Re: [CH] Sweet Hot Sauces
(no name) (rlwat@uswest.net)
Wed, 21 Apr 1999 15:52:02 -0500
dogbyte wrote:
> Today, I whipped up my first batch of home made hot sauce... yay!
> And it is great tasting... extremely flavorful, but, it doesnt have as much
> kick . . .
Let the sauce age for a while. . .a day, a week, a month. Note the flavor & heat
changes over time. (Hope you wrote down the basic recipe.)
I felt that I lost control of the heat by adding the seeds. But then, I've
stopped worrying about that because I seldom do the same recipe twice -- there
are just too many variation that sound good.
> Do you have a bunch of near misses, or have any of you
> perfected getting that right heat and flavor balance that so many of us enjoy?
Lots! And, as The Fates would have it, 'near perfection' is always the batch
when the ingredients were eyeballed and not measured..
> Is there a good rule of thumb when trying to balance heat withweetness?
That's a personal judgment to resolve for yourself.
Renee