Thursday, March 16, 2006


Lookee over here! That's 100% fresh- ground chile powder. Not the out-of-date mix of chile powder and other spices sneaking its way into your cupboard as chile powder. That is chili powder - used for making the dish chili. Chile (with an e) powder is pure. Nothing else is added. The cayennes pictured can be bought at Carrefour for about $100NT for a 250 gram bag. To retain maximum flavor and color, prepare it just before needed. Throw the chiles into a blender or processor ( just about anything that spins and cuts) and grind to your desired consistency. Removing the seeds will lessen the heat and richen the color a bit. I leave them in.

Suggested uses:

  • Almost any Mexican dish
  • Chili
  • Chile smoothies
  • Basting and finishing sauces for the grill
  • Additive in personal lubricants for those who put beans and tomatoes in chili

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Additive in personal lubricants

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Anonymous said...

Ahhh, but them beans be good!!!

Anonymous said...

and WTF are you going on about the differences in spelling chili for? it is spelt many ways, all are valid derivations, and chilli, chili, chile, etc are all variations of the same fookin thing, you dork.


chile peppers, ie those hot things that originally came from south america hence the name chile, corrupted into chili or chilli byt the british and the americans in slightly different ways. who cares how the fook you spell it, its all the same thing, and your distintion of chili versus chile means fook all.

geez, i bet you're american.