.
I don’t understand the logic of eating food you don’t like in the hopes that you’ll start to like it.
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It's when it comes out. ;-)
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