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Old 09-12-2014, 05:25 PM   #31
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Watermelon just too... watery and insipid? Try squirting it with lots of lime juice and a generous sprinkle of powdered hot red pepper. DIY types might experiement with mixing cayenne with paprika until they hit the right proportions. Maybe a flavoring of powdered tamarind as well.

This is not at all unusual in Mexico, and the mixture may include salt but doesn't have to. It might be a little exotic in more northern climes.

Good on about any sort of melon, really.
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Old 09-13-2014, 07:35 AM   #32
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I love watermelon, and have been known to eat way too much of it given half a chance. But the other day I had a "watermelon smoothie," was was nothing but de-seeded watermelon put straight into the blender with nothing else added. And it tasted horrible. I had some of the source watermelon later, and it was fine. There was just something about the change in texture that completely ruined it.
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Old 09-13-2014, 11:42 AM   #33
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Watermelon just too... watery and insipid? Try squirting it with lots of lime juice and a generous sprinkle of powdered hot red pepper. DIY types might experiement with mixing cayenne with paprika until they hit the right proportions. Maybe a flavoring of powdered tamarind as well.

This is not at all unusual in Mexico, and the mixture may include salt but doesn't have to. It might be a little exotic in more northern climes.

Good on about any sort of melon, really.
I usually take a fresh chili pepper, sprinkle with salt then take a pestle to crush them together. Taste great with any fruits that are lacking a bit sweetness or just because, hehe. Thinking of buying those tamarind powder flavor packets. Plentiful down in the south.
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Old 02-01-2015, 06:21 PM   #34
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This week I made quick pickled jalapenos. They are. fucking. awesome.

3 sliced jalapenos
1/2 cup apple cider vinegar
1/4 cup apple juice
1/4 cup honey
1/2 tsp salt

Mix in a mason jar and let soak in the fridge for 1-5 days, shaking periodically.


So far I have eaten them alone, wrapped in little pieces of prosciutto, and on a hot dog. Probably going to try them on a pizza sometime later this week. They will be a permanent resident of my refrigerator from now on.
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Old 02-01-2015, 07:56 PM   #35
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Are the jalapeņos seeded and veined?
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Old 02-01-2015, 10:13 PM   #36
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Nope, just sliced into little rings. You can kind of shake most of the seeds out that way, though. They're pretty damn hot on their own, but with a little something else in the same bite it takes the edge off nicely.
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Old 02-02-2015, 01:00 PM   #37
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I will have to make some,and keep them in my fridge also. Thanks Clodfobble.
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Old 06-03-2015, 09:04 AM   #38
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I'm not sure how unusual it is, but, I'm discovering the happiness that is strawberries in ginger ale.

About half the strawberries float.
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Old 06-03-2015, 04:00 PM   #39
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Strawberries in gin and tonic is pretty good, too!


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