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Default Making that hot sauce

Scott wrote:
> In article >,
> George Shirley > wrote:
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>>Ran the fermented chiles through the blender and then the food mill
>>today. Three gallons of red and one gallon of yellow. I ended up with 96
>>ounces of red pulp and juice and 64 ounces of the yellow.
>>
>>Sitting in their respective non-reactive pots and mixed with 40% white
>>vinegar. Will get stirred four times a day for the next week or two to
>>ensure the mix "melds" properly and will then bottle it. A taste of each
>>says this will be a good batch of hot sauce, not so hot you can't enjoy
>>it and mild enough you can taste the chiles.
>>

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> Do you think there's a point to saucemaking for those who don't grow
> their own peppers--i.e., those with access only to what's available in a
> supermarket?
>



Perhaps, if you use habaneros and carrots for a base. Or something like that.

Bob