I had a novel hot sauce experience this evening. I decided to cook down some of my cayenne peppers into a small batch of hot sauce. I took a plateful of them, cut them in half, and broiled them for about 5 minutes (skin becomes black and crispy). I dumped them into about half a cup of boiling vinegar, added salt, pepper, and a few crushed garlic cloves, and let it return to a boil. I then dumped the concoction into my food processor and pureed it down to a paste. Yummy. The broiling added a pleasant flavor of the grill. Very southwestern.
At some point in this process, I spring a nosebleed. The parts with burning peppers and boiling vinegar in a powered appliance require a certain amount of focus, so I was totally surprised to find my hands and face covered in blood at the end of the process.
I feel so … hardcore.
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