Re: [CH] OOPS..... :-)

Linda Hutchinson (lipant@sympatico.ca)
Sun, 15 Jun 2008 23:25:43 -0400 

Assuming it's the Chinese version I have the recipe for, (mushrooms, 
sprouts, etc?)  don't worry about it.  I have tried quite a few Thai ones 
and never quite matched the one I have at the restaurants.  I will check 
Col. Philpotts and Bill Wight's site, his are always good!

Thanks, though, Andy!

Linda

----- Original Message ----- 
From: CH2060@xemaps.com
To: Linda Hutchinson
Cc: CH2060@xemaps.com ; Jim Graham ; Chileheads List
Sent: Sunday, June 15, 2008 11:22 PM
Subject: Re: [CH] OOPS..... :-)


Linda,

It was a Chinese version, but it was a very good one, as I said,
much better than any restaurant I've been to.

I no longer have the original recipe, but, if you (or someone)
is interested in it, I remember it well enough to put it together
again - at least the ingredients if not the exact quantities.

Let me know.
AndyB

Linda Hutchinson wrote:

>Well WHERE is the recipe, Man???!!!!  I love Hot n Sour soup, assuming it 
>is
>the Thai version and not the Chinese!
>
>Linda
>
>----- Original Message ----- 
>From: CH2060@xemaps.com
>To: Jim Graham
>Cc: Chileheads List
>Sent: Sunday, June 15, 2008 10:22 PM
>Subject: Re: [CH] OOPS..... :-)
>
>
>Jim,
>If I correctly sense where you are going with this, I would suggest
>some caution, as I once came to some regret [a story ensues].
>
>Many moons ago (before I was a CH), I decided to make an authentic
>Hot and Sour soup (I had an excellent recipe).  I also decided I
>had to *make* my own chile oil.  I had bought (along with many other
>ingredients) a bag of red chile peppers from the Chinese store
>(that was located in Chinatown, Philadelphia, PA). I presume that
>these were some form of Cayenne.
>
>Not having any guidance in this aspect, I hydrated them, and began
>to saute them in some light sesame seed oil.  I sauteed them for a
>long time.  Each time that I went back into the kitchen, I coughed and
>my eyes watered. Additionally, I was feeling a little chilly from
>having to keep the doors and windows open.
>
>Finally, they reached a dark red-brown-black, I turned off the heat,
>and went to bed (I was smart enough to have kept the bedroom door
>closed.)
>
>For two weeks I could not invite any normal person to my apartment.
>It was three to four weeks before things returned to normal in the
>kitchen. I had to cleanse the stove top many times with the strongest
>agent that I could find.  And after many trips thru the dishwasher,
>the pan still gave an interesting 'flavor' to anything I cooked in it.
>
>Oh, by the way, the H&S soup was most excellent -- better than any
>restaurant.  I since have made this soup, but I have never again
>made my own chile oil.
>
>AndyB
>
>Jim Graham wrote:
>
>
>
>>Oops.....
>>
>>Ok, so...I'm cooking up some chicken.  Before starting the chicken,
>>I season up the skillet by sauteeing (sp?) some chopped red onion,
>>mushroom, a small bit of rosemary from the garden (one of two
>>non-chilli items out there), a minced clove of fresh garlic, etc.,
>>and as I'm walking by them, I notice some fresh cayenne I picked
>>yesterday (I *LOVE* the flavor of fresh cayenne)....
>>
>>Anyways, I know better than to do this (anyone NOT know where I'm
>>headed at this point?)...but I wasn't thinking, and chopped up the
>>cayenne and dropped 'em straight into a very hot skillet.  About
>>30 minutes later, my lungs started working again.  As the owner of
>>a local Indian establishment said to me a few months ago (regarding
>>the heat level we both like our curry/vindaloo at), "We're not happy
>>unless the cook is coughing...."  Well tonight, I was the cook, and
>>I was definitely coughing.  And after all that, I ate a few bites of
>>chicken and some of the corn, and I had to put the rest in the fridge
>>for another meal or two (or three---this is one BIG chicken breast).
>>
>>So, here's the question:  does anyone know where (in the US) one
>>can find a charcoal-filtered gas mask or something similar for
>>times when I do things like that that I know better than to do,
>>but for some reason end up doing anyways?
>>
>>Another question....  What is it about heat + cap. that causes it
>>to launch a wave of pain directly at your lungs like that?
>>
>>Later,
>>  --jim
>>
>>
>>
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