[CH] Own Sauces to Restaurants

green56 (green56@PioneerPlanet.infi.net)
Sat, 08 Jan 2000 12:20:08 -0600 

Well, 'Heads...

I've read here for I don't know *how* long, how so many of you'd gather
up your sauces/powders and head out to whatever restaurant you were
planning on going to.  Once there, you'd doctor-up your food.

I've always thought, "How BALLSY!"  Man, I could never do THAT!"

Well, she did - and had a blast!

Went to the local Mexican restaurant here in town.  I've mentioned
before ittiz not as good as what one would find in the Hispanic section
of St. Paul, but ittiz passable and so close (lazy, lazy, lazy!).  Ittiz
where I discovered El Yucky-Tech-:0~ Green Hab sauce, which I've come to
love...

Anyway, I was having a BAD jones for chiles...  So...  *I* got ballsy
and gathered up my Bufalo Chipotle, my Calvin's "green" powder, my
Father Jim's chipotle powder, Garden Row Foods Inc. "smoky" Chipotle
Pepper Sauce, and my Chipotle Hot Sauce distributed by Harrison Napa
Valley.  The latter two never having tried before...  Put them all
lovingly in a paper bag (yes, she's a bag lady [?] and DAMN proud of
it!!!  :)) and headed for Heaven.

As the chips and salsa came, I lined my private condiments up in front
of me...  *I* thought I'd be asked to leave, post haste, but that didn't
happen!  Was pleased the server not only took it all instride, but
seemed to find it "normal."

I'm pitching both the Garden Row Foods and Harrison Napa Valley chipotle
sauces.  YUCK!  Didn't like either one of them, no matter how I mixed
them with the tomato salsa, beans, rice, the stuffed poblanos, the
cheese enchiladas.  Tho, I guess to be fair, I better try them with
something else.  But I thought both too vinegar-y.  Was verrrrryyyy
disappointed in the Harrison Napa Valley sauce as one of the ingredients
izz lime...  And I sssssooo love lime!  :(

Have a new respect for Bufalo Chipotle!  Yup!  You mix some o'that in
with tomato salsa, and you've got ambrosia!  This is why I'm going to
hang on to the Harrison Napa Valley and Garden Row Foods sauces...
Maybe I just need to find the right medium.

Discovered the most interesting thing, tho you old hands may know this
already...  If you match the colour of your powder to whatever you're
putting it on, it tastes better than if use contrasting powders.

To explain:  The enchilada gravy was kind'a greenish, almost the same
colour as Calvin's "green" powder.  Calvin's powder tasted better on the
enchiladas than on the stuffed poblano, which had a red gravy.  On the
poblano, and the beans, I used Father Jim's chipotle powder (red),
because that tasted WAY BETTER than using Calvin's powder there.  Also
used Calvin's "green" powder on the rice.

Let me tell you, the DIFFERENCE the flavor combos made when you
"matched" colours!  It was astonishing!  Really!  I am *not* outta my
mind (at least any more than usual...)!!!

Well, I've now joined the ranks of those seeking little vials, shakers,
whatevers so that a stash may be carried at all times.  Tho, I'm not
above brown bagging it again!  :)

Sorry so long.  It took alot of explaining.

green