GROUND RED PEPPER

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GROUND RED PEPPER

Post by bishopmarine » Wed Jul 16, 2008 7:19 pm

okay i am at work they fed us lasagna and stuff for lunch. so i went to my desk and took out a packet of ground red pepper from my extras that i have. it is a very fine powder like cayenne powder. it says two grams on the packet i put it on my lasagna and it is very spicy. now i love spicy food. it just surprised me at how spicy this stuff was. way hotter than if i had used a little bottle of tabasco. has anyone else tried it.
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Post by MCIera » Wed Jul 16, 2008 10:05 pm

Since it is labeled as "ground red pepper" it probably does have cayenne in it and is probably a blend of various peppers that are pretty spicy. Or they could have chosen that labeling even if it is pure cayenne, in the event that they might substitute a blend at some other point in production.
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Post by dirtbag » Thu Jul 17, 2008 2:03 am

Cayenne and Tabasco are more or less the same heat range, 30,000 - 50,000 scoville units.
I like Jalapenos, which are only 5,000 - 15,000... :lol:
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Post by jfko6 » Fri Jul 18, 2008 6:50 pm

I came across a small amount of those red pepper packets.
What I did was add it to spaghetti sauce. I too discovered the intense taste.
I will use it again but use a smaller amount. It is good but spicy.

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Post by Baldy » Mon Jul 21, 2008 2:12 am

I quite like the Japanese chili powder you get in noodle bars:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shichimi
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Post by Stef » Mon Jul 21, 2008 3:14 am

Hi,
from your link:
The main ingredient is coarsely ground red chili pepper, to which is typically added:

mandarin orange peel
sesame seed
poppy seed
hemp seed
nori or aonori
ground sansho (a relative of Sichuan pepper)
did anyone try to smoke that stuff? :lol:
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Post by Baldy » Tue Jul 22, 2008 5:09 am

:lol: Probably... I can imagine a bunch of Japanese kids trying it, the same way kids at my school tried to get wasted on nutmeg or banana peel.
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