Comments on Zlamushka's Spicy Kitchen: Raisin Stuffed Chili Pepper Pickles

kjXIfN The best blog you have!

2007-11-02T07:23:00.000+02:00

kjXIfN The best blog you have!

ARQxRa You have a talant! Write more!

2007-10-30T18:54:00.000+02:00

ARQxRa You have a talant! Write more!

Dear Maybahay,you re right. Any kind of fried rice...

2007-10-11T08:30:00.000+02:00

Dear Maybahay,

you re right. Any kind of fried rice or yeah, pretty much anything savory would indeed welcome a nice pickle.. Do try. Others did and loved it. Above update is the proof.

lovely idea. the pickles look gorgeous and i'm sur...

2007-10-11T07:01:00.000+02:00

lovely idea. the pickles look gorgeous and i'm sure they'll go well with a lot of food. looking forward to trying this at some stage.

Wow, Joey,this is really making me happy to hear t...

2007-10-08T19:02:00.000+02:00

Wow, Joey,

this is really making me happy to hear that you re going for it. Herb, eh? Hm.... If it was me, I would add something that goes with honey. (since that is the unusual ingredient). Honey goes with any herbal tea, right? So my guess would be sage. Or honey mint even better, can you find those? If not, thyme could give a nice touch.

Very interesting suggestion in any case. Please, post about it once you do it, would you? Or let me know, I would be very interested to know more about your experiments with it.

I so excited to make this...found some jalapenos i...

2007-10-08T18:49:00.000+02:00

I so excited to make this...found some jalapenos in the market :) I wanted to add an herb to the mix...what would you recommend? :)

Ok, I ll stay with Elizabeth, then.You know, if yo...

2007-10-08T14:59:00.000+02:00

Ok, I ll stay with Elizabeth, then.

You know, if you ever stumble upon the way of curing fresh olives, please let me know. I would LOVE to read about it...

Thank you for alerting me to Vicki's note about ol...

2007-10-08T14:37:00.000+02:00

Thank you for alerting me to Vicki's note about olives.

I did know that they had to be pickled in some way before eating. I'm pretty sure we read about olives in one of Patricia Wells' books. I believe there was also a recipe for curing olives.

Amazingly, we saw some fresh ripe olives in Italy-town the other day. We didn't buy any though. Maybe next year....

If the fresh olives had been green, we might have considered getting some just to try making chili stuffed olives.

We still haven't tried your raisin stuffed chilli peppers but it is definitely on our list of things to try. I've bookmarked the recipe and when we do try it, we'll be sure come back and rave though.

-Elizabeth

P.S. I never try to pronounce "ejm" but just muffle my voice as I say it so nobody will notice that even I don't know how it's pronounced. ;-)

Hi Vicky, wowthanx a lot for such informative comm...

2007-10-08T07:32:00.000+02:00

Hi Vicky, wow

thanx a lot for such informative comment. I ll remember that ;-)

Hi Zlamushka -I can't wait to try this!Also, fresh...

2007-10-08T06:20:00.000+02:00

Hi Zlamushka -
I can't wait to try this!
Also, fresh olives aren't available for sale, because they're not edible. They're incredibly alkaline, and need to be pickled in acid in order to taste good.

Hi Joey,thank you. Actually I am still waiting to ...

2007-10-05T08:11:00.000+02:00

Hi Joey,

thank you. Actually I am still waiting to taste mine (they take time to ripe well)... but I ll post a taste-review as soon as i open them.

This looks awesome! I love pickled chilis...but I...

2007-10-04T15:21:00.000+02:00

This looks awesome! I love pickled chilis...but I have never tried them with raisins :) I imagine they taste fantastic as I love sweet and spicy combinations :)

Oh Ejm (how do you pronounce this cluster of lette...

2007-10-03T10:31:00.000+02:00

Oh Ejm (how do you pronounce this cluster of letters? ;-)

I would love you to try my recipe just to hear how it turns out for you and your chili loving husband. I have one like that at home and each time he comes back from work after he has eaten out at their cantine, he goes: *Honey, can you make it real spicy tonite? I had some bland crap at work today*...

