What am I missing? - The Firearms Forum

ckill1 · 12-02-2009, 04:11 PM

Getting ready for Iowa's shotgun season this weekend, & it's the 1st time it will be based at my home. I have some guys coming in that LOOOOOVE hot stuff, & I don't want to disappoint

I make a really yummy tomato/lime/cilantro based blended salsa, & can sometimes make it really hot, but I find that the heat depends entirely on the quality of peppers I get from the grocery store. Here in the midwest, I often have a hard time even finding habaneros, & the jalapenos are hit/miss. So, my question is, how can I really kick up the heat on my salsa without changing the taste much? When using habaneros, I find if I use too many the salsa can be bitter at times. Can I cook them down? Is there a sauce I can add? Suggestions, please!

thanks,
Chris

armedandsafe · 12-06-2009, 12:56 AM

I don't eat the hot stuff, but have friends and family who do. I've found that good stuff can be found online from Arizona, New Mexico and Texas. A little more expensive, but worth it, I'm told.

Pops

TheGunClinger · 12-06-2009, 09:12 AM

As you wont be able to please everybody why not make two batches, one hot and one not so.

carver · 12-06-2009, 09:17 AM

Check out Wal Mart. Can't speak for what the stores carry where you live, but here in TX they carry a hot sauce brand called Iguana. One of different flavors they sell is habanero.

steve666 · 10-13-2010, 10:33 AM

Add a little sprinkle of ground habanero powder or some habanero hot sauce, both available from the Mild to Wild Pepper Co. (wildpepper.com). Or if you really want to blow them away they have an extractive sauce that is so ridiculously hot it's not funny.

12-02-2009, 04:11 PM	#1
ckill1 V.I.P. Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: SW Iowa Posts: 299	What am I missing? Getting ready for Iowa's shotgun season this weekend, & it's the 1st time it will be based at my home. I have some guys coming in that LOOOOOVE hot stuff, & I don't want to disappoint I make a really yummy tomato/lime/cilantro based blended salsa, & can sometimes make it really hot, but I find that the heat depends entirely on the quality of peppers I get from the grocery store. Here in the midwest, I often have a hard time even finding habaneros, & the jalapenos are hit/miss. So, my question is, how can I really kick up the heat on my salsa without changing the taste much? When using habaneros, I find if I use too many the salsa can be bitter at times. Can I cook them down? Is there a sauce I can add? Suggestions, please! thanks, Chris __________________ People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf. -->

12-06-2009, 12:56 AM	#2
armedandsafe Former Guest Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Moses Lake, WA Posts: 10,344	Re: What am I missing? I don't eat the hot stuff, but have friends and family who do. I've found that good stuff can be found online from Arizona, New Mexico and Texas. A little more expensive, but worth it, I'm told. Pops

12-06-2009, 09:12 AM	#3
TheGunClinger Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: SW Florida Contributor Posts: 2,401	Re: What am I missing? As you wont be able to please everybody why not make two batches, one hot and one not so. __________________ New England Patriots Rule Next year.

12-06-2009, 09:17 AM	#4
carver TFF Moderator/Host Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: DAV, Deep in the Pineywoods of East Texas, just west of Shreveport, LA Contributor Posts: 11,555	Re: What am I missing? Check out Wal Mart. Can't speak for what the stores carry where you live, but here in TX they carry a hot sauce brand called Iguana. One of different flavors they sell is habanero. __________________ Y'all be safe now, ya hear! Lamentations Chapter 5: 1. Remember, O LORD, what is come upon us: consider, and behold our reproach. 2. Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliens. 3. We are orphans and fatherless, our mothers [are] as widows. 5. Our necks [are] under persecution: we labour, [and] have no rest. 16. The crown is fallen [from] our head: woe unto us, that we have sinned! 21. Turn thou us unto thee, O LORD, and we shall be turned; renew our days as of old.

10-13-2010, 10:33 AM	#5
steve666 V.I.P. Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Indianapolis, IN Posts: 232	Re: What am I missing? Add a little sprinkle of ground habanero powder or some habanero hot sauce, both available from the Mild to Wild Pepper Co. (wildpepper.com). Or if you really want to blow them away they have an extractive sauce that is so ridiculously hot it's not funny. __________________ An armed society is a polite society.