Re: [CH] Re: Chile Powder Travel Containers
Uncle Steve (UncleSteve@usHOTstuff.com)
Fri, 24 Aug 2001 11:38:25 -0400
** I'm having lots of fun with mine. I need to figure out how to get a tiny
** little silica gel packet into each side, though. Riding around in my
** sweaty levis tends to induce the ground chile to cake up a bit. Other
** than that I have convinced a guy warning me that his food was HOT that
** he didn't know what HOT meant, sprinkled some of the smoked hab onto an
** order of Cajun catfish that had been pretty wussy -- man, that smoke
** sure is noticable in proportion to the amount of chile. Good and smoky
** and hot. What's not to like. Well worth the investment.
Thanks Dave! We smoke our chiles through the complete drying process. Some
others only smoke a few hours then dehydrate. We also use a very low heat,
trying not to "bake off" the Capsaicinoids. The low heat drying requires a
longer drying time (12-18 hrs) so there is more smoke flavor added.
I think some of the "packing" was due to the heavy moisture here when we filled
the containers, 95%. Also the new, see through, plastic does not seem to seal
as tightly as the other we had sent out in the past. What I like most is that
you can have 2 kinds of chiles with you at all times. I like the smoked best
but it does not go with every dish.
Enjoy the heat,
Steve
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