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    Posted on May 11th, 2008

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    The goggles, they…may do something.

    I was watching the most recent episode of Good Eats, the one on knives and related applications. He mentioned that a 5:1 concentration of water to bleach was the ideal solution for ridding hands of unwanted chile oils. Long time readers may recall my misadventures with chile oils, and my subsequent crying like a little [...]

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    Posted on May 11th, 2008

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    The goggles, they do nothing!

    I was making some Pepper Jelly (a.k.a. Fire Jam a.k.a. Sweet, Sweet Napalm) this weekend, which is a sweet jam with bits of chiles thrown in for flavor and heat. Super tasty, and good fun to make. This time, instead of using the food processor for chopping, I figured it would be a good [...]