Re: [CH] Re: "Hot and bitter"
Uncle Dirty Dave (xrated@ameritech.net)
Tue, 30 Jul 2002 16:48:10 -0500
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From: "Alex Silbajoris" <asilbajo@hotmail.com>
To: <chile-heads@globalgarden.com>
Sent: Tuesday, July 30, 2002 9:55 AM
Subject: [CH] Re: "Hot and bitter"
> >From: "Kristofer Blennow" <kristofer@blennow.se>
> >Does anyone have a salsa/sauce recipe with both HOT and BITTER taste?
> Perhaps this turns on a distinction between 'sour' and 'bitter' where sour
> flavor might come from lemons or some such. I've made some green sauces
> from unripe tomatoes or peppers, sometimes with tomatillos, and they have
> had a hot and bitter flavor, but they also taste 'green' and sharp like a
> green tomato.
> My dictionary doen't shed much light on the distinction:
> bitter - having or being a taste that is sharp, acrid and upleasant
> sour - having a taste characteristic of that produced by acids; sharp,
tart,
> or tangy as lemons and vinegar
> Maybe you could combine green scotch bonnets with lime or lemon juice as a
> start.
You need go no further than Tabasco Sauce. Sorta hot from the tabasco
peppers
and bitter from the combination of salt and vinegar and fermentation.
PTUI!!!!
ENJOY!!!
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