> Mauro "the gourmand" Diotallevi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> My wife says that nutmeg goes with everything. But > I personally have always > enjoyed mixing sweet with hot and spicy. Think > mango and chipotle peppers > together, for an example, or papaya and cayenne. Or > the mixture of > chocolate and various peppers in mole. <shudders> Sorry, I have tried mole several times and found it very unpalatable; maybe it just wasn't prepared correctly. But mango-chipotle salsa sounds delicious! > If you are adventurous, try a dash of Trappey's Red > Devil Sauce in your > cocoa. Or a mixture of green chillies, ginger, > coriander, and cumin, like > you might find in an Indian curry -- I would leave > out the onions, garlic, tomato, and ghee :-) You *are* skating on the edge of sanity, sir; I wish to _enhance_ the flavor of cocoa, not mangle it. ;) My years-ago trial of fresh ginger in tea with milk was tongue-curdling; how do you mix ginger and milk without that? Or is it a matter of amount, or using powdered ginger instead of fresh? >If you are really > adventurous, puree some soy milk, > butternut squash, peanut butter, and curry powder > and mix a little of that in with the cocoa. Hmm, interesting. That sounds like it would go better with ginger instead of cocoa; perhaps I'm more of a purist than I thought... > Changing gears a little, if you're not planning to > go anywhere, a splash (or > more!) of a fruit-flavored mead would go nicely with > the cocoa. A > blackberry mead should work well, or a mead with a > bit of oaky flavor. You > might also want to try a good, sweet Canadian > icewine -- the ones from > Ontario are the best in the world. For an extra > warming effect, try the > mead or icewine without the cocoa! Kahlua. Frangelica. Bailey's.... MMmmmmmm... (But not appropriate before heading out to the barn. Trust me.) > And of course, any sweetener added to any of these > should be pure cane sugar. Why? Sucrose ought to be sucrose, whatever the source. Debbi Apparently Less Discriminating Tastebuds Maru :) __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
