Re: [CH] canned Chipotle rant

Mike McCollum (mem@bendnet.com)
Sat, 15 Nov 2003 10:06:23 -0800 

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of times.
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lawyer.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Frank J. Hashek" <fhashek@comcast.net>
To: "Peter G" <peter.g@telus.net>; "CH the Hot List !"
<Chile-heads@globalgarden.com>
Sent: Saturday, November 15, 2003 7:55 AM
Subject: RE: [CH] canned Chipotle rant


> 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
> >
> >
> > 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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