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| 2582.3 | Hey Mon, Wanna Smoke Some Jalapeno? | PCOJCT::HUNZEKER | | Wed Aug 22 1990 12:44 | 18 |
| Same boat as you two. With a fairly substantive number of books on
Mexican cooking, thought I might be able to find something, but came
up short.
Did confirm that chiptles are jalapenos -- Bully for Me, ay?
Some of the books on drying foods indicate that green (as in still
having a water content) peppers dried for 2-3 hrs in 120-140 degrees
will do the preserving. I'm gonna buy a couple of pounds and
experiment in my Li'l Chief smoker, using different woods and see
what happens on a couple of pounds of jalapenos. I only have green
and have never had much luck in the north of getting them to turn red
before they rot or I eat them (mostly the latter) here in the North.
Will report on the findings as they happen.
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| 2582.4 | some suggestions - SWAG variety | TYGON::WILDE | illegal possession of a GNU | Wed Aug 22 1990 20:41 | 12 |
| wood used for smoking the peppers is almost guarenteed to be mesquite...due
to the "neck of the woods" we are discussing...or even pinon pine, but I'm
sure any good grade charcoal would suffice. I doubt that the pepper is
brined before being smoked....just what I know about the cuisine of the
area (southwestern US and Mexico) leads me to this opinion. I would try
simply ripening the chiles to the red stage while still on the plant and
then clean with a damp cloth and smoke those puppies until they seem well
smoked...or preserved...or whatever.
Hey, even if it isn't just like the pros do it...how bad can they be?
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| 2582.5 | Details on smoking? | STAR::DIPIRRO | | Tue Aug 28 1990 10:00 | 6 |
| I received several mail replies to this also. One person said he
puts a rack of Jalapenos over his chimney when he first fires up his
wood stove in the fall! I, on the other hand, am hoping to be able to
use my stovetop smoker. I don't know how long to smoke them or what
type of hardwood to use. Because of the origin of this dish, I'd
suspect I could use mesquite, but I'm not sure.
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