Text 5055, 95 rader
Skriven 2013-09-24 16:21:16 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
   Kommentar till text 4967 av Dave Drum (70677.cooking)
Ärende: Eat Here - Get Gas
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Hi Dave,

 DD> interesting. And so long as I don't wake up the dish to the point that
 DD> the heat obscures the flavour(s) I just don't see any need to
 DD> "balance" things to moderate that level.

 RH> I don't either. Steve got a bit carried away with the various "hots"
 RH> when he made the Moroccan chicken the other day. In addition to the
 RH> cayenne and other hots in the recipe, he put in some harissa and I
 RH> don't know what all else. I let him have the left overs; it was too hot
 RH> for me to enjoy.

 DD> Odd, all of the Moroccan chicken recipes I have are pretty mild, even
 DD> if using exotic (to middle America) ingredients. I have seven
 DD> different recipes in my Meal Muncher database and not a single one
 DD> calls for chile in any way. Apricots and pistachios seem to be a
 DD> common thread as well as rice or cous cous.


The recipe I use calls for cinnamon, cumin, coriander, cayenne, garlic
and ginger. Fresh garlic, ginger root, also salt to taste which he left
out as he used a preserved lemon. We didn't have any ginger root so he
used powdered.

 DD> To be fair, though, I looked around on the interweb and found a couple
 DD> of Moroccan spice mixes/rubs which use cayenne and, of course, much
 DD> mention of harissa. But, no Moroccan chicken recipes that call for
 DD> either the spice rub or harissa. I suspect that Steve was cooking to
 DD> suit himself and forgot that not everyone has the same heat tolerance
 DD> as he -- something I have done a time or several. But, as my old
 DD> Granddad always told me "It's a damned poor cook who can't suit
 DD> himself".   Bv)=

This recipe came from a USA Weekend magazine, allrecipes.com. No mention
of harissa; he was just playing around with the different spices we had
on hand (which includes harissa). I've made it before and its not been
as hot. He also did it in the tagine, stove top, with a heat diffuser
whereas I generally use a cast iron skillet on the stove top.

 DD> Two recipes follow ...

 DD> Stopped at the Sign of the Clown last night with a coupon for BOGO
 DD> quarter-pounder ... so, I went for the bacon, habanero, ranch version.
 DD> The first one I had tried, soon after they killed off the Angus
 DD> burgers and substituted the tarted-up quarter pound pucks, was almost
 DD> to the upper ranges of enjoyable. Last night's was considerably
 DD> "dumbed down". Still tasty, but nowhere near as pungent.

 RH> Hooked you and reeled you in, then changed the game after you were
 RH> caught.

 DD> I had another coupon to burn so I stopped again at the Arches. The
 DD> manager recognised me from when he gave me the sample of the
 DD> habanero-ranch sauce. So, I asked him why they had "dumbed down" the
 DD> sauce. When he replied that he didn't think they had both of the

Sounds like the manager doesn't know his stuff. Like the one we
encountered once that didn't know Moose Tracks ice cream contains peanut
butter.

 DD> cashiers spoke up and assured him that the sauce had gotten pretty
 DD> wimpy. I had one anyway - the coupon got me fries and a drink and the
 DD> burger for $4.70 tax included.

Good enough deal; I usually go for the fillet of fish, no cheese or
(when they had it) chipotle chicken if I have to eat at McDs.


 DD>       Title: Moroccan Seasoning Mix
 DD>  Categories: Rubs, Marinades, Herbs, Chilies
 DD>       Yield: 8 servings

 DD>       5 ts Ground nutmeg
 DD>       5 ts Ground cumin
 DD>       5 ts Ground coriander
 DD>   2 1/2 ts Allspice
 DD>   2 1/2 ts Ground ginger
 DD>   1 1/4 ts Cayenne pepper
 DD>   1 1/4 ts Cinnamon

Steve found a ras (something or other, don't have it in front of me)
recipe on line that has at least twice the ingredients list. It has, not
only nutmeg, but also mace and an extensive list of other herbs &
spices. Interestingly, I think we've got most of them on hand.

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Catch you later,
Ruth
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