Peppered.
So funny thing.
Yesterday my roommate and I went to a restaurant called Serrano's. It was moderately tasty tex mex & like all places down here had a queso appetizer. For those who don't know, "queso" is Spanish for "cheese" and usually consists of roasted green chilies and tomatoes in a cheese sauce. Queso is usually expensive but pretty damned tasty. Anyway, as most of you know, I like to cook, so I was like, I should be able to make this at home- why don't we try it. So yay, we're on the queso making hunt (with a little help from epicurious.com). So I have all my ingredients together & I'm going all out- fresh serrano chilies, fresh jalapenos, cilantro, yellow bell peppers etc. I don't even know why I just mentioned all of those, all that's really important is the chilies. So there's a certain type of pepper that is so hot, that it will burn human skin while raw. so you are supposed to wear gloves while cooking it (This is a slight exaggeration(very slight)). But of course, I can't remember which chili that is and it couldn't Possibly be the chili that I was using because it's common down here like apples are in WI- huge 4x4x3 tubs of them at Wal-Mart. I mean, if they were really dangerous, there would be a save the children fund for it, right? Well if I had thought about this before I had de-seeded 2 of the peppers already, maybe I would have put on some gloves. As it was- Pfft, too late, I must be badass, (cause the other most likely alternative is stupid). Fingers aren't burning, everything is fine, til I chop one and it spits serrano juice in my face (on my cheek)... and like a Fucking Moron, I Don't Wash It Off. Brilliance. So, it doesn't even hurt. Hah, not a big deal- either this must not be that pepper, or those people are just wicked pansy cause this doesn't hurt a bit. About 5 mins later I start to feel a tingle. Oh well, whatever it's like Noxema. 5 mins after that I'm sending Dan to the computer to find out how to get rid of this incessant burning that is my cheek. I've already made an impromptu ice pack for it while trying to figure out why, for the love of God, this isn't visible in the mirror. Any, after about 10 mins of the ice pack, everything was back to normal- crisis averted. Or endured. Anyway, what Dan had found was that every site he had searched said that just just have to let it wear off. Well it had worn off, we were done, my hands were washed & we could get back to watching The Gladiator with tasty queso. During the movie something got into my eye and I rubbed my eye with my finger. I couldn't figure out what the hell happened, it felt like I ripped a piece of my eyelid off with a fishhook. So I'm quietly freaking out cause for some reason I didn't want to pause the movie again, until the pain subsides about 2 mins later. This serrano shit is crazy. Apparently this shit doesn't care if I wash my hands or not, it's got longevity. I'd just like to mention at this point that I was on drugs for my back & pretty fucking high. There's only one other thing that I'm going to admit to before I end this post (I can't believe I'm about to say this on the intarwebz), so I ... yeah fuck it, if you want to know, you're going to have to call me.
Anyway, moral of the story, you really don't need to eat hot things anyway. How about a nice apple?
Yesterday my roommate and I went to a restaurant called Serrano's. It was moderately tasty tex mex & like all places down here had a queso appetizer. For those who don't know, "queso" is Spanish for "cheese" and usually consists of roasted green chilies and tomatoes in a cheese sauce. Queso is usually expensive but pretty damned tasty. Anyway, as most of you know, I like to cook, so I was like, I should be able to make this at home- why don't we try it. So yay, we're on the queso making hunt (with a little help from epicurious.com). So I have all my ingredients together & I'm going all out- fresh serrano chilies, fresh jalapenos, cilantro, yellow bell peppers etc. I don't even know why I just mentioned all of those, all that's really important is the chilies. So there's a certain type of pepper that is so hot, that it will burn human skin while raw. so you are supposed to wear gloves while cooking it (This is a slight exaggeration(very slight)). But of course, I can't remember which chili that is and it couldn't Possibly be the chili that I was using because it's common down here like apples are in WI- huge 4x4x3 tubs of them at Wal-Mart. I mean, if they were really dangerous, there would be a save the children fund for it, right? Well if I had thought about this before I had de-seeded 2 of the peppers already, maybe I would have put on some gloves. As it was- Pfft, too late, I must be badass, (cause the other most likely alternative is stupid). Fingers aren't burning, everything is fine, til I chop one and it spits serrano juice in my face (on my cheek)... and like a Fucking Moron, I Don't Wash It Off. Brilliance. So, it doesn't even hurt. Hah, not a big deal- either this must not be that pepper, or those people are just wicked pansy cause this doesn't hurt a bit. About 5 mins later I start to feel a tingle. Oh well, whatever it's like Noxema. 5 mins after that I'm sending Dan to the computer to find out how to get rid of this incessant burning that is my cheek. I've already made an impromptu ice pack for it while trying to figure out why, for the love of God, this isn't visible in the mirror. Any, after about 10 mins of the ice pack, everything was back to normal- crisis averted. Or endured. Anyway, what Dan had found was that every site he had searched said that just just have to let it wear off. Well it had worn off, we were done, my hands were washed & we could get back to watching The Gladiator with tasty queso. During the movie something got into my eye and I rubbed my eye with my finger. I couldn't figure out what the hell happened, it felt like I ripped a piece of my eyelid off with a fishhook. So I'm quietly freaking out cause for some reason I didn't want to pause the movie again, until the pain subsides about 2 mins later. This serrano shit is crazy. Apparently this shit doesn't care if I wash my hands or not, it's got longevity. I'd just like to mention at this point that I was on drugs for my back & pretty fucking high. There's only one other thing that I'm going to admit to before I end this post (I can't believe I'm about to say this on the intarwebz), so I ... yeah fuck it, if you want to know, you're going to have to call me.
Anyway, moral of the story, you really don't need to eat hot things anyway. How about a nice apple?