Re: [CH] Educate me
Valerie (seabreeze@concentric.net)
Wed, 21 Jan 1998 21:19:35 -0500
Here in Massachusetts, hots are chopped up cherry peppers, like the
kind you can pick up in your own supermarkets. Nasty vinegar taste
and not terribly hot. You're not missing much by not adding them
to your sammiches!!!
Valerie
Fieryfood wrote:
>
> Ran across a couple of things over the holidays I'm not familiar with, and
> decided to come to the experts!
>
> 1. A customer originally from the East Coast told me that the sub shops (ie
> grinders, hero sandwiches, etc) have something they just call "hots" for
> putting on the sandwiches. The clerk will ask "Do you want hots?" So what kind
> of sauce is "hots"? Is it a specific brand or some generic concoction made up
> by each restaurant? Or is it that (dare I say it?) Tabasco sauce? Any of you
> on the East Coast know what this is? Sounds like something we could enjoy on
> our sammiches here in Seattle!
>
> 2. Another request is for a spice called "Bijol", apparently pronounced "bee-
> zhol". Originally purchased in Tampa, FL, but unknown origins. Does this ring
> any bells with anyone? Spelling and pronunciation are not guaranteed to be
> correct!
>
> Thanks for the help!
>
> Peggy
> Seattle's Chile Babe
> (too old enough to be a babe, but willing to take any compliment I can get...)
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Valerie / breeze
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