the spicy food thread: I like it hot, hot, hot :mad5:

**gaseousclay** · 10-06-2009, 06:06 PM

this thread will be about the culinary delight that can bring a man to tears - spicy foods.

got any hot recipes you'd like to share? know of any sauces with a little bit of extra kick? do you like cajun? Thai food? Indian food? jalapenos? let's talk about hot food and why we love it.

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**professorchaos** · 10-06-2009, 06:14 PM

I love spicy food without stint! Being from Louisiana, I have a strong preference for ... Louisiana Hot Sauce. This past summer, I really enjoyed jalapeños stuffed with manchego, wrapped in bacon and grilled.

**dpm802** · 10-06-2009, 06:17 PM

I love wasabi ... that green horseradish paste that they serve with Sushi.

Here's a neat trick to impress your friends: Take a huge chunk of wasabi, and swallow it whole. Then challenge them to do the same. Here's how: Pick up the wasabi with your chopsticks, and place it on the BACK of your tongue, then swallow. The taste-buds that respond to hot and spicy are all at the front of your tongue, so you don't taste the intense burn as the wasabi goes down. I've never tried it, but presumably, you can use this trick with Jalapenos, Habaneros, Tabasco sauce and other hot spices.

Today for dinner, I had a bowl of Pho, a Vietnamese rice-noodle soup with green vegetables and thin slices of beef. You flavor it to your taste with Hoisin Sauce and a Chili Pepper Sauce ... the Chili Peppers can get quite intense, but what I do is to put the sauces in a side bowl, swish the meat around in the sauce, then wash it off in the soup bowl to dilute it. Mmmmmmm, good!

**gaseousclay** · 10-06-2009, 06:19 PM

Originally Posted by professorchaos

I love spicy food without stint! Being from Louisiana, I have a strong preference for ... Louisiana Hot Sauce. This past summer, I really enjoyed jalapeños stuffed with manchego, wrapped in bacon and grilled.

wow, that sounds delicious. I don't get to enjoy spicy foods as much as i'd like. my wife can't tolerate spicy foods - she always claims it's because she's of Norwegian descent

otherwise, i'd eat it all the time. I did enjoy a bacon eggbake tonight smothered in habanero sauce

**gaseousclay** · 10-06-2009, 06:20 PM

Originally Posted by dpm802

I love wasabi ... that green horseradish paste that they serve with Sushi.

Here's a neat trick to impress your friends: Take a huge chunk of wasabi, and swallow it whole. Then challenge them to do the same. Here's how: Pick up the wasabi with your chopsticks, and place it on the BACK of your tongue, then swallow. The taste-buds that respond to hot and spicy are all at the front of your tongue, so you don't taste the intense burn as the wasabi goes down. I've never tried it, but presumably, you can use this trick with Jalapenos, Habaneros, Tabasco sauce and other hot spices.

Today for dinner, I had a bowl of Pho, a Vietnamese rice-noodle soup with green vegetables and thin slices of beef. You flavor it to your taste with Hoisin Sauce and a Chili Pepper Sauce ... the Chili Peppers can get quite intense, but what I do is to put the sauces in a side bowl, swish the meat around in the sauce, then wash it off in the soup bowl to dilute it. Mmmmmmm, good!

yep, wasabi is awesome. never tried Pho though. I think I might have to try it based on your description. man, this thread is making me hungry

**professorchaos** · 10-06-2009, 06:41 PM

Pho is great, especially on a snowy winter day (not very reminiscent of Vietnam, I know). Load it up with slices of jalapenos, basil and cilantro. Some Sriracha too, if you are congested. Mmmmmm good! In addition to thin slices of beef, I recommend what they call "beef ball." No relation to Rocky Mountain Oysters, it is essentially Vietnamese meatballs.

**BobS** · 10-07-2009, 03:16 AM

Originally Posted by professorchaos

I love spicy food without stint! Being from Louisiana, I have a strong preference for ... Louisiana Hot Sauce. This past summer, I really enjoyed jalapeños stuffed with manchego, wrapped in bacon and grilled.

In the grilling world, those are called ABT's (Atomic Buffalo Turds) and there are lots of variations in the stuffing. I think that they always have cheese, but you can then add baby shrimp, smoked baby sausages, pulled pork, etc.

Frequently people use cream cheese and stir in their favorite BBQ rub and then sprinkle a little on the bacon too.

I cut the jalapeños in half, lengthwise, use a teaspoon to scoop out the seeds and ribs, stuff them with cheese and sausage, slap the halves together and roll them in bacon. YUM

**Captain Flint** · 10-07-2009, 03:28 AM

Originally Posted by professorchaos

I love spicy food without stint! Being from Louisiana, I have a strong preference for ... Louisiana Hot Sauce.

You mean Tabasco? Wow, I love that stuff!

It's my daily go-to sauce.

