A few minor updates

* Tweaked the guacamole recipe a wee bit again
* I finally managed to make a rather edible habanero mango
  sauce. After testing it over a few weeks I feel confident enough
  with this recipe that I'm making another six jars of it.
* While we're at it I just threw up my "I have way too many damn
  habaneros what do I do with them" solution as well.
* And a quick note about my bicycle

diff --git a/Guacamole.muse b/Guacamole.muse
index 4fdbd90..b2f6dd5 100644 (file)
--- a/Guacamole.muse
+++ b/Guacamole.muse
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@
 
  - 3 large avacados (peeled and pitted, natürlich)
  - 2 limes
- - 1 tbsp salt
+ - 2 tsp koshering salt
  - 2 tbsp fresh parsley (chopped)
- - 2 or 3 diced roma tomatoes (diced)
+ - 2 or 3 roma tomatoes (diced)
  - 1 tbsp garlic (minced)
  - 3/4 cup diced white onion
  - 1 fresh habanero (minced)
@@ -34,4 +34,6 @@ 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.
+instead and was pleased with the result *so long as* the chips used were
+mostly salt-free. A bit of tweaking revealed that two teaspoons was
+closer to the right amount.

diff --git a/Habanero Hot Sauce.muse b/Habanero Hot Sauce.muse
index 87c503f..49ad97d 100644 (file)
--- a/Habanero Hot Sauce.muse
+++ b/Habanero Hot Sauce.muse
@@ -1,14 +1,28 @@
+#title Mango and Molasses Habanero Hot Sauce
+
 * Ingredients
 
- - 15ish Fresh Habaneros
- - 1 Mango
- - 1/4 cup apple cider vinegar
+** Common
+
+ - 1 Extra Large Mango (or 2 medium)
+ - 1/3 cup apple cider vinegar
  - 3 tbsp molasses
- - 1 tbsp cumin
+ - 1 1/2 tbsp cumin
  - 1 tsp koshering or sea salt
- - 1 tbsp cayenne pepper
  - 1 tbsp paprika
 
+** Super Hot
+
+ - 15ish Fresh Habaneros
+   - Do not deseed
+ - 1 tbsp cayenne pepper
+
+** Edible and Tasty
+
+ - 7 or 8 fresh habaneros
+   - Deseed and remove the inner flesh
+ - Equivalent mass of fresh red bell pepper ([[http://www.ochef.com/158.htm][roasted]]).
+
 * Directions
 
  1. Put on gloves and perhaps a respirator and goggles to avoid *death
@@ -32,3 +46,13 @@ 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.
+
+** A Justification for the Mild Variant
+
+The initial super hot sauce proved to be tasty for a moment and then
+overwhelmingly hot. Now, don't get me wrong, I like incredibly spicy
+things, but the initial flavor of the sauce was rather nice and it
+seemed a shame to have it destroyed by the habanero. With the
+replacement of some habanero by a sweet pepper the flavors come into
+balance, and the sauce becomes a rather nice adjunct to things like
+chili or black bean burritos.

diff --git a/My Bicycle.muse b/My Bicycle.muse
index ca95257..5e27928 100644 (file)
--- a/My Bicycle.muse
+++ b/My Bicycle.muse
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ tape. It is very bright now.
 In Early 2008 I decided to add a few stripes of reflective fabric to
 the rear of my panniers. I am not very good at sewing so I used
 Fabritac, and they have held on reasonably well since then. I wouldn't
-say that the bond was *permanent* though, but so far they have only
+say that the bond was *permanent* though[1], but so far they have only
 peeled a tiny but on the edges (fixable with a quick dab of the
 glue).
 
@@ -128,3 +128,10 @@ metal, clearly.
 
 [[img/photos/bicycle/2008/bayern-patch.jpg][Freistaadt aus Bäyern]]
 [[img/photos/bicycle/2008/blind-guardian-patch.jpg][Blind Guardian is cool]]
+
+Footnotes: 
+[1] It turns out that I was underestimating the bond; as of late
+     September 2010 the reflective tape has only minorly peeled around
+     the edges (fixable with a quick touch up). This being with
+     regular riding and occasional exposure to rain.
+