Re: [CH] Habanero Lolliops: Lessons learned

Hurley Braden (hurley@emf.net)
Wed, 22 Mar 2000 14:10:22 -0800 

HAHAHHAHAHAHA ! LOVE IT !

Be careful you don't pee with any juice on your fingers (that's what
certain forms of VD feel like)

Don't touch your eye either (that's what being branded on the eyeball
feels like)

As to number 6... I guess that's what the Dog House feels like.


I commented once before in a previous life that 
I sneezed a couple masticated ornamentals out my nose once 
(that's what having your head blown up feels like).
Don't do recreational substances and peppers 8^) ..err.. seriously 8^(.



Hurley "semi bad" Braden #11


Chris Gleed wrote:
> 
> Yesterday, I decided to make some Habanero lollipops. I found a recipe
> at:  http://www.neosoft.com/recipes/candy/jalapeno-candy.html    and
> figured I would replace the Jalapenos with Habaneros. I now have eight
> of those little fireballs, but in the process of making them I learned
> some very valuable lessons I thought I'd share with my fellow Chile
> Heads (you probably already know this):
> 
> 1. Never boil anything with chiles (especially habs) without a fan or
> vent above the stove. (The fumes quickly spread throughout my house,
> forcing myself and my son to open all the windows and leave the house
> for a while.)
> 
> 2. If you do boil chiles without a stove fan, make sure you don't stand
> directly over the boiling liquid. (So that's what it's like to get
> sprayed with pepper spray)
> 
> 3. Once the candy mixture reaches proper temperature (300 degrees), take
> all precautions to assure that you don't accidentally touch it with your
> finger. (So that's what Napalm feels like)
> 
> 4. Make sure the lollipop mold can withstand the temperature of the
> candy mixture. (Instead of smiley faces, my mold melted making grotesque
> shaped lollipops that resembled a Salvador Dalí painting ).
> 
> 5. When the recipe calls for 10 jalapenos, it is not necessary to put 10
> habaneros as well. Two or three will do just fine. (The lollipops are so
> hot that I can't eat them).
> 
> 6. When your wife comes home and wonders why anyone would turn the house
> into a biohazardous site by making habanero lollipops, don't reply "To
> cover up the taste of your cooking" (oops did I say that out loud?)
> 
> I hope you have better luck than I did.
> 
> ~Chris
> http://www/gleed.net/chris/peppers