Eggs for me.

If we’re talking non meat then onion, spinach, pumpkin, tofu and taro.

  • mrbigmouth502
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    132 years ago

    Hot peppers. Whether it’s jalapeno, cayenne, habanero, Thai chilis, ghost pepper, or even the milder ones like banana peppers, they’re all great. :D

    • Flaky_Fish69
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      22 years ago

      Garlic and cilantro (or Kulantro … if your a genetic freak…) come before peppers for me.

      But peppers find their way in most my cooking. I use vodka or gin (or any neutral-ish booze) to soak the peppers and extract the capsaicin. this gives you better control of the capsaicin content relative to everything else (including all the amazing flavors in the peppers themselves.)

      Also makes for a moment of hilarity when your brother’s in laws are over and decide to raid your liquor cabinet for a vesper. (Which… even Ian Fleming thought was god awful)

      • NielloOP
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        12 years ago

        Cilantro is interesting because to me it doesn’t really taste like anything, but in a dish where I’m used to seeing it on top it just feels so wrong when it’s not there.

        • Flaky_Fish69
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          12 years ago

          Exactly. Kulantro is similar in flavor- except it doesn’t taste soapy to people who …. Have that not going for them