Okay, here's the thing.
The other day I saw a post from my friend who I call Montana Mike.
You know him on this blog as Mike from Should Fish More.
He was celebrating his 78th birthday with a homemade chicken soup to which he added a portion of a Thai Pepper that he had thawed out from his freezer.
He said it was good and cleared his sinuses for a few hours.
But he was a little early because today is, wait for it . . .
International Hot and Spicy Food Day.
(Photo by Emy)
Now I don't know who decides these things but I don't care either because it gives me something to blog about.
Anyway, getting back to Mike, I told SWMBO about his birthday dinner and she said "I have a jar of dried Thai chilis!"
And, in fact, she did and produced it from the pantry.
They looked pretty harmless to me, in spite of that word "HOT", so I pulled a few out to take a look.
I thought today might be the day to see what they're like since today is my friend Timmer's birthday and Timmer has always been a bit leery of any food other than true blue American and especially if there's a tad of heat to it.
I used to be a bit nervous about hot and spicy food too but my taste buds have either changed or died over the years and now I like a bit of heat in my cuisine.
Mexican, Indian, Thai, Szechuan . . . bring it on!
So I'm thinking that I should celebrate International Hot and Spicy Food day with something hot and spicy, perhaps using these Dried Thai Chilis.
But I don't have a recipe and the head cook here couldn't remember why she had them.
Stir-fry maybe?
So anybody got a dish for me?
