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Skriven 2010-09-06 00:02:12 av hap newsom (1:124/311)
     Kommentar till en text av Ruth Haffly
Ärende: RE: Busy Summers                                             [1]
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Hey Ruth!
-> 
-> -> Each ethnic group has a different definition of "hot" in their spice
-> -> vocabulary.  You wouldn't get a Tex-Mex hot in India, nor a vindaloo 
one
-> -> in TX.
-> 
->  hn> Yep, sometimes it seems to me that
->  hn> different peppers have a different
->  hn> "heat effect" on me as well...I "get
->  hn> used" to one and then when I have a
->  hn> different combination it's like a new
->  hn> heat all over again!
-> 
-> 
-> That's the fun of trying new things.  At the farmer's market today, one
-> stall had a big box of assorted peppers.  From it, I picked 3 or 4 red
-> cayennes, 3 or 4 green ones, a couple of green habbies, and about 3
-> yellow banana peppers.  Steve got a pint box of red jalapenos and we got
-> some bells and another (forget what kind).  Some of what I got, as well
-> as some jalapenos and serranos (somewhat deseeded) are in the salsa
-> cooking on the stove.  The red jalapenos and some serrnos are on the
-> smoker, as well as several different types of cheese, including a couple
-> of goat's milk ones.  I'll can the salsa when I'm done with Fido.
->
Cool! Let me know how they turn out!
Are you going to smoke the peppers to
a very dry point? and are you going to 
grind them into a chile powder?

 
-> ->  hn> what I got was really some sort of live
-> ->  hn> fire hidden in a vindaloo! I was able to
-> 
-> -> Should have asked the server. That's what we usually do in a new to us
-> -> place.
-> 
->  hn> Sometimes I'm that smart.....
->  hn> but most times I go for the HOT....
->  hn> sometimes I pays the price! (grin)
-> 
-> It's a matter of practice with us since we've tried so many different
-> things.  Partly comes from having lived in the southwest, (Steve in)
-> Korea, and Hawaii--all with different forms of hot and our trying other
-> ethnic foods like Indian, Thai, etc.
->
I like the experience of discovery!
-> 
-> ->  hn> eat/enjoy it but felt the fire for almost
-> ->  hn> a day after!
-> 
-> -> Real staying power to that heat.  It's what you want in cold months to
-> -> warm you up. (G)
-> 
->  hn> I could have melted snow in the parking lot
->  hn> with that level of heat!
-> 
-> I'm not surprised.
-> 
-> ->  bit more hn> adventurous in her dining and bless her, hn> she does try
-> ->  somewhat...but she just hn> does not care for certain things (fish, hn>
-> ->  heat, spicy) and prefers to eat a very hn> bland diet.
-> 
-> -> Same with my parents. I tried to get Dad to use some oregano & basil in
-> -> his spaghetti sauce but he used salt & pepper plus onion & garlic
-> -> trio of Italian herbs, pepper, fresh garlic powder and some fresh onion,
-> -> sauteed, as well as black pepper, no salt.  Mine was the hands down
-> -> favorite.
-> 
->  hn> Anne likes bland...but she calls
->  hn> it "Subtle flavorings"
-> 
-> Must be very subtle, like the residual heat on the hand that wasn't
-> protected by a glove when working with the peppers earlier today (only
-> had one glove).
-> 
Oh heavens no! That's way too 
spicy!
(grin)

-> -> The cook might not have realised they were extra hot peppers.  You 
would
-> -> probably not get as hot a dish if you do order it again.
-> 
->  hn> Most likely true! :-0
-> 
-> Going to try it again?
->
Next trip down there..yep!
 
-> ->  hn> to improve my situation, I'm not
-> ->  hn> going to consider surgery unless
-> ->  hn> as a very last resort.
-> 
-> -> Talk it over with them really good.
-> 
->  hn> They'll talk...I'll listen....probably!
-> 
-> Ask questions too. Tell them about last year's experience.
->
Oh I've got a whole page of questions
and observations I want them to talk about!!
 
-> ->  hn> have the knee whacked on...certainly
-> ->  hn> not before the end of the baseball
-> ->  hn> season anyway!
-> 
-> -> No surprise there. (G)
-> 
->  hn> I'm just adjusting my schedule
->  hn> so that I take an extra day off
->  hn> when we hare having a long home
->  hn> stand.
-> 
-> Smart idea there.
->
Yep...but then on my 
day off this homestand....I took
Annie to the ballpark...so my knee
is extra sore tonight! But the M's 
are on the road again for the week
and I get to rest the knee a  bit!

-> ->  hn> pave a path that would be
-> ->  hn> more accessible to folks who
-> ->  hn> aren't mountain goats.
-> 
-> -> Sounds logical but our definition of logical doesn't always make sense
-> -> to others.
-> 
->  hn> Yeppers! But it's sort of in an
->  hn> out of the way place and I'm
->  hn> not sure how much business
->  hn> they do over the course of
->  hn> a year...it may not be worth
->  hn> the expense of getting a paved
->  hn> path put in and maintaining it.
-> 
-> Still, sounds like a place I'd like to visit--if I could hike it.
->
It was very interesting and I bet you'd 
enjoy it a lot if you could get around!
 
-> -> ->  hn> fossilized clam!!
-> 
-> -> And it' sitting on your shelf right now.
-> 
->  hn> Why yes! It is!!
-> 
-> Figures. It'll sit there for a while, then get moved around here &
-> there.  Same as our stuff but ours probably got moved more often with
-> our moving the household so often.
-> 
-> 
I'll probably put it in my pocket for a while and 
show it to my co-workers at the ballpark!
chat with you soon!
hap 
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