On Saturday, May 22, 2021 at 1:04:49 AM UTC-4, dsi1 wrote:
> On Friday, May 21, 2021 at 12:08:58 PM UTC-10, Dave Smith wrote:
> > I like to have Thai birds eye chili on hand but use the stuff only in
> > small amounts. Around here they sell them only in packages of 30 or
> > more, so they go bad before I use them up. I was watching Jamie Oliver
> > a couple weeks ago and she showed a money saving trip for chilis. He
> > claimed it was a cheap and easy way to keep them in good shape for
> > months. So I tried it.
> >
> > It has been a success so far. It's been about three weeks since I put
> > them in a bunch of them in a large plastic spice jar, the type that has
> > a double cap, one for getting a spoon in and the other for sprinkling.
> > I had cut up half a chili very finely to add to a batch of avocado
> > mango salsa. When I put it back I thought maybe it needed to be shaken
> > up because the salt had settled on the bottom.
> >
> > I should have made sure the top was on tight. Some of the liquid leaked
> > out of the flip top and ran down my hand. I washed my hands and went on
> > with other things. That was about an hour ago. I have washed my hands
> > three times since then and my left hand is on fire. Heck, I just licked
> > between two fingers and now my tongue is burning.
> You can try making chili pepper water. Chop a few peppers up (5 to 8, for starters) and add to about 16 oz of water. Add a few chopped garlic cloves, salt, and vinegar. Let it set for a few days to infuse. This stuff is good in soups, stews, and loco mocos, lau-lau, and most any Hawaiian food. You'll see recipes on the internet but those are kinda weird in that they look like sauce. What you should get is a clear liquid with some peppers on bottom. The real stuff looks like water and is served in an old Worcestershire sauce bottle. Just make sure you don't drink it!

Loco Moco has a lot of stuff in it. hamburger patties with egg over top and rice and brown gravy on that. Yum yum.