Re: [CH] New? El Yuc

myron menaker (myronm@bellsouth.net)
Mon, 21 Feb 2000 19:04:38 -0500

Deb,

Found this in the archives:

Chile-Heads Digest     Wednesday, October 22 1997     Volume 04 : Number
168

> i'd encourage you, and other CH's for that matter, to seek out the
> harder to find variety labeled 'Salsa Kutbil-ik de Chile Habanero,' and
> represented as an 'original mayan recipe.'  it is HOT.  rather than
> being a very artificially-coloured concoction (enter the red and green
> variety) the 'mayan recipe' has a very natural burnt-orange palour.  i
> can't begin to tell you how impressed and shocked i was with the heat
> and full-tilt-boogie flavour of this stuff.  this is not your father's
> oldsmobile!   anyone who hasn't found/tried it, i highly recommend
> it to the point at which i'd even send a bottle to anyone who'd like one
> (a couple 'o bucks would cover the sauce and postage).

Myron

Deb deForest wrote:
> 
> Stopped by my local Mexican market Sunday and found a different El Yucateco
> than I've had or seen before.  It is labeled "XXXtra Hot Sauce" and "Salsa
> Kutbil-ik de Chile Habanero".  I've had the other El Yucs including hab
> sauces but not this "XXXtra hot" one.  It is color more orangish-brown than
> the others.  Is it new or have I just been missing out?  Pretty good.  I'm
> not sure it rates 3 X's though.
> It was $1.59 US/4 oz. (120 ml)
> Deb
> P.S. What does "Kutbil-ik" translate to in English?

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