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[unixronin]

I just drained everyone's sinuses with what was supposed to be a mild, creamy curry.  First-time heat calibration problem with a new curry paste...

Oh, the curry paste?  Tiger, Tiger brand Kashmiri curry paste.

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[lizzibabe.livejournal.com]

I think I had that once. It was good.

[perspicuity.livejournal.com]

nobody will be having H1N1 now!

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Thanks for the pointer

[mrakg.livejournal.com]

Sounds like something to add to my kitchen arsenal.

Re: Thanks for the pointer

[unixronin.livejournal.com]

It seems to be a good brand. Kitchens of India brand is good, too.

[rain-manpnw.livejournal.com]

Is this another of those "tastes like BURNING!" culinary experiments?

[cymrullewes.livejournal.com]

Nope. It wasn't that hot. He says he should have used half to get the heat level he intended. I think it would have been at mussamum level with 3/4's of what he used.

[unixronin.livejournal.com]

Whereas, with a kashmiri curry paste, I was expecting — and intending — closer to a biryani level of heat.

[guppiecat]

One might have taken the fact that naming it after only one vicious top predator was insufficient as some sort of clue.

You know, just sayin'

[perspicuity.livejournal.com]

there's a hot sauce called "possible side effects"

they aren't kidding :>

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[databeast.livejournal.com]

in fact, so tiger-ey, they named it twice!

[cymrullewes.livejournal.com]

Heh. Tiger Tiger being the brand and not the variety... I now am wondering how warm their korma would be.

[unixronin.livejournal.com]

Well, the thing is, other kashmiri curry pastes and powders I've used have been mild, biryani-level heat. This paste would probably have worked perfectly well if I'd used about half the quantity I did, but I misjudged it considerably.

[databeast.livejournal.com]

If you aren't bleeding from the eyeballs....it's not hot enough!

[unixronin.livejournal.com]

Even "Tastes Like Burning" didn't result in anyone actually bleeding. :) Gasping for breath, yes, but not bleeding....