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jaklumen
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response 25 of 67:
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Mar 24 10:56 UTC 2002 |
resp:7 that's habanero, oval. Kick-ass, isn't it?
resp:8 mole.. yummm.
resp:12 oh, duh! Cholula is good.. I found it was really nice for
omlettes and other egg dishes.
resp:17 wasabi is good stuff. Thing is, though, I haven't had much
Japanese food. It's good on Californian veggie sushi, though.
Reminds me, too, that I usually get good soy sauce for it, too. I
can't stand soy sauce that is made for the mainstream market-- too
salty.
resp:23 and resp:24 probably.
Speaking of hot mustard, the Joy of Cooking says that Jamaican hot
mustards exist as well. Interesting. Haven't seen it-- most all I
see is just the jerk sauces.
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bdh3
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response 26 of 67:
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Mar 24 11:18 UTC 2002 |
re#23: Boy, it must really suck to be you.
re#25: Yeah, cholula is good on eggs. Its also good on rice.
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gelinas
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response 27 of 67:
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Mar 24 19:58 UTC 2002 |
What is a 'good' soy sauce? I know Kikkoman; is there a better choice?
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russ
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response 28 of 67:
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Mar 24 20:12 UTC 2002 |
Re #23: It is NOT over-spiced! ;-)
Seriously, it's been found that curries and other hot spices
reduce symptoms of indigestion (in at least some people).
You can't blame people for liking that kind of thing when it
makes them feel better; it really is their choice of medicine.
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scott
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response 29 of 67:
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Mar 24 20:57 UTC 2002 |
I've found that some of the best hot sauces can be found in little ethnic
groceries. Just yesterday I found a bottle of "Chirag" pepper & garlic sauce
at Jerusalem International Market (in the Courtyard Shoppes by North Campus).
Very tasty! Similar to the classic Sriracha sauce, but maybe more flavorful
than hot. The nice thing about getting hot sauces this way is that it's
cheap, like $2 a bottle as opposed to the $5-6 a bottle the more boutique
sauces you find at Tios or wherever.
On the "hottest sauce" front I'd have to go with Dave's Insanity Sauce. Not
much flavor, all HOT! Apply with the tip of a toothpick. Actually quite nice
in tiny doses on crackers, taken every 15-20 minutes to stave off a sinus
headache (the extreme pain releases endorphins; helps me sometimes).
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rcurl
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response 30 of 67:
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Mar 24 21:08 UTC 2002 |
I got some Dave's Insanity...but found I had to dilute it with regular
hot salsa to use it.
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oval
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response 31 of 67:
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Mar 24 22:25 UTC 2002 |
habanero -- ahh thanks .. very very tasty .. chop with rubber gloves!
i found out about that korean chili paste. no brand name neccessary, they call
it 'go-choo-jang'. apparently it's like how different brands of butter don't
matter - its all butter. same with this stuff. tasty tasty.
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i
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response 32 of 67:
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Mar 25 01:25 UTC 2002 |
Last i knew, Dave's Insanity Sauce came in regular, "extra", and "total"
varieties. Which are you (#29 & #30) using? I gave up on the stuff after
a while - it was nice & hot, but what little flavor it had seemed rather
unfavorable to me.
(For the unfamiliar, Dave's is one of the many "fortified" hot sauces.
They add a bunch of the chemical that makes it hot during manufacture...
somewhat like distilled spirits being able to hit much higher percentages
of alcohol than naturally fermented stuff (beer, wine, etc.).)
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orinoco
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response 33 of 67:
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Mar 25 01:55 UTC 2002 |
For that matter, I think it's possible to get pure capsaicin (did I spell that
right? It's the 'active ingredient' in hot peppers), and I've heard of people
putting that on their food. Not sure why anyone would want to, but I guess
it's an option.
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gelinas
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response 34 of 67:
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Mar 25 01:58 UTC 2002 |
Picked up a bottle of Cholula at Krogers this afternoon. Looking forward to
trying it.
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bdh3
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response 35 of 67:
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Mar 25 02:34 UTC 2002 |
re#27: Kikkoman soyu seems to be the best. It is also a 'product of
the USA' so be american and buy american...( like beer, its brewed in
wisconsin).
