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Skriven 2010-09-08 16:46:33 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
   Kommentar till text 1213 av hap newsom (1:124/311)
Ärende: Busy Summers                                             [1]
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Hi Hap,

-> or so left.  Next week (too much going on this week) I'm going to make a
-> quarter batch.  We want to see how it tastes if I saute the onion &
-> garlic a bit before putting them in.  I may kick the heat level up a bit
-> with the peppers, not sure yet.

 hn> YUM! You heat process the jars
 hn> right? Sauteeing the onion and
 hn> garlic might change the flavor
 hn> but not much I'd think...unless
 hn> you use a lot of oil and that
 hn> goes in as well.

I pressure can the full jars, did this run at 5 lbs pressure for 10
minutes.  In AZ it was 10/10 because we were about a mile in elevation.
This time I held back some tomatoes, onions, garlic & pepper for a
"second dump" and cooked everything about 45 minutes more after that. I
had also pre cooked & drained well about 1/3 the total amount of
tomatoes, de-seeded as much as possible those and the rest of the
tomatoes.  Anyway, if I saute the onion & garlic (peppers, maybe) I'll
use a good olive oil and some will go into the pot.

->  hn> Are you going to smoke the peppers to
->  hn> a very dry point? and are you going to
->  hn> grind them into a chile powder?
 hn> ->
-> Have to ask Steve the techincal questions. I know they're quite dry; he
-> mentioned grinding some into chipotle powder.  Might take some of the
-> others plus some whole cumin we have on hand & whatever else fits and
-> make a chili powder.  Right now I'm using some I got at Whole Foods
-> Market in the bulk spice section.  It's in a McCormack chili powder
-> bottle only because I happened to have it handy & I like the shaker top.
-> Any resemblence to McCormack chili powder is purely coincidental. (G)

 hn> I'm positive your's would be much
 hn> better! I do wonder if it would make
 hn> a difference if the peppers had the
 hn> skins removed before smoking though!

The stuff I got at WFM is really good but I'll see if Steve wants to try
making some.  Have to see which peppers he smoked in addition to the
jalapenos.

->  hn> I like the experience of discovery!

-> So do we but we don't want to discover we can't eat it. I got some Thai
-> as I kept eating. IIRC, Steve had the last few bites of it. (G)

 hn> It's been very seldom that I could not eat
 hn> the meal...it might be hotter than I'm used
 hn> to, and sometimes hotter than I'm comfortaable
 hn> with...but I usually manage to finish the meal!!

I usually finish too, unless it's just so hot that I can't.

->  hn> Oh heavens no! That's way too
->  hn> spicy!

-> I've a friend like that.  Bell peppers are as spicy as she goes. (G)

 hn> that's my Annie! (grin)

My parents are like that too. No sense of adventure to their eating.

->  hn> Next trip down there..yep!

-> Which will be after baseball season ends and Anne has a school break.
-> How's her back doing now?

 hn> Not sure when the next trip
 hn> south will be...may not be until
 hn> next summer..unless Amanda
 hn> finishes up her PhD before then!

Does it look likely? She's been there a good while but you can't rush
field research.


 hn> Anne's back is still a bit problematic
 hn> but it's WAY better than it was!
 hn> She is claiming she's back to about
 hn> 80%+ of what she was before she
 hn> got hurt...I'm not convinced yet. But
 hn> today is the first day of school with
 hn> kids, so we'll see how she makes it
 hn> through the first week!

Hopefully it'll go OK for her.  Keep an eye/ear open for signs of
trouble and make a record for her workman's comp claim.  I presume that
stays open until a full and final resolution is made.


->  hn> Oh I've got a whole page of questions
->  hn> and observations I want them to talk about!!

-> That's the way to do it. I need to start making up the list of what I
-> need to ask my doctor next week.  Just a routine appointment but need to
-> make sure I remember what meds need renewing etc.

 hn> I have my appointment today.
 hn> I'll be going over the latest
 hn> MRI with the surgeon, and hopefully
 hn> we can (she) find some reason for
 hn> the pain and perhaps even a way
 hn> to deal with it and make things better.

So you'll let us know the outcome of it.........

->  hn> Yep...but then on my
->  hn> day off this homestand....I took
->  hn> Annie to the ballpark...so my knee
->  hn> is extra sore tonight! But the M's

-> Had to walk more than usual to get to your seats?

 hn> Actually the sitting in the seat with my
 hn> knee bent was worse than standing or
 hn> walking around! I did have to get up
 hn> several times and stretch my knee out
 hn> and try to keep it "loose".

I hear you there. I do the same thing.

->  hn> and I get to rest the knee a  bit!

-> And they won't be in the play offs this year so the season will end in


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