On Feb 16, 5:39*pm, John Kuthe > wrote:
> On Feb 16, 4:52*pm, Food SnobŪ > wrote:
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> > On Feb 16, 3:34*pm, Chemo the Clown > wrote:
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> > > On Feb 16, 1:28*pm, Food SnobŪ > wrote:
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> > > > I made grown up chili for my son's school's "chili cook off." *He
> > > > comes home from school today to inform me that only the kids will be
> > > > voting. *Of course, some kids eat some pretty hot stuff these days.
> > > > Lots of red chilies in there, cumin, black pepper, salt, a little
> > > > garlic, lean bottom round fried in rendered beef fat, and long, slow
> > > > simmered with red kidney beans. *No tomato, no onion.
> > > > If I'd have known only the kids were voting, I'd have used a few less
> > > > chiles, but I really wasn't so much trying to win as to make something
> > > > yummy.
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> > > > --Bryan
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> > > What...no habeneros?? You wussy.
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> > I don't like the taste of habaneros. *I used quite a few red
> > jalapenos.
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> Oh I love habaneros, if only they weren't so bloody HOT! If you can
> get past the heat, the flavor is actually quite good. Kinda fruity and
> yummy (while your tastebuds experience capsaicin on steroids!)
You might like mangoes and guavas too, which is what habaneros kind of
taste like to me. There are *Capsicum chinense* varieties such as the
NuMex Suave, that have that fruity flavor w/o the blistering heat:
http://www.reimerseeds.com/numex-sua...ppers-red.aspx
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> Yeah yeah, I know. Purecap! No flavor, all heat. Ick.
That's a different thing. PureCap is a useful food additive.
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> John Kuthe...
--Bryan