[CH] Product Report: Sze Chaun Chili Paste
Jim Weller (Jim.Weller@salata.com)
16 Dec 00 07:42:01 -0800
* Crossposted from: National Cooking Echo
My beloved has been travelling a lot on business lately while I have
been pretty much a stick in the mud stay at home. Every time she's in a
new city she looks for new hot sauces for me to try out. (Gotta love
that!)
Her latest present was (sic) Sze Chuan Chili Sauce made by Sze Chuan
Food Products Ltd. of Taiwan. It contains preserved red chilies, salt,
sesame oil, and a bit of citric acid. It's a deep red, almost brownish
paste with lots of pulpy chunks and seeds in it. Nice chile heat with an
odd but pleasant aftertaste, from the sesame oil I guess. She brought me
three 15 oz tins of the stuff, so its a good thing I like it.
It tastes a lot like the stuff my favourite Chinese restaurant serves.
The label says that a 1 tablespoon serving contains 4 calories. A whole
tablespoon?!? A scant teaspoon suffices for me. The only way I eat a
whole tablespoon of this stuff is when I ask for the "real thing" at
that restaurant and send back the wimpy dipping sauce. This _really_
sweet little waitress brings me a little bowl of the hot paste and then
hovers around the table to check out my reaction. I just feel obligated
to scarf down all of it for her sake. <G>
Jim in Yellowknife
.. I built my deck around my beer fridge.