[Sca-cooks] Helloooo???

[Heleen Greenwald]

Thank you to everyone who gave opinions on chipotle peppers. Now all  
I have to do is wait until I am healed enough to eat uncooked veg.
Happy 12th Night everyone!
Vivat!
Phillipa

On Jan 9, 2007, at 8:52 PM, Nick Sasso wrote:

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> -----Original Message-----
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>> sweet potatoes take smoky chilies (like chipotle) very well.
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> How hot are chipotle chilies?< < < < < < < < < <
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> I sooooo want to say that it depends how hot your pantry is . . .
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> Chipotle are smoked variety of jalapenos (I think the "moita"  
> variety is
> prevelant in US).  So, the canned ones in sauce probably run  
> anywhere from
> 2500 to 5000 Scoville units (heat measure).  That puts them in  
> range with
> poblano, jalapeno, and just a bit hotter than Anaheim & Ancho.  The  
> sauce
> and smoking seem to drop the heat a little, but they still have  
> zing.  Dried
> and crushed, they taste waaaay hotter since more heat per volume.
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> The Charts I looked at online give a 4 out of ten for heat.  Though  
> 1 = 100
> to 1000 uints and 10 = 350-855,000 units, so its not an equal scale  
> thing.
>
> Hope that helps.
>
> niccolo difrancesco
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