**thunderball** · 10-07-2009, 03:41 AM

Whatever you're cooking, chuck a bit of Blair's 16 Million Hot Sauce in there!

http://www.hotsauceblog.com/hotsauce...roduct-review/

**TimMechEngr** · 10-07-2009, 06:13 AM

If you are one who thinks he can handle the hottest sauce available to mankind, try Dave's Gourmet Insanity Sauce. I can't stand the flavor of tabasco, and I usually use a jalapeno based sauce to spice foods up, but Dave's has been around for quite a while now. There's a warning on the bottle: "Use one drop at a time!"

**AsylumGuido** · 10-07-2009, 06:31 AM

Originally Posted by Captain Flint

You mean Tabasco? Wow, I love that stuff!

It's my daily go-to sauce.

Nope. We actually have sauces down here known as "Louisiana Hot Sauce".

**dpm802** · 10-07-2009, 06:41 AM

Originally Posted by gaseousclay

yep, wasabi is awesome. never tried Pho though. I think I might have to try it based on your description. man, this thread is making me hungry

Be forewarned ... Pho can be addicting.

Yesterday, I drove 20 miles round-trip just to have some, and that was the ONLY thing I did when I left the house. Even though I had a pantry full of food at home, and hundreds of other eateries between here and the Vietnamese restaurant, nothing else will do when I'm in the mood for Pho.

There are several other Pho-natics here on B&B. See the thread called "Cheap Eats" where various members chimed in.

You can find a restaurant near you at www.PhoFever.com

P.S. Its pronounced "Fah?" ... the voice rises at the end of the word like you're asking a question, even when you use it in a declarative sentence. So it is pronounced the same in these two sentences "Would you like some Pho?" and "That Pho was delicious!"

**Macers** · 10-07-2009, 07:53 AM

Originally Posted by BobS

In the grilling world, those are called ABT's (Atomic Buffalo Turds) and there are lots of variations in the stuffing. I think that they always have cheese, but you can then add baby shrimp, smoked baby sausages, pulled pork, etc.

Yep, ABTs. They are best, imo, slow smoked. I use a combination of pecan and hickory wood in my smoker. thesmokering.com has a lot of great info for those who want to step back from grilling, and try slow smoking.

Louisiana hot sauce doesn't feel like hot sauce to me--no heat. It tastes like flavored ketchup, which isn't to say I don't like the flavor, it just isn't hot to me.

While I have a shelf dedicated to hot sauces in my fridge, currently I'm eating on a homemade batch with some habaneros from my garden. Onion, whitewine vinegar, garlic, carrots, lime juice and a little salt. If you like a little sweet, you can add mango puree, pineapple etc with a little honey or molasses.

**johsa** · 10-07-2009, 09:06 AM

I love Indian food when done properly. Just a simple dish like Butter chicken with freshly baked naan bread.

**The Mick** · 10-07-2009, 09:19 AM

My buddy mailed me a bunch of Hatch green chile's he roasted and canned. It's gonna be a spicy week. I can't get south western food out here in North Carolina. Being from Denver it's just always around. Thank god for friends.
over the winter I tried to make a batch of chili with some frozen chile's from the store but it just didn't fully cut it. I'm used to the real deal. I like just a big bowl of green with a little sour cream and some warm tortilla's Soooooooooooooooooo good

Then I make some home made mango lemonaid to go with it.

**PaulX608** · 10-07-2009, 09:39 AM

Originally Posted by AsylumGuido

Nope. We actually have sauces down here known as "Louisiana Hot Sauce".

Crystal is my personal favorite!!!

Good stuff from Metarie. I was born in Marrero and we lived in Gretna, so it's my hometown favortie!!

**Monkeydad** · 10-07-2009, 09:56 AM

I love it too. I put hot sauce on anything. :)

For this reason, I LOVE LOVE LOVE Indian food. (India, not Native American).

I was in an Indian restaurant in Virginia Beach on a vacation and laughed when their grades of hotness that you can order any dish in were:

*Mild (which is not mild)
*Medium (which is HOT)
*Hot (thought about trying)
*Indian Hot (knew better than to try)

**Captain Flint** · 10-07-2009, 10:03 AM

Originally Posted by AsylumGuido

Nope. We actually have sauces down here known as "Louisiana Hot Sauce".

Thanks Guido. Now I know what I'm losing here...

**SmoovD** · 10-07-2009, 10:30 AM

Originally Posted by professorchaos

Pho is great, especially on a snowy winter day (not very reminiscent of Vietnam, I know). Load it up with slices of jalapenos, basil and cilantro. Some Sriracha too, if you are congested. Mmmmmm good! In addition to thin slices of beef, I recommend what they call "beef ball." No relation to Rocky Mountain Oysters, it is essentially Vietnamese meatballs.

Another excellent addition to pho is ligament/tendons. I know it sounds less than appealing but the broth flavors the tendons and they provide a nice texture to the pho.

And Louisiana Hot Sauce is my favorite hot sauce.

**xriley** · 10-07-2009, 10:35 AM

A nice vindaloo dish (Indian hot) will do you for a while. I like mine a notch down (American hot). Good way to sweat out a cold.

Also, I just had thought about posting a thread about Pho 2 days ago. Didn't think anyone else would have the same appreciation for the dish so I talked myself out of it.