It makes me very happy to hear this, since I dont cook ANYTHING that would not be spicy... I just cant...

And as for the olive part,... hm.. That is a tough one. I dotn think I ve had fresh olives either... Do they even exist? ;-))
I guess you cant pickle with pickled olives, or? Aaah, as I said, that is a tough one...

Sure, olives that are already processed are freely...

2007-10-02T22:55:00.000+02:00

Sure, olives that are already processed are freely available. But fresh olives? I can't say that I've ever seen them (not that I've looked).

But we're definitely thinking seriously about the raisin stuffed peppers. My husband's eyes lit up when I told him about them.

-Elizabeth

P.S. I hope I'll participate in your "Spoonful of Christmas" - if I can get organized in time. The deadline of 1 November may be tricky - I don't usually start Christmas food gift preparation until December.

EJM, thanx for visiting my blog. Were on Earth (in...

2007-10-02T18:27:00.000+02:00

EJM,

thanx for visiting my blog. Were on Earth (in Canada) would you get olives? Er.... everywhere? ;-) Try the raisins, though. Pickled like this, they wont be too hot, I promise. Sweet always milds down the heat.... And we re talking pickling in honey...

So, you ll participate, then ? (I meant my event)

What a cool (err... hot??) idea!! I love the thoug...

2007-10-02T17:26:00.000+02:00

What a cool (err... hot??) idea!! I love the thought of the raisins with the hot chillies.

When I saw the red pepperono, I thought maybe it was a scotch bonnet...

We were given a jar of habanero stuffed giant green olives last year. I like chillies but even for me those were too hot. But my husband loved them! I've been searching the upmarket shops for another jar to give him but haven't seen them. (Make them myself?? Where on earth would I get the olives?)

-Elizabeth

P.S. Your "Spoonful of Christmas" idea is a very good one.

thanx, Sec. It would make me extremely happy to se...

2007-09-28T02:08:00.000+02:00

thanx, Sec. It would make me extremely happy to see Pickling Queen trying one of my recipes :-)

Very unusual. Sweet, sour and hot - must be tastin...

2007-09-25T22:18:00.000+02:00

Very unusual. Sweet, sour and hot - must be tasting great. I will definitely try this sometime. Have bookmarked it.

Saju:I am also very serious when I say that if you...

2007-09-24T07:56:00.000+02:00

Saju:

I am also very serious when I say that if you re ever passing by Sweden, I d love to have you at my dinner table. It d be a lot of fun to compete in the kitchen ;-)
Please, let me know how it went, ok ?

Shankari:

What a beautiful name you have. Does it mean anything ? Those round little ones are actually VERY hot...

It is such a different recipe and the round chilli...

2007-09-24T06:48:00.000+02:00

It is such a different recipe and the round chillis look delish

what a lovely recipe, I love sweet and hot togethe...

2007-09-23T20:46:00.000+02:00

what a lovely recipe, I love sweet and hot together. I am coming over when the pickle is ready. Seriously I am going to try some asap.

thanx Vani,I am happy you stopped by my kitchen ;-...

2007-09-22T18:02:00.000+02:00

thanx Vani,

I am happy you stopped by my kitchen ;-) Feel free to come back for more crazy pickles ;-)

Raisins in chillies with vinegar/honey brine - wow...

2007-09-22T15:34:00.000+02:00

Raisins in chillies with vinegar/honey brine - wow! That must taste awesome!

Hi Pelicano,wow, thanx a lot a lot a lot for your ...

2007-09-22T12:20:00.000+02:00

Hi Pelicano,

wow, thanx a lot a lot a lot for your explanation. Cascabel, I ll remember. I am happy you like my blog, keep comming back, hope to surprise you more often ;-)

Ah! I've found another chile-head! Marvelous recip...

2007-09-22T10:22:00.000+02:00

Ah! I've found another chile-head! Marvelous recipe; I'm intrigued to know what the honey-raisin-vinegar combo tastes like.
Those peppers..."cascabel" in Spanish I believe...because the dried ones rattle... I've heard them referred to as " hot cherry peppers" in English. Simple pickled ones used to show up frequently on salad buffets years ago here in the states, but nowadays other ones seem more fashionable.