The spice is all...

[lorilei]

I thought we might use this opportunity to share recipes with a bit of "kick". I seem to be having cravings for things of this ilk lately, and maybe someone shares in my obsession http://www.cookinglight.com/bbs/wink.gif

TO START: A friend of mine sent me this recipe in the mail not too long ago. It's worth trying http://www.cookinglight.com/bbs/smile.gif


SPICEY MOROCCAN STYLE FISH

HEATHER NOTE: I got this recipe from a newspaper. It is very spicy. It will burn your mouth off. Do not use on unsuspecting friends, unless you're trying to get rid of them.

5 garlic cloves, chopped
2 T cumin
2 T olive oil
1 T dried pepper flakes
2 T cilantro, chopped
juice of 1/2 lemon
1 lb red snapper fillets (substitutes are OK)

Preheat oven to 350.

Mix garlic, cumin, olive oil, pepper flakes, cilantro, and lemon juice into a paste.

Put the fillets in a shallow baking dish and spread paste over them. Cover tightly with foil.

Bake at 350 deg. F for 5 to 10 minutes (a little longer if the filets are thick).

[sneezles]

I'm sure going to enjoy reading this thread! And have already printed your recipe lorilei, nothing I like better than great fish and/or spicy food! I have a recipe for Spicy Gravlax with Mango Salsa but have a meeting to go to so it will have to wait til later.

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[Stacey Strawn]

I have to admit that I find this thread very interesting. I don't know how old you all are, but I will say that the older I get, the spicier I like my food. This is very odd since I wouldn't even use salt or pepper until about a year ago because of my love of the truly bland. I am nearly 30 and I know I'm not old enough to be experiencing "dulled senses", so I've been very curious about my changing taste buds. Salsa, hot sauce in veggies, pizza now topped "all the way"--even mind-blowing hot and sour candy. Anyone have a theory on the why's??
Stacey

I'll ask some of our R.D.'s to see if they are aware of a medical explanation!!

[Gail]

No recipes at this second, but:

(1) In Southern California, we have a product called El Pato sauce, which is a spicy tomato sauce. A Peruvian acquaintance of mine turned me onto the stuff. Just substituting it for regular tomato sauce, for example in stews or tamale pie, will definitely clear up your sinuses!

(2) Somewhere on this board-- maybe the turkey burget thread-- I posted a recipe for turkey cornmeal burgers. Now, if you use fresh jalapeños in these, and a REALLY got salsa in the corn salsa, it has quite the kick.

(3) A waiter at a Mexican restaurant suggested this for an appetizer: sauté some whole fresh serranos in a bit of olive oil and serve with a sprinkling of salt. Mmm... mmm... good!

Do we have a smiley with steam coming out of its ears?

[lorilei]

Originally posted by Gail:
Do we have a smiley with steam coming out of its ears?

Not exactly.
Will this one do?

http://www.fortunecity.com/campus/ink/659/dead02.gif

I'm double posting this recipe (it's also on the chipotle thread), but it's a good one!
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This is great with french bread or tortilla chips, or as is on a spoon!


CHIPOTLE PESTO

4-5 chipotle peppers
1/3 cup cooking oil (you might find olive oil to be too strong a flavor for this pesto)
1/2 cup parmesan cheese
1/2 cup pine nuts or walnuts (walnuts or less expensive and taste just fine)
1-2 cloves of garlic

Remove stems and seeds from chipotles. Next, gently boil them in water for re-hydration. Remove and cool Crush garlic or chop into tiny pieces.

In a blender, combine cooking oil and garlic. Let sit for fifteen minutes so that oil has a chance to soak the flavor of the garlic.

Add chipotles and blend until smooth. Next, add nuts slowly and blend. More oil may be necessary to allow the nuts to blend to the consistency that you want them.

Spoon this mixture into a bowl and stir in parmesan.

The parmesan should be salty enough, but you may find that you need to add a little salt.



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[Gail]

Originally posted by lorilei:
Not exactly.
Will this one do?




Apparently not. Nothing but a cute little box on my browser...

BTW, shouldn't you have titled this "The Spice is right?" "Spice Girls?" "Lost in spice?" "2000: A Spice Odyssey." http://www.cookinglight.com/bbs/tongue.gif

Stop me. I'm doing it again.

[lorilei]

Ugh. Gail. I thought the title was clever enough...

Must I remind you of that famous line in Hamlet? (ACT V)

It comes down, at last, to one person, alone, sitting before a blank page, a blank screen, a blank canvas, an empty stage --- a person, completely alone, determined to make
something in that void, to dredge from the depths of experience, of existence, of very life itself a vision of the world so true, so compelling, so unique as to blind the
viewer with its sudden, surprising revelation of unnoticed truth.

A recipe maybe??

[lorilei]

Sorry about the botched .gif
Remember the last time this happened?

*DISAPPEAR*
*REAPPEAR*
*DISAPPEAR*
It's completely bizarre.


I'm giving up on this whole graphic display thang. I think I'm cursed.

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[Shelly]

Lorilei, the Corn Cakes with Smoked Cheese and Chilies recipe that I posted on the Mexican Appetizers thread is nice and spicy. I usually add an extra jalapeno and leave the veins and seeds in to make them even hotter. As time goes by, I find that I am making things spicier; the bottle of pepper sauce doesn't last near as long as it used to........................ http://www.cookinglight.com/bbs/biggrin.gif:

[Gail]

Originally posted by lorilei:
... I think I'm cursed.

[This message has been edited by lorilei (edited 09-27-2000).]

Not cursed. Evil. http://www.cookinglight.com/bbs/biggrin.gif

... and please-- no Hamlet. I've already put in my fardel-bearing time...

[Ohioan]

Lorilei, which line from Act V of Hamlet did you have in mind? One of the following?

"I prithee take thy fingers from my throat."

"Set me the stoups of wine upon the table."

"He's fat and scant of breath."

"The rest is silence." http://www.cookinglight.com/bbs/wink.gif

Come to think of it, how about starting a thread of famous literary allusions to food, cooking, and dining (and/or guzzling)? Or do only English teachers do this kind of thing?

Cheers, Phoebe

[lorilei]

Originally posted by Ohioan:
Lorilei, which line from Act V of Hamlet did you have in mind? ....
Come to think of it, how about starting a thread of famous literary allusions to food, cooking, and dining (and/or guzzling)? Or do only English teachers do this kind of thing?
Cheers, Phoebe

Actually "The readiness is all..." is what I was thinking http://www.cookinglight.com/bbs/smile.gif

I'd be perfectly happy to contribute to a literary thread -- but then again, I'm was English major http://www.cookinglight.com/bbs/wink.gif