Recipes!

* Nowadays I make some good guacamole it seems
* And I have too many habaneros so I make hot sauce too

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  - [[Maast-o Khiar]]
  - [[Hummus]]
+ - [[Guacamole]]
+
+* Things Which Are Places Upon Other Things
+
+ - [[Habanero Hot Sauce]]
 
 * Light Fare
 

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+#title Clinton's World Famous It'll-Make-You-Fat Guacamole
+
+* Ingredients
+
+ - 3 large avacados (peeled and pitted, natürlich)
+ - 2 limes
+ - 1 tbsp salt
+ - 2 tbsp fresh parsley (chopped)
+ - 2 or 3 diced roma tomatoes (diced)
+ - 1 tbsp garlic (minced)
+ - 3/4 cup diced white onion
+ - 1 fresh habanero (minced)
+   - Alternatively, a tablespoon of cayenne pepper
+   - Alternatively, nothing at all if you don't like spice
+
+* Recipe
+
+ 1. Mash the avacados, lime juice, and salt together
+ 2. Add everything else and mix up
+ 3. Refrigerate for a bit and then eat!
+
+* Notes
+
+Make sure the macerate or **very** finely mince the habanero if you use
+it; otherwise some bits will burn like Hell, and other will not be hot
+at all. I find the heat from the habanero more pleasant than from
+cayenne pepper, and so I highly recommend using them if you have
+them. One of the nice things is that the fat from the avacados seems
+to bind well with the capsaicin resulting in a quick burst of heat
+that fades very quickly and does not become overpowering over time. I
+once tried this with two peppers and it was not a good idea: the heat
+dominated and drowned out a lot of the other flavors.
+
+As for the salt you can use more or less. The recipe I started with
+used a teaspoon of salt, but the [[http://www.salsafreshgrill.com/][local burrito place]] guacamole was
+rather much tastier and noticeably saltier so I tried a tablespoon
+instead and was pleased with the result.

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+* Ingredients
+
+ - 15ish Fresh Habaneros
+ - 1 Mango
+ - 1/4 cup apple cider vinegar
+ - 3 tbsp molasses
+ - 1 tbsp cumin
+ - 1 tsp koshering or sea salt
+ - 1 tbsp cayenne pepper
+ - 1 tbsp paprika
+
+* Directions
+
+ 1. Put on gloves and perhaps a respirator and goggles to avoid *death
+    by capsaicin*
+ 2. Peel and pit the Mango (naturally)
+ 2. Place everything into a food processor
+ 3. Whir about until it turns into some kind of paste (60ish seconds
+    seems fine)
+ 4. Transfer to a pan, cover, and simmer for around five minutes
+ 5. Store in a jar and refrigerate
+ 6. Destroy your tastebuds
+
+* Dear God Why
+
+The year was 2010. The season was summer. The location a pot garden. A
+bell pepper seedling died a few weeks into the growing season owing to
+being weak or perhaps poorly taken care of. To avoid wasting the soil
+and pot a package of habanero seedlings was procured; one was to be
+planted and the other two given away, but no one came through on their
+offer to adopt the plants. Thus the garden ended up with three
+habanero plants. It is a little known fact that habaneros produce
+ridiculous numbers of peppers, and so something had to be done with
+them after the family grew sick of spicy foods every night.