Scott wrote:
> jmcquown wrote:
>> Scott wrote:
>>> wrote:
>>>> Scott wrote:
>>>>> I'm trying to duplicate the recipe for 2-Alarm chili mix.
>> The mix is cheap. Is there a reason you are trying to duplicate it
>> at home? (sodium content, perhaps?) I found the following link
>> which is *purported* to be the original mixture used by Wick Fowler
>> prior to his marketing the mix. (I certainly can't attest to the
>> veracity of this claim.)
>>
>> http://www.panix.com/~clay/cookbook/...hili+recipe179
>>
>>
> Thanks for the link
> I wonder why that recipe calls for only 3 heaping tbs of chili powder
> when in the package mix it uses 1/2 cup.
>
Because it also uses dried "japanese chilis" (I have no idea what those are)
and "chilipiquins" (ditto)?

> I'm trying to duplicate so I won't have to depend on buying the spice
> package mix and also I believe that I'll be using higher quality
> spices.

That makes sense, I guess

Jill