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Is there some "trick" to be able to eat jalapeños without getting an "upset stomach"?
Well... First of all, no. As alluded to in a comment, as one gets older, one's digestive system tends to be less accepting of what one puts in it.
Nevertheless, "the dose makes the poison". ...
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Preserve peppers before smoking -- freeze or dehydrate?
Freezing is definitely the way to go. It’ll soften the peppers, but smoking softens them anyway. Dehydrating them will allow them to burn before they’re smoked through, since the water in the peppers’ ...
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Jalapeno Poppers and getting a thick crust?
After many attempts at trying to keep my batter on my stuffed poppers as they are deep fried, I finally found what works best. I roll the stuffed peppers in flour (I season it with salt and a bit of ...
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Mixture of ingredients has a bitter taste
Likely the bitterness has nothing to do with this particular combination of ingredients. Rather, the blending process can break down the structures of each of the ingredients far more thoroughly then ...
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Should jalapeno slices go on the pizza pre or post oven?
I agree I would definitely put them on before, I don’t know of any place that puts them on after. They would just fall of the slice and be annoying. I don’t think the baking would ruin the jalapeños ...
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What is the pho "original" chile?
Chilli is a strictly optional condiment to phở and many Vietnamese will eat theirs without it. In Vietnam, if fresh chillis are served, it will likely be one of two types:
Ớt sừng trâu, literally &...
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What is the pho "original" chile?
Until I moved to the western US, I would see Pho with thai chiles (which they seem to call birds eye out here), and only started seeing Jalapenos after moving west. I've seen thai chiles in Pho at a ...
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What is the pho "original" chile?
I'd go with Bird's Eyes, or as they're sometimes called, 'finger' chillies.
I'd define it as skinny, thin skin, lots of seeds - finger tend to be larger, green; bird's eye smaller, red.
The trouble ...
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Is there some "trick" to be able to eat jalapeños without getting an "upset stomach"?
Your reaction sounds like it might be a medical problem of some sort. It doesn't match my personal experience of over-indulgence in hot peppers. I'd advise talking to your medical provider before ...
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When freezing jalapeños, can I leave the seeds in?
You can certainly leave the seeds in (there is no food safety issue), but the peppers themselves will be affected by the freezing. Peppers have a tendency to be somewhat mushy when thawed out. That'...
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Sauce with Jalapeno, garlic, cumin and lime?
This looks great, and if it was offered in a restaurant I expect it to be called a 'Fresh Jalapeño Salsa'. That would give me all the information I would need when deciding to order or not.
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can I freeze jalapeno peppers then use them for pepper jelly when my green peppers comne in?
Yes you can. Just take the peppers out of the freezer and thaw and drain. Then use them as usual in your jelly or pepper mustard...whatever recipe you want. I freeze mine all the time.As a matter of ...
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Is there some "trick" to be able to eat jalapeños without getting an "upset stomach"?
No. there is no "trick."
We really don't know all the variables at work here and many of the solutions that could be proposed are not cooking or food handling techniques, per se.
People ...
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Is there some "trick" to be able to eat jalapeños without getting an "upset stomach"?
I don't know about the day after but eating yoghurt or crème fraîche or filmjölk calms down my stomach while eating.
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Jalapeno Poppers and getting a thick crust?
I asked a local bar/restaurant owner how to make my breading stick to jalapenos.. because he makes really good ones. ..he soaks his jalapenos in buttermilk over night. It will make the smooth skin of ...
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Is there some "trick" to be able to eat jalapeños without getting an "upset stomach"?
as another old guy that likes hot and spicy stuff, here are a few things that i have found out:
as you eat hot spicy food, the time it traverses your mouth is a lot less than the time it traverses ...
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Is there some "trick" to be able to eat jalapeños without getting an "upset stomach"?
As an Indian who grew up on hot, spicy food, I used to make fun of co-workers in restaurants in US and ask for everything on hot level at ethnic speciality restaurants. I paid for this in some years, ...
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Should jalapeno slices go on the pizza pre or post oven?
I worked in pizza shops since 1999. They always put on before cooking. Theres something about hot jaleps that i just dont like. I always put nice cold crispy jalepenos on my hot pizza afterwards. ...
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Should jalapeno slices go on the pizza pre or post oven?
Ooooooh, one of my favorite toppings.
I often order pizza with Jalapenos (assuming you are talking about jarred/canned pickled Jalapenos) and like any vegetable you put it put on before you pop it in ...
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Sauce with Jalapeno, garlic, cumin and lime?
wondered what the name of that type of sauce would be?
As you commented in another Q, salsa would be out, as that leads to tomato.
Your dominant ingredients are peppers (chilies, jalapeno): pimiento ...
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How to choose fresh, ripe (hot) jalapeños?
You can recognize them by looking at strech marks more of them the hotter jalapenio ill be
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How does one tell if a jalapeno is spicy?
If it's a great big shiny Jalapeno, chances are it's a Texas A&M mild Jalapeno (TAM). Very popular with farmers because yield is good, and fruit is pretty. Stores lik3e it for same reasons.
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