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Date: 03-24-38 (32 19)             Number: 390
From: MIMAROBE #18 @8400*2         Refer#: NONE
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Subj: *Hot* chili oil                Conf: (37) Home Cooki
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Well, I wasn't quite sure how it would come out, but I'm real glad I gave it a


try; for those of you who didn't see my original message about this, I had been

given a general process for infusing oil with spices.

I took a bottle of peanut oil, threw it into a heated wok (between 6 and 8 for

those of us cursed with electric stoves) until it began to bubble a bit.  I

then threw in a handful (and I have big hands) of crushed garlic, chopped dried

red chilis, about a tablespoonful of sesame seeds, and a pinch or two of

ginger.

I left it all in until the seeds started to turn toasty brown, then covered it

and took it off the burner.  Tomorrow, I'll strain it, toss the spices in the

compost pile (I can't WAIT to see what grows!), and funnel it back into the

bottle for future wokkery.

I sampled it a few minutes ago, and it was *wonderful*; the heat from the

chilis sneaks up on you and warms you up from the inside out, and the hints of

garlic and ginger are almost where they need to be -- tomorrow, they should be

perfect, but next time I think I'll either put in more sesame seeds or leave

them out altogether.