Wednesday, September 14, 2011

It's Not Easy Being Green...And Hotter than Hades

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Now playing: Green Day - Wake Me Up When September Ends
via FoxyTunes

I promised myself to cook with a green pumpkin this year. Here is the perfect candidate for that vow. Not too small, not too big, just right Goldilocks! Armed with the information I recently read that says green pumpkins are a bit like chayote squash, I proceeded. The first recipe made with this lovely also uses other green items. The other green items are not cool customers....Habaneros!

Green Habanero Hot Sauce



10 green habaneros chillis

6 tomatillos

2 tsp. sugar

1/4 c. onion, small diced

1/2 c. green pumpkin, small diced

Heat to soften. Set aside to cool.



When cool, place ingredients in a blender and add:

1 tsp. cumin

1/2 c. white vinegar (white wine vinegar, or rice vinegar will be just fine)

juice of 1 lime

2 cloves of garlic

1 shot spiced rum



Process to a nice sauce. Enjoy carefully!



"Just needs a little hot sauce and it'll be perfect." -From the movie 'Ray'
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Remember I asked, "Want beer?"


Our nice garden hops are being used for two different batches of home-brewed beer. Stay tuned!



"Without question, the greatest invention in the history of mankind is beer. Oh, I grant you that the wheel was also a fine invention, but the wheel does not go nearly as well with pizza." -Dave Barry
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We harvested the potatoes and have been enjoying those greatly.



“What I say is that, if a fellow really likes potatoes, he must be a pretty decent sort of fellow.”
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I'm hopping around the recipes in The Great British Baking book now, giving biscuits a break for now. Why not try the Naan recipe for a nice Chicken Tikka Masala?



"This curry was like a performance of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony that I'd once heard.....especially the last movement, with everything screaming and banging 'Joy.' It stunned, it made one fear great art. My father could say nothing after the meal."
-Anthony Burgess
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2 comments:

  1. That pumpkin hot sauce looks good!

    Save a bottle of the home brew for me! I am responsible for the hops being in the yard, after all.

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  2. I made a creamy habanero sauce over chimis last night with roasted veg on the side. YUM!

    There will be two kinds of beer. I'm making a batch and so is Robert. His will be a Rye type and mine is a very dark Amber type. We used your hops as finishing hops. Of course we will save some for you. Heehee.

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