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Help me!!!!!!!!Urgently!!!!!!! Meal too spicey

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Reece · 03/08/2006 20:04

Cooked somenting new for DH and I and for the kids to eat tomorrow.
It is soooooooooo spicey even I won't manage it.
What can I add to cool it down?
Have tried Cream, not working.

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BonyM · 03/08/2006 20:05

Yoghurt?

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Reece · 03/08/2006 20:06

Yeh I thought of that but I don't have any in the fridge......
You are so good to rely so quickly. May have to go out and get some.

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Chandra · 03/08/2006 20:07

Potatoes are good to absorb the chile, they also do wonders for over salty dishes.

Cut them in wedges and add it to the thing.

HRHQueenOfQuotes · 03/08/2006 20:08

milk?

Lio · 03/08/2006 20:08

Haven't tried this but saw it on that prog 'Trade Secrets' by a curry chef. Cut a lemon in half and stir it in with the food, then take it out (sorry don't know how long it's supposed to stay in there). Friend also told me once to do same thing with a raw potato, just stir it around then remove it. Let me know if it works!

HRHQueenOfQuotes · 03/08/2006 20:08

just found this question (and answer)

does milk cool down spicy foods better than water or juice?

Yes. A chemical called capsaicin in the peppers binds to your taste buds and feels like they are burning the hell out of your mouth. Water does nothing, really, but dillute it momentarily, and sugary juices make it worse by opening up your taste buds and allowing more capsaicin in. Milk, on the other hand, binds to capsaicin more tightly than capsaicin binds to your taste buds. When you drink the milk down, the capsaicin goes down with it.

So I guess it should work in the meal???

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Reece · 03/08/2006 20:09

Wow thats a good one.
Only thing is we are starving so want something really quick.
Does lemon juice do anything or is that a myth?

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Cappucino · 03/08/2006 20:09

mil puts sugar in

and believe me, she knows a thing or two about spicy food

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Reece · 03/08/2006 20:14

My 1st reply was to Chandra re: potatoes.
Wow you are all brilliant. Can't believe how quickly you have all come to my rescue
I have sliced a lemon in half and put it in. Wil let you know how I get on.
Might put some sugar in as well.

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hairymclary · 03/08/2006 20:15

tin of tomatoes to water it down?

Chandra · 03/08/2006 20:24

Something quick? cook another dish and leave this one for tomorrow. Erm sorry... being a Mexican have sent many dishes to the rubish bin as they were far too hot to be edible. (chile is a condiment, not the true escence or main ingredient of the dish)

However, if you decide to eat it (at the risk of ending with temporary loss of hearing, or upset stomach), bear in mind that chili is a fatty thing, so anything with lots of fat (milk, for instance) is good to shift the oil from the chile that sticks to your tongue. Bread is also good, water is worthless.

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Reece · 03/08/2006 20:27

Well it has already cooled down. Still spicy but eatable.

Not sure though if its just that I have done so much tasting that I can't taste the spiciness any more.

Going to keep the lemon halves in it for a while. Have also added cream, milk and about a dessert spoonful of sugar. The sauce actually has a nicer taste to it now then when I added all of these things

Thank you all for your advice. I normally use MN for toddler behaviour advice but now I know I can rely on Mn'rs for other emergencies!!!

btw it is Italian Fusilli Sausage Ragu.

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HRHQueenOfQuotes · 03/08/2006 20:28

lol reece - I was going to suggest you tried all of the suggestions - and you'd end up with a totally different dish

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Reece · 03/08/2006 20:28

Umm Chandra I love Mexican food. Any good recipes??? Used to work in a Mexican takeout. Couldn't stop scoffing the stuff. Especially the fajitas!

Off to eat this thing now.

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Reece · 03/08/2006 21:00

Well meal has been eaten and enjoyed. It was still a bit too spicy for us but at least we know the next time to only put a quarter of crushed dried chillis in instead of a full teaspoon and also to add sugar, lemon, milk and cream.

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jellyjelly · 03/08/2006 21:11

I love spicy food, can you give me the recipe and any mexican aswell apart from fajitas.

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Reece · 04/08/2006 10:04

Heat 1 tbls of olive oil in frying pan. Saute 1lb cocktail sausages for about 5 mins until golden. Drain on kitchen roll. Wipe out pan and heat further 1tbls olive oil. Add 1 thinly sliced yellow and 1 thinly sliced red pepper and 1 large red onion sliced. saute for 5 mins. Add 2 crushed garlic cloves and dried crushed chillis (receipe says 1 tsp but was far too hot, will add 1/4 of that next time). Cook for 1 min.

Meanwhile cook Fusilli pasta.

Return sausages to the pan, pour in 4fl oz red wine, allow to bubble down. Add 4004 tin of chopped tomatoes, and 1 tbls tom.puree, season to taste.

Cover with lid and simmer for 10 mins.

When pasta cooked mix altogether and serve.Easy peasy.

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Greensleeves · 04/08/2006 10:13

Just eat it, you big jessie

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Reece · 04/08/2006 14:29

Yeh if you have a leather tongue

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jellyjelly · 04/08/2006 14:37

yum will make that then.

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