{"id":1883,"date":"2009-05-31T12:28:31","date_gmt":"2009-05-31T16:28:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.n1zyy.com\/n1zyy\/?p=1883"},"modified":"2009-05-31T12:28:31","modified_gmt":"2009-05-31T16:28:31","slug":"chipotle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.n1zyy.com\/n1zyy\/2009\/05\/31\/chipotle\/","title":{"rendered":"Chipotle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There seems to be a lot of hype around chipotle, but I think a lot of it is just using it as a catchphrase. But chipotle is a very specific thing: a <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chipotle\">smoked jalape\u00f1o<\/a>. They typically wait until the peppers are dark red, at which point they&#8217;re already somewhat dry inside. They&#8217;re then smoked until they&#8217;re completely dry, imparting a smoky flavor. Jalapenos can lose up to 90% of their weight while being smoked. The Wikipedia page has more information, and photos, but first, a warning: the photos of chipotles on Wikipedia are repulsive-looking.<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s now a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tabasco.com\/tabasco_tent\/pepper_sauce\/chipotle_pepper_sauce.cfm\">Chipotle Tabasco Sauce<\/a>. I just made some nachos and sprinkled a bit of it on top with the salsa, for a great effect. (I&#8217;m still a big fan of their <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tabasco.com\/tabasco_tent\/pepper_sauce\/green_pepper_sauce.cfm\">Green Pepper Sauce<\/a>, too.)<\/p>\n<p>Speaking of Tabasco, did you know that there&#8217;s a type of pepper known as the <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tabasco_pepper\">Tabasco pepper<\/a>. It seems that they&#8217;re sold in a handful of places; <a href=\"http:\/\/rareseeds.com\/seeds\/Peppers-Hot\/Tabasco-Pepper\">here&#8217;s one<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There seems to be a lot of hype around chipotle, but I think a lot of it is just using it as a catchphrase. But chipotle is a very specific thing: a smoked jalape\u00f1o. They typically wait until the peppers &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.n1zyy.com\/n1zyy\/2009\/05\/31\/chipotle\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1883","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.n1zyy.com\/n1zyy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1883","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.n1zyy.com\/n1zyy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.n1zyy.com\/n1zyy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.n1zyy.com\/n1zyy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.n1zyy.com\/n1zyy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1883"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.n1zyy.com\/n1zyy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1883\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.n1zyy.com\/n1zyy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1883"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.n1zyy.com\/n1zyy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1883"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.n1zyy.com\/n1zyy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1883"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}