"Jim Lane" > wrote in message
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> SonoranDude wrote:
> > "Jim Lane" > wrote in message
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> >>SonoranDude wrote:
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> >>>For years I have loved the snappy dark green jalapenos we find at some
> >
> > local
> >
> >>>taco shops... for a long time I thought these were grilled some how
> >
> > because
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> >>>they were partially cooked. I asked the woman how they made them and
she
> >>>explained they just fry them in oil.
> >>>
> >>>Last weekend I put a half inch of oil in my iron skillet and tossed a
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> > couple
> >
> >>>handfuls of fresh washed jalapenos in the oil. Turned them with a spoon
> >>>after 30 or 40 seconds to cook the other side and low and behold I had
> >>>discovered this simple technique. Once the Japs are wilted a little on
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> > each
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> >>>side take them out and drain on some paper and cover with kosher salt.
> >>>
> >>>Refrigerate till chilled and serve as condiments. Mine lasted nearly 3
> >
> > days
> >
> >>>but they do get slimey after the 2nd day so it's easy to cook them up
> >
> > when
> >
> >>>needed. I'm going to re-use the oil over and over and see how hot that
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> > can
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> >>>get too.
> >>>
> >>>Brad
> >>>
> >>>
> >>
> >>Brad, they are jalapenos, not japs, and especially not japs with a
> >>capital "J." Try calling them jalas for short. More people might get it
> >>that way and not tend to think you are against the Japanese, where the
> >>term "Japs" comes from.
> >>
> >>
> >>jim
> >
> >
> > Dude, get a life... I guess you weren't in the produce biz
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> >
>
> All my Japanese frinds find the term offensive and I'll bet your do to
> but are too polite to tell you.
>
>
> jim

I wish I could find an old produce order form to show you PC nit pickers
that I meant no disrespect to the Japanese. I treat every person I meet with
respect regardless of their heritage. Sak Tanita was one of the nicest guys
in the Phoenix produce market and if he was alive today he would laugh about
your over sensitivity to a hyphenated abbreviation we used to describe
Jalapeno Peppers.

In the early 80s I sold produce to restaurants and hotels in the Phoenix
area on hand written invoices. December of 1983 I wrote one half million
dollars in sales on these 10 key calculated hand written records. Japs was
the abbreviation we would use on a hand written invoice, it was never
spoken aloud, and it didn't half to be because every produce salesman,
truck driver, and chef could understand exactly what was written on the
invoice. For example 5x6 tom was a 5x6x2 layer tray pack tomato. Cuc was
cucumber, broc was broccoli, car was carrot. Jap or Japs was a jalapeno, I
didn't come up with the abreviation and it had been there years before I
entered the business and as I suspect it is probably still in use today.

This was never meant to represent the spoken sound of Japs. I have written
thousands of hand written produce orders and over time it becomes second
nature so please forgive me for using this old abbreviation and move on. Yes
it drives me nuts when someone will nit pic some stupid detail away from the
main theme of a post.

The truth is if you haven't tried pan frying your jalapenos than you missed
a delicious firery condiment that is easy to make and people go crazy for.

My next post will be on crackers so to be an equal opportunity offender.