Text 26132, 56 rader
Skriven 2012-06-16 06:55:54 av Dave Drum (1:18/200.0)
  Kommentar till text 26121 av Dale Shipp (1:261/1466.0)
Ärende: Drying peppers
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-=> Dale Shipp wrote to Dave Drum <=-

 DD> I didn't used to do that here, thinking that the strips of pepper were
 DD> dehydrated to a crackly crunch - what could possibly harm
 DD> them. But, I forgot that old glass jars w/plastic (or even
 DD> metal) lids that use a cardboard liner will keep the creepy-
 DD> crawlys out - but not the humidity. So, the silica gel goes
 DD> in to prevent troubles.

 DS> What Gail does is to vacuum seal the jars.  She sometimes also puts in
 DS> the silica gel.  With no air there's no mold and the dried peppers will
 DS> last for months -- some say for years, but we haven't been doing it
 DS> that long.

I don't have a vacuum sealer. I thought about getting one - but, then I
thought, you don't cook that often any more. And there is quite enough gadget
clutter anyway. Thus the silica gel. I have kept some dried ghost peppers for
two or more years that way - I use that particular chile very sparingly.   Bv)=

MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.06
 
      Title: Green Chilies &  Rice Casserole
 Categories: Chilies, Rice, Cheese, Dairy
      Yield: 6 Servings
 
    3/4 c  Long-grain white rice; raw
      1 tb Oil
  1 1/2 c  Boiling water
    1/2 ts (to 1 ts) salt; opt
      2 c  Dairy sour cream
    1/4 lb Monterey Jack cheese; in
           - small cubes
      7 oz Can diced green chilies
    3/4 c  Grated Monterey Jack cheese
           Butter
 
  In medium saucepan, heat oil over medium-high heat; add
  rice and stir until rice is coated with oil and heated
  through. Add boiling water and salt, if desired. (Note:
  cheese and chilies are salty.) Bring back to boil over
  high heat; cover and reduce heat to low. Cook 20 to 25
  minutes or until water is absorbed.
  
  Spray a 12 x 7 1/2 x 2 inch glass baking dish with Pam.
  Combine cooked rice with the sour cream. Spread 1/2 of
  rice mixture on bottom of baking dish; sprinkle chillies
  over rice mixture, then the cubed cheese, rest of rice
  mixture, and then the grated cheese.

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