"Ian Field" > wrote in message
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> "T" > wrote in message
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>> On 08/10/2015 09:12 AM, Ian Field wrote:
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>>>> On 08/08/2015 01:12 PM, Ian Field wrote:
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>>>>> "T" > wrote in message
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>>>>>> Hi Ian,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> If you haven't done you soup/broth test in your slow
>>>>>> cooker, in addition to your vegi's, toss in a dried
>>>>>> Chimayo (New Mexico Red) chili pepper. Break off the
>>>>>> end and pour out the seeds, or it will be very hot.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Mexico_chile
>>>>>>
>>>>>> It is like adding MSG (flavor enhancer) without the
>>>>>> chemicals (excitotoxins) and the delayed headache.
>>>>>
>>>>> There was a time I liked hot spicy food - these days it wreaks a
>>>>> terrible revenge next day!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Bummer!
>>>>
>>>> Can you take a "tiny" amount?
>>>>
>>>> The idea is to put only a little in such that the change is
>>>> almost not perceptible. It just accelerated the flavors from
>>>> the other ingredients. A kind of non-toxic MSG.
>>>
>>> The other day I found a not that far out of date tin of tomato soup that
>>> needed using up sooner rather than later.
>>>
>>> Plenty of salt and a good squirt of Crucials Sauces Hot Stuff chilli
>>> sauce. That didn't cause a problem, but last time I bought chilli
>>> powder, I got extra hot - I have to be very careful not to use much!
>>
>> We are lucky here in that we have several Mexican Supermarkets
>> (Mexico is out southern neighbor). They have about 15 varieties
>> of dried peppers.
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> We have the Palo (Asian) Indian grocers, they recently moved and so far
> I've only found the new location just so I know where it is.
>
> Usually I only go there for a few items I can't get anywhere else, and
> they're not everyday shopping list bits.

Went in the shop for a proper look earlier, they're way too expensive for
actual food items - that they don't have that many of anyway.

The spices are still *MUCH* better value than the supermarkets though. They
have trendy and expensive little jars for restocking spice racks, the Indian
grocers have 400g packets for not much more.