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Definitely not just vinegar based. The biggest problem for me is that the chapter's are organized by origin or location, and the index by name (" Run Down Sauce"), so it's hard to know what you will find when you go through page by page.
I don't recall seeing a significant amount of info about fermenting, but in the introduction, under varieties of sauces, the mention "Louisiana-style; usually a strained sauce made of crushed or ground cayenne, jalapeño, or tabasco chile's that are sometimes fermented and then combined with salt and vinegar. " Last edited by Shrinkrap; December 4, 2016 at 01:02 PM. |
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Good hot sauce starts with good peppers. Heirloom Bhut Jolokia growing under my lights.
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Then it is left for about a year like that. I know several people that worked there growing up. They said when you took the lid off one of these barrels after a year it would almost knock you over. ![]() Then it is ground up strained and diluted with vinegar some how. Quote:
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All you need is around 2 to 3 table spoons per quart of pure water not tap water depending on the temperature. https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=...T6wg2S-SzWIjJQ Taken from link above. The biggest variables in pickle-making are brine strength, temperature, and cucumber size. I prefer pickles from small and medium cucumbers; pickles from really big ones can be tough and sometimes hollow in the middle. I don’t worry about uniformity of size; I just eat the smaller ones first, figuring the larger ones will take longer to ferment. The strength of brine varies widely in different traditions and recipe books. Brine strength is most often expressed as weight of salt as a percentage of weight of solution, though sometimes as weight of salt as a percentage of volume of solution. Since in most home kitchens we are generally dealing with volumes rather than weights, the following guideline can help readers gauge brine strength: Added to 1 quart of water, each tablespoon of sea salt (weighing about .6 ounce) adds 1.8% brine. So 2 tablespoons of salt in 1 quart of water yields a 3.6% brine, 3 tablespoons yields 5.4%, and so on. In the metric system, each 15 milliliters of salt (weighing 17 grams) added to 1 liter of water yields 1.8% brine. Some old-time recipes call for brines with enough salt to float an egg. This translates to about a 10% salt solution. This is enough salt to preserve pickles for quite some time, but they are too salty to consume without a long desalinating soak in fresh water first. Low-salt pickles, around 3.5% brine, are “half-sours” in delicatessen lingo. This recipe is for sour, fairly salty pickles, using around 5.4% brine. Experiment with brine strength. A general rule of thumb to consider in salting your ferments: more salt to slow microorganism action in summer heat; less salt in winter when microbial action slows. |
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And,sambal olek. And, a few other Asian style Chile paste in my spice rack. |
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I never really could see the point in the burn your lips off hot sauce but that is a choice of different people.
The stuff I dont consider that hot would burn the lips off other people. ![]() But some of the stuff they have is just over the top hot and I dont care for it. The Tobasco brand with habanero is just about the top of my limits if I use enough of it. I like the ghost pepper insanity sauce too. Both go well with BBQ sauce to, "Kick Then Up A Notch". ![]() But I dont need to buy either one as I can now make my own. Worth |
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Growing up in South Texas I was exposed to a lot of Mexican cooking. One not served in restaurants but was made by the Mexican women at home was sort of a chili rojo sauce.
Olive oil Onion Habanero, jalapeno or the best thing...chili tepin Garlic Tomatoes Cilantro Water Chop, throw in hot pan, reduce to a mush...eat.
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Here's another shot of the rojo
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Mmmm. Bacon tacos!
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