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jema
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Posted: Sun Apr 03, 05 8:21 pm Post subject:

wellington womble wrote:

Nope - if you enjoy them, I'm glad, but we try hotter than we'd like (as cold cures!) and found them similar taste, just hotter, no extra flavour, just slightly uncomfortable

mind you, some people say that about the way my lemon curdmakes your tongue tingle.

Wouldn't it be dull if we were all the same!

I must admit i can't make much sense of it myself

It was pure fire rather than flavour, but I really fancy another all the same

But then food I suppose is a multi layered experience of smell, taste and texture.

Bernie66

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Posted: Sun Apr 03, 05 8:35 pm Post subject:
and they always taste better if you have some left over for day two-don't know why but its a fact-chilli and curry-hot chilli or madras/vindaloo Unexplicable but true

Fee

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Posted: Tue Apr 05, 05 3:44 pm Post subject:
Mmmmmmm......curry. The hotter the better!

jema
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Posted: Tue Apr 05, 05 3:47 pm Post subject:

Fee wrote:

Mmmmmmm......curry.

The hotter the better!

I think the only caveat is the balance has to be there as well. This one was well balanced as well as very hot.

But we once had a takeway which are usually very good round here, but in this case they seemed to have simply thrown more chillies into everything, so there was no "character" to the heat

bagpuss

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Posted: Tue Apr 05, 05 3:59 pm Post subject:

I personally prefer medium as too hot and I just don't taste anything else

one thing which irriates me at times especially in restaurants if they put in too much cayenne and a chillis heat never seems to burn quite so much

a tip I from from nigel slater is if you use a bit of fresh chilli and a bit of dried chilli you can get a slightly more spicy but much rounder heat which is good but that reminds me of the lovely lemon mint and chilli chicken dish he has which is lovely

tahir

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Posted: Tue Apr 05, 05 4:00 pm Post subject:

Bugs wrote:

I think we might be having nettle aloo this weekend though

Did you? How was it?

hils

Joined: 08 Mar 2005
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Location: Nottingham

Posted: Tue Apr 05, 05 4:56 pm Post subject:

Jonnyboy wrote:

I have to admit to loving a good hot curry. there's nothing like getting the sweats.

I personally think that chilli is addictive.

I think it is - I work in a deli which does lots of grilled paninis etc I usually try to be good and have a salad for lunch but for the past 2 weeks i've been having jarlsberg and jalapino and basil paninis for lunch. Initially it was to clear a cold but now I have a habit!

tahir

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Posted: Tue Apr 05, 05 4:58 pm Post subject:
I can eat as hot as you like, when it's chilli season I usually have a couple with my cheese salad sarnie but most of the time I go medium hot on my cooking.

SparklyWellies

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Posted: Tue Apr 05, 05 5:53 pm Post subject:
Ahem. My husband cooks curry every Saturday evening for me and uses at least 24 birds eye chillies in mine. He however gets an attack of hiccups with 2 dried flakes.

tahir

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Posted: Tue Apr 05, 05 5:59 pm Post subject:

SparklyWellies wrote:

My husband cooks curry every Saturday evening for me and uses

at least 24 birds eye chillies in mine.

No wonder your wellies are sparkly, must be all the sweat dripping on 'em

Gertie

Joined: 08 Jan 2005
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Location: Yorkshire

Posted: Wed Apr 06, 05 3:38 pm Post subject:
I love chilli peppers!!!!! Lundy has an asbestos gob - when I make extra spicy lentil soup he adds extra chillies to his soup and then has seconds. Even eating my own version burns at, er, both ends (Sorry!!) I'm sure he is going to b*gger up his tastebuds!

jema
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Posted: Wed Apr 06, 05 5:01 pm Post subject:

Gertie wrote:

Even eating my own version burns at, er, both ends

(Sorry!!)
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Been there

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