A.R.M. ([info]kinkyturtle) wrote,
@ 2008-03-23 12:10:00
Previous Entry  Add to memories!  Tell a Friend!  Next Entry
Current mood: ice cream helped
Current music:DVNO / Four Capital Letters / Printed In Gold / something about sweat

Mamma mia, 'atza spicy ramen!
Every now and then I get to experimenting with ramen. Today I put equal parts water and chicken broth (organic low sodium) in a pot, added a few dashes of Mrs. Dash and just a pinch of garlic salt (okay, two pinches). I brought it to a boil, put in the noodles, cooked it for three minutes, then added frozen peas and let it sit while I went to get a magazine.

It was delicious, but as I ate more of it, my lips and tongue started burning. Yow, too spicy! There is pepper in Mrs. Dash. Is this just because I used too much, or should I have put it in at the end of the process instead of the beginning?


(Post a new comment)


[info]discopanda
2008-03-23 05:24 pm UTC (link)
One combination I've seen that seems to work well is a can of minestrone with the noodles from a pack or ramen noodles thrown in, and the flavor packet ignored.

Reminds me, speaking of making foods, sometime I need to try out this "Ac'cent Flavor Enhancer" stuff I picked up a while back, it claims that it "Wakes Up Food Flavor!".

(Reply to this)

[info]deckardcanine
2008-03-23 06:23 pm UTC (link)
I wouldn't expect cooking to increase spiciness the way it increases actual heat. It might spread the spice around or even decrease its potency.

My most experimental time with ramen involved sugar and cinnamon on shrimp flavoring. It was okay, but not worth doing again.

(Reply to this)

[info]tahamaki
2008-03-23 11:39 pm UTC (link)
Wow...black pepper is too spicy for ya? You'd probably hate my cooking with a passion then... I use stuff on the higher end of the scoville scale frequently.

It could be that you hit a cluster of pepper, or that it infused itself into the water as it cooked...

(Reply to this)(Thread)

[info]kinkyturtle
2008-03-24 01:30 am UTC (link)
That's what I was wondering about, if it might have infused itself.

I've used Mrs. Dash plenty of times before with no problems, so I figure that's it. If I repeat the recipe, I won't add it till the end.

(Reply to this)(Parent)

[info]wolflahti
2008-03-24 04:27 am UTC (link)
I've had several women friends tell me that men are more likely to experiment with food. I know I do (as in impulsively adding canned chili to a bread recipe in one of those bread machines you see all the time at garage sales)--but I'm not sure I buy the notion that the gal cooks out there don't try new and unfathomable combinations once in a while just to, ya know, see what happens.

Discuss.

(Reply to this)(Thread)

[info]kinkyturtle
2008-03-24 05:25 am UTC (link)
Maybe they do but they don't talk about it, so their successes are passed around as established recipes or "family secrets" (we swear by it but don't pass it around, 'k?) and their failures are never mentioned. :}

(Reply to this)(Parent)

[info]toonygal
2008-03-24 04:47 pm UTC (link)
I could believe that. It would do something to explain why most professional chefs are male.

(Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

[info]toonygal
2008-03-24 04:50 pm UTC (link)
For clarity, because they're the ones who stumble upon the new and delicious combinations. I know I personally always follow recipes close to exactly how they are written in fear of "messing it up."

(Reply to this)(Parent)

Create an Account
Forgot your login?
Login w/ OpenID
English • Español • Deutsch • Русский…