If you have chile peppers in your garden, wait until a bunch get red, and do the following. This is a basic recipe I use. I like to feature the taste of the chile variety, or a blend of varieties, and do not add spices. However, it is good with ginger, or any other flavors you like. I just like a pure-as-possible chile flavor.
Take a pile of red chiles(you could use green)
Chop them up coarsely(food processor OK), being careful to avoid touching your eyes and sensitive body parts.
Dump chopped chiles in pan with some salt. i also add a peeled clove of garlic or two or five.
Cover with the vinegar of your choice. i have been using red wine vinegar.
Boil for about 10-15 minutes. Let steep and cool.
Put the whole shebang in a blender and puree until smooth. I do not remove seeds.
Pour into jars and leave in the fridge for a few weeks to steep.
After three weeks, you may strain the sauce through cheescloth. (I don't.) If you do, save the goop and use as sandwich spread.
That is all.
Try different chiles, different amounts of garlic, sautee some veggies or even a little fruit in with the chiles. Whatever. Add more vinegar if you want/need a thinner sauce, use less vinegar for a paste.
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
My dad roasts his chiles in the oven to roast, then cools, removes seeds of the killer ones and all stems, and chops. Then add chopped onions and garlic, fresh lemon or lime juice, salt to taste, a pinch of sugar if it's a bit bitter, boiled, strained tomatillos, and chopped cilantro if desired for a wonderful, wonderful salsa!
Posted by SteveRogers (Member # 7130) on :
Have you ever put Tabasco sauce in Kool-Aid and then taken a swig of it? Its actually rather tasty.
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
*throws up*
I hate both Tabasco and Kool-Aid.
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
(I have heard that hot sauce and salt on watermelon is very good, though.)
Posted by SteveRogers (Member # 7130) on :
Informational Tidbit- The people I was with named the drink," Horse." There was no real reason.
kq- How can you be human and not like Kool-Aid? Everyone loves Kool-Aid! "Oh, yeah!"
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
I know a ton of people who don't like Kool-Aid. It tastes like chemically poisoned water. Ick.
Posted by romanylass (Member # 6306) on :
Steve- I hate it too. And I have *gasp!* denied it to my children.
Mmmm, Liz, that's making me drool. Peppers are on sale at the produce mart right now.
Posted by Paul Goldner (Member # 1910) on :
Kool aid is raunchy.
Posted by breyerchic04 (Member # 6423) on :
I think the first time i ever had Kool Aid was kindergarten, I told my mom what it tasted like so she called the school to make sure they didn't give us alcohol, they didn't (I really didn't know what I had drank, it was red), somehow this is more ammusing when she tells it.
Posted by quidscribis (Member # 5124) on :
I don't like KoolAid. Ever since Jonestown . . .
Chili powder (not the dark chilli powder spice combination you North Americans put in Chillis with beans, but the bright red stuff that's closer to cayenne) and salt are fantastic on watermelon and pineapple.
Elizabeth, you're a woman after my own stomach. Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
quote:Originally posted by ketchupqueen: *throws up*
Oh no! Not again!
**holds KQ's head, wipes her sweaty brow with a cool wash cloth, offers saltines**
Oh, and I detest Kool-Aid too. My kid has never had it ever. Foul brew!
Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :
For the record, there's a "Sides and sauces" category on the recipe site. *hint, hint*
Posted by quidscribis (Member # 5124) on :
*laughs* Go, Dags!
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
quote:Have you tried this?
Yup. Doesn't do squat for me for morning sickness. Wonderful for car sickness, though. (I get car sick but never sea sick. Weird, huh?)
Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
Sabra is a brand that makes my favorite hot stuff -- s'chug, which is a paste of chili peppers and spices and is wonderful stirred into so many things.
Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :
KQ, have you tried very strong ginger snaps? They've worked for several friends of mine.
I used them for seasickness myself.
Posted by Elizabeth (Member # 5218) on :
"For the record, there's a "Sides and sauces" category on the recipe site. *hint, hint* "
OK, OK. But then I would have to get my act together and put the green chili recipe in as well, Dag.
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
Dag, Jamaican ginger beer usually works for me. But we couldn't find my usual brand, and the brand my dad had around isn't as sweet, tastes more like lime, and I threw it up.
I wants my D&G! Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
quote:Originally posted by ketchupqueen: I threw it up.
Oh no! You poor dear! This is getting too much.
**holds KQ's hair, rubs her back, offers a little sip of water to rinse her mouth**
Have a saltine?
And lookit this!! Could be all you've been needing.
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
Looks, nice, but I'm not allowed to chew gum. TMJ. Posted by kojabu (Member # 8042) on :
Ithaca has a chili fest sometime soonish. You should come by. Posted by Elizabeth (Member # 5218) on :
Like I need ANOTHER reason to go to Ithaca! When is it, Kojabu???
Posted by kojabu (Member # 8042) on :
Actually after I posted that I did some checking and I think it's sometime in February. The one last year was.
Posted by Elizabeth (Member # 5218) on :
Ah, a warming up festival. That makes sense!
Posted by kojabu (Member # 8042) on :
Yea, I'm looking forward to checking it out this year, last year I was in Rome. It's always outside on the Commons so it's freezing while you eat the chili.
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