or in a Similar vein (but not for the Moderates palates) I drain the Brine and use Mezzetti's Twist -n- Shout and let it sit for a couple of hours works well with all the stuffed olives. I stole this idea from Mezzetti's when I ran out of their store bought type saves a few $ -Chris At 06:22 AM 12/12/2001 -0600, Sandy Olson wrote: >Kudos to Scott Parkhurst for his wonderful hot olives! I tasted them at the >Midwest (almost) 5th Annual Hotluck in Minneapolis this summer and knew I >had to make some. Easy, tasty and you can make them as hot or not as you >like. I used jals for my moderate palate; Scott used habs. > >I served them at my annual tree trimming party and they flew off the plate. > >Recipe...such as it is...with all credit going to Scott: > >Buy a jar of the largest stuffed green olives you can find. >Drain and reserve the brine and pop the pimentos out of the olives. Fill >the holes with slivers of raw hot pepper. >Stuff the olives back into their jar (this is the hardest part; how did all >those little buggers fit in before?) layered with some sliced or minced >garlic. Pour the brine back over the olives and cap them up. Put into the >fridge for at least two weeks before sampling...I stand corrected, THIS is >the hardest part! > >SandyO >CH #1146 of the moderate persuasion