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jaklumen
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response 36 of 67:
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Mar 25 03:03 UTC 2002 |
ahhh yeah, but even Kikkoman soyu is still pretty salty.
resp:29 and resp:30 Dave's Insanity Sauce is habanero based. Haven't
tried it yet-- I'll have to compare its ingredients to other habanero
sauces and try to extrapolate what ingredients make for the extra
kick, if it does exist. Capsacin?
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jmsaul
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response 37 of 67:
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Mar 25 03:39 UTC 2002 |
Re way back there... serranos aren't red, they're green, usually a dark green.
Could be they come in both colors.
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gelinas
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response 38 of 67:
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Mar 25 03:51 UTC 2002 |
Lately, I've been getting Kikkoman's low-sodium version. Don't know that it
is any less salty-tasting, though.
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other
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response 39 of 67:
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Mar 25 05:13 UTC 2002 |
they could be using potassium chloride instead of sodium chloride.
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orinoco
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response 40 of 67:
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Mar 25 16:44 UTC 2002 |
(Digression: wasn't KCl one of the chemicals Kevorkian used? I've always done
a double-take when I see it used as a salt substitute. Am I just confused?)
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morwen
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response 41 of 67:
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Mar 25 17:10 UTC 2002 |
I think you are just confused, Orinoco, but I still like you.
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rcurl
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response 42 of 67:
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Mar 25 18:08 UTC 2002 |
The body deals with it pretty well if provided orally, but not if provided
intravaneously. For the mouse the oral LD50 is 1.5 grams per KG, while the
IV LD50 is 0.12 grams per KG. (For sodium chloride ("table salt"), the
values are respectively 4.0 g/kg and 0.65 g/Kg). KCl is more toxic than
NaCl because K+ is the essential cation for neuron signal transmission.
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lynne
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Mar 25 19:47 UTC 2002 |
(Na+ is also essential for neural signaling--the K+ problem is that the cell
relies on a high interior concentration and large differential from exterior
conc in order to propagate signals. Na+ is the opposite--high exterior, low
interior, so adding more to the exterior concentration just gives a stronger
response.)
Think of it like water--you can drink as much as you want, but intravenous
injection is a really bad (generally deadly) idea because your blood cells
burst...due to osmotic pressure, I believe.
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fitz
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response 44 of 67:
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Mar 26 00:27 UTC 2002 |
Wife #1 was from Japan; She said that Kikkoman is the most popular household
soy sauce and it is widely trusted for its consistancy. I guess that one
could say that it compares to Heinz Ketchup in the US insofar as it is not
uncommon in homes and restaurants.
As far as better is concerned, the Imperial household gets a special brew,
which is presumed to be better.
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mdw
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response 45 of 67:
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Mar 26 03:36 UTC 2002 |
I now own potassium tablets. I've finally figured out after years of
getting dehydrated while sick, that this is sometimes important.
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other
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response 46 of 67:
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Mar 26 03:40 UTC 2002 |
Please elaborate, as I'm being particularly frustrated with dehydration
in the last couple of days while finishing the process of virucide.
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bdh3
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response 47 of 67:
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Mar 26 04:41 UTC 2002 |
re#44: Kikkoman soyu compares to 'Heinz Ketchup in the US' more than
you might think in that Heinz doesn't necessarily use US tomatoes. The
kikkoman you buy in the store - even in industrial size like we do - is
brewed and canned/bottled in wisconsin from US grow soy beans. These
days in Nippon the imperial household may be the only ones who generally
get soyu brewed there from soy grown there.
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jaklumen
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response 48 of 67:
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Mar 26 08:03 UTC 2002 |
resp:45 and resp:46 Interesting. I didn't know you could get
potassium tablets per se.. I seem to remember herbal diuretics being
primarily potassium.
Half strength Gatorade (buy the powder) works pretty good.
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bru
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response 49 of 67:
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Mar 26 16:24 UTC 2002 |
WE have a book on travel during the early 1800's that tells you how they used
to do things back then. They even tell how you can use gunpowder for medicine
and for seasoning in place of salt if you need to.
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