Re: [CH] Macaroni cheese - a bit off topic
Jonathan T. Smillie (jsmillie@protix.com)
Thu, 04 Feb 1999 14:50:50 -0600
At 11:36 AM 2/4/99 -0800, The Adair's wrote:
I don't use many hot sauces in my cooking. I prefer using whatever fresh
peppers I can find or grow. I recently smoked some habs and ground them
into powder. Now THERE'S a combination of heat and flavor I can go for.
Tim:
I would definitely agree that I don't use a lot of hot sauce in cooking-
mostly because hot sauces, having their own distinct flavors, affect the
overall taste of a dish much more than do either fresh or powdered chiles.
There are exceptions to that rule, of course- chipotles (or smoked habs)
will have a significant effect on the flavor of a dish- but overall, I find
it's easier to add heat without adding unwanted flavor through powders.
Or maybe I'm just harking back to the time, some five years ago when, still
an apprentice Chile-Head, I put a tablespoon of Endorphin Rush into about 2
quarts of chili.... first time I'd ever made anything too hot for ME to
eat!
Jonathan
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