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RE: Grandpa Gotta Cook—Tikka Masala
Hey, @dandays.
Always live life with a bit of humor, right? Better than crying all the time. :)
I should have known better about the cayenne pepper. Maybe I'll try it again in a year or so when everyone else has forgotten what it tasted like, keep out the cayenne and come up with some other type of sauce. Or maybe I'll actually figure out what I do and don't like in Indian food and try that. Problem is, there's no place around here that's convenient to go to.
You know what? Speaking of cayenne. When we were in Central America, Pura and I spent a day doing a coffee and chocolate tour—really a good time actually. Well, to make chocolate calls for cayenne; cacao, cocoa butter, one or two other things that I don’t remember now and cayenne are the ingredients. Pura is a spicy eater, right? I’m not exaggerating, she likes to sweat, have a runny nose, etc when we go out to eat. I, however, am not that way. In fact, we doesn’t even add jalapeños to our meals (anymore).
Man, she instinctually put so frikkin much cayenne in our chocolate that she ruined it! Haha. Although it calls for a minor amount of cayenne to be true and correct, she saw the opportunity to make spicy chocolate. Ruined it, Glen. Enjoy the rest of your weekend, sir.
I generally go for flavor versus heat. There are some spices which will do a little of both, which is fine, but there are others that just want to melt your face, and I don't see the purpose of those. Cayenne is one of those peppers that to me just has an unpleasant taste, so I should have known better. If I'd been more of an experienced cook, I would have forgotten the cayenne all together since I would also know what the other spices were doing.
I didn't know cayenne went into chocolate. Now I do. :)