RE: [CH] canned Chipotle rant
Frank J. Hashek (fhashek@comcast.net)
Sat, 15 Nov 2003 10:55:08 -0500
Peter,
See if you can find La Morena. It is one of the brands (including 2 that
you mentioned) available at the local Mexican grocers. They make a Chipotle
Sauce and also have 2 sizes of whole Chipotle in Adobo. No sugar, great
flavor, keep well in the fridge. The sauce mixes well with catsup, to give
it some personality. 2 or 3 C in A in the pot roast has Mrs. CH wondering
what the secret ingredient is, but not griping about the heat.
Blue skies,
Frank
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-chile-heads@globalgarden.com
> [mailto:owner-chile-heads@globalgarden.com]On Behalf Of Peter G
> Sent: Friday, November 14, 2003 6:11 PM
> To: CH the Hot List !
> Subject: [CH] canned Chipotle rant
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> Well ... it Has been kinda quiet lately.
> so maybe i'll delurk for a post or two ...
>
> is it only my imagination? or has the quality of canned Chipotles (in
> general) been slipping recently ?
> i'm talking about those small, 215 G. (7 oz) tins of Peppers in Adobo
> that are so darned conveniently packaged.
> locally, there are three brands commonly available " Embasa , La Torre
> and La Costena " distinguished mainly by price ; fairly similar
> contents.
>
> My complaint ??
> Filler ingredients, Diminishing quality, and lessening heat & smoke
> levels.
>
> added ingredients ? namely, onions, tomato paste and sugar.
> it seems, of late, that these "fillers" are getting much More prominent
> in
> the packaged product.
> typically, i toss a can of Chipotles into a small food processor ...
> whiz-it
> and freeze the un-used portion ( in spoonfuls on Saran ) for later use.
> the last can of La Costena brand that i bought, reminded me So much of
> "tomato-jam with chiles" ... that i vowed to switch brands.
> OK, so now it's La Torre brand .... not as much tomato paste, but when
> i try La Torre in my roast chicken recipe ... it quickly becomes
> apparent
> that this product is just Packed with sugar (burning easily on the
> roasting
> pan). a quick check today, of some frozen canned La Torre peppers
> confirms the extraordinarily High sugar content.
> virtually useless for my recipes.
>
> What gives here Folks ?
> i'm looking for canned Chipotles NOT candy-ed chipotles !
> and, for that matter, not tomato-soup with chiles !
> as for the heat/smoke factor? even taking into account some increased
> heat tolerance (on my part) ... over the last decade or so, the heat
> levels
> in canned chipotles seem to be decreasing ... smokiness too.
> (fwiw: i'm generally quite sensitive to Jal heat)
>
> as chipotle popularity goes up .... quality goes down ??! go
> figure.
>
> OK
> i'm almost outa steam
> let someone else take the soapbox
> regards
> peter g
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