Tom Raveret
TVWBB Pro
I saw Farmland Natural butts on sale this week for .99 and grabbed a case. I want to cook Tuesday night but realize the chile powder I bought was last purchased in 2009 from da gift basket in New Mexico for "A Butt Rub for Jane" recipe .
On the bag they put a one year expiration date form when I purchased but they still are retaining all of their heat characteristics but may have lost a little of the nuances of the pepper. There was just a hint of a bitter taste in the chiles but that may or may not be normal ?
I went to both Penzys (which is worthless to me) and the Spice House today. The Spice House had a new Mexico Chile powder but it had no heat to it after the manager and I both tried them side by side.
Trying to decide what to do. If I order tomorrow I can't cook til this weekend. I have time this week so that's a less than ideal solution but in the end I do not want to compromise on the end product.
The chilehead at the spice house said he thought I could just use it but I wanted to see what others thought. Would you substitute anything for it, Use it, or wait until the next batch arrives?
thanks
On the bag they put a one year expiration date form when I purchased but they still are retaining all of their heat characteristics but may have lost a little of the nuances of the pepper. There was just a hint of a bitter taste in the chiles but that may or may not be normal ?
I went to both Penzys (which is worthless to me) and the Spice House today. The Spice House had a new Mexico Chile powder but it had no heat to it after the manager and I both tried them side by side.
Trying to decide what to do. If I order tomorrow I can't cook til this weekend. I have time this week so that's a less than ideal solution but in the end I do not want to compromise on the end product.
The chilehead at the spice house said he thought I could just use it but I wanted to see what others thought. Would you substitute anything for it, Use it, or wait until the next batch arrives?
thanks
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