>My usual favorites - > >Sliver one or two and slip them into a new jar of pickles. > >Slice one open and drop it into the water next time you make an >Asian noodle dish. > >Chop some up, mix them with that sweet pickled ginger, and give them >a few days. ah! here i am, eating some stir-fry of pork, cabbage, mushrooms, onion, cilantro and galangal with some pickled ginger on the side...didn't throw in any chiles (changed my mind as to what i was doing after i began cooking...originally intended on using some mango chutney which has a respectable heat of its own), so i just tossed in some hotsauce... ...but a mix of pickled ginger and chiles, ah yes, that would have been delightful indeed! This just may call for a good week of experimentation! Gracias, Brother Alex! > > >Question: Has anyone here put fresh peppers into plain soy sauce, >to make a hot soy sauce? nope...don't know why it couldn't be done, though...salt content is high enough to kill critters, yes? Peace, Hendrix, and Chiles....... Rael64 Monk of the TCS Order of Nekkid Twister