OT: thoughts on cayenne pepper?

[Heidenlarm]

Poor guy went off the rails after the last loss. Got really emotional. Dude needs a better hobby if he gets that worked up.

 

[Ares]

Most buffalo sauce is just cayenne pepper mixed with melted butter or margarine.

 

[truthbedamned]

Most buffalo sauce is just cayenne pepper mixed with melted butter or margarine.

And knowledge like this just reinforces my decision to vote for you.

 

[TL1961]

My thoughts on all spices: be a man and use hot sauce.

I like hot sauce on certain things, but it is a great way to overwhelm any dish with one dominating flavor. Using spices properly can give you easily as much kick but a very different flavor profile.

 

[gallagher]

I like hot sauce on certain things, but it is a great way to overwhelm any dish with one dominating flavor. Using spices properly can give you easily as much kick but a very different flavor profile.

I hear ya pal. I am a firm believer in a smear of sauce on the plate (any sauce) so that you can dial it in to your liking.

It makes my cooking look far more edible!

 

[Burque]

I'm with my man @Burque: I try to sneak in green chilis in anything I can.

Chiles*

 

[Sculpt]

OT: thoughts on cayenne pepper?​

Since we don’t have a cooking forum

My brother-in-law gave me a big bag of a few types of peppers from his garden a couple years back, especially a lot of cayenne peppers. I got to experiment.

I liked the cayenne peppers in slow cooking meat stews. It actually adds cayenne flavor. It's not a super-hot pepper and I use just enough that the dishes would have a little heat. I sometimes cut them up fine to add to ground beef for tacos.

Jalapeño peppers have more flavor and are less hot than cayenne, and I more often use jalapeno for pot roast stews than cayenne.

 

[Burque]

My brother-in-law gave me a big bag of a few types of peppers from his garden a couple years back, especially a lot of cayenne peppers. I got to experiment.

I liked the cayenne peppers in slow cooking meat stews. It actually adds cayenne flavor. It's not a super-hot pepper and I use just enough that the dishes would have a little heat. I sometimes cut them up fine to add to ground beef for tacos.

Jalapeño peppers have more flavor and are less hot than cayenne, and I more often use jalapeno for pot roast stews than cayenne.

I know that I will probably catch hell about this, but Jalapenos are the best all around pepper.

Their versatility is just untouched.

Non hot peppers excluded my top 5 in order are:

1. Jalapenos
2. Habaneros
3. Green Chiles
4. Serranos
5. Poblanos

Special mention for a super hot goes out to Golden Scorpions. They are citrus and fire and quite wonderful.

Cayennes are too acrid and biting. I know a lot of people would argue about this but they are typically used in super vinegary based sauces and salty dumbed down mixtures for this reason.

Ghost peppers (amongst most other super hots) taste way to floral to be good in just about any dish. Nobody wants to eat their grandmas bathroom perfume dish while its on fire.

Thai peppers are useful in a very limited fashion. Mainly dried, whole, and swiped aside on your Asian takeout. They can be chopped fresh and added to dishes, but I just do not think they offer enough to be added to the top five.

Anaheim peppers can go **** themselves.

Sure there are a bunch of others that could be discussed ad nauseam, but they simply aren't better.

Ultimately, the Jalapeno is the best hot pepper on the planet. fight me.