Dark Chocolate + Tabasco Sauce = Yummo???

[Dino Velvet]

Well somebody thinks so or I wouldn't have seen these at Gelson's today. My eyes bulged like the headlights of a '57 Chevy and I really threw a fit when it was my turn demanding answers. The girl said she tried them and they were OK but not for $3.65.

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[Merkurie]

I will have to give those a try if I can find some.
I love dark chocolate and I love Tabasco sauce so why not.

[robertlouis]

Lindt have been making a 70% dark chocolate with chilli for years. It's good.

[Dino Velvet]

I'm starting to open my mind to it. They should give samples in the store since it's such an unorthodox idea.

Robert, by chili, do you mean dried bits of a chili pepper inside the chocolate?

[robertlouis]

I'm starting to open my mind to it. They should give samples in the store since it's such an unorthodox idea.

Robert, by chili, do you mean dried bits of a chili pepper inside the chocolate?

No, I think they use chilli oil. The chocolate is very smooth and the chilli is like a cool afterburn. Very nice. Quite a few boutique chocolate makers in the UK make it with chilli. Green and Black's Maya Gold has chilli and other spices, and Montezuma does one with chilli and lime.

[Dino Velvet]

No, I think they use chilli oil. The chocolate is very smooth and the chilli is like a cool afterburn. Very nice. Quite a few boutique chocolate makers in the UK make it with chilli. Green and Black's Maya Gold has chilli and other spices, and Montezuma does one with chilli and lime.

OK, getting closer. Maybe if it goes on sale.

Some weird food stuff invented in America. Think much of it starts at those Iowa County Fairs. Always seeing stuff on the news from there. Burger King now puts bacon bits in their hot fudge sundae if you like. That could be alright.

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[robertlouis]

Bacon sundae? That's fucking disgusting.

Mind you, I have freshly ground black pepper on strawberries, so I have no room to talk.

[Dino Velvet]

Mind you, I have freshly ground black pepper on strawberries

That's insane.

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[rockabilly]

The bacon sundae was a unique surprise , like putting grape jelly on a pepperoni pizza.

[Ecstatic]

Nothing new here. In fact, chocolate and chili are very traditional, going back nearly 2000 years. Both the Maya and the Aztec made a thick, cold, unsweetened drink called xocoatl. They didn't mix milk or sugar in their cocoa, but instead added many different spices, including chili peppers. Sweet cocoa was the adaptaion by the Europeans.

[maxpower]

Bacon sundae? That's fucking disgusting.

Mind you, I have freshly ground black pepper on strawberries, so I have no room to talk.


I have a friend who puts black pepper in orange juice. He says it's an Indian thing. The pepper takes the sour/tangy edge off and actually makes it seem sweeter. Same reason for the strawberries?

[maxpower]

I've made mole chili before, and it uses cocoa in the recipe.

[Chaos]

The closest I got was chocolate covered Jalapenos. Not my thing but they were good.

[sukumvit boy]

Nothing new here. In fact, chocolate and chili are very traditional, going back nearly 2000 years. Both the Maya and the Aztec made a thick, cold, unsweetened drink called xocoatl. They didn't mix milk or sugar in their cocoa, but instead added many different spices, including chili peppers. Sweet cocoa was the adaptaion by the Europeans.

TKS,Ecstatic.
Even modern day Mexican Mole has a good measure of chillies,depending
on the style.

[Jericho]

Some weird food stuff invented in America.



Bacon sundae? That's fucking disgusting.
so I have no room to talk.

Lightweights so far!

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[robertlouis]

Lightweights so far!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/tayside_and_central/7587747.stm

Almost appropriate, given that this Friday is Burns Night, and I'll have a houseful quaffing scotch, eating haggis and regaling one another with choice quotes from the bard. One of the best nights of the year.

[littletwink]

Nothing new here. In fact, chocolate and chili are very traditional, going back nearly 2000 years. Both the Maya and the Aztec made a thick, cold, unsweetened drink called xocoatl. They didn't mix milk or sugar in their cocoa, but instead added many different spices, including chili peppers. Sweet cocoa was the adaptation by the Europeans.

Great information. I did not believe the combination was of European origin, but have seen it in Switzerland, the UK, and Italy for as long as I can remember.

[Stavros]

On the Masterchef competition that runs on the BBC tv you often see chefs putting pepper or something with a hot twist in puddings. The one that didn't work was the contestant who thought some strawberries would go well with fish...it doesn't.

[Prospero]

I had chicken in a hot chocolate and chilli sauce in a Washington restaurant at least ten or 1w years ago. A place caed The Red Sage. See it closed in 2006. I sat near Madonna one time I went there.

[GroobySteven]

I eat my strawberries with black pepper and balsamic.

Ice cream is awesome when are with a little sea salt on the side so I can imagine bacon ice cream would probably work.

[Prospero]

Fashionable flavour in paris last year was salty caramel icecream

[Dino Velvet]

I sat near Madonna one time I went there.

Story about an old girlfriend. The first time we sat together was in a booth that Madonna and some friends were in earlier in the night. My girl was all excited scooting right in. I got in after but put some napkins down first.

[robertlouis]

I eat my strawberries with black pepper and balsamic.

Ice cream is awesome when are with a little sea salt on the side so I can imagine bacon ice cream would probably work.

Heston Blumenthal has made bacon ice cream. I like snails, but don't think I'd much fancy his snail porridge either.

I like strawberries with fresh-ground black pepper because it brings out the flavour. Good strawberries can be killed with cream and sugar. Just enjoy the fruit.