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I love hot sauce. My problem is that my mouth is immune to most heat levels, but my innards have yet to be fully persuaded. It's like a drug in that it takes more and hotter things to give my mouth what it craves, and later I pay for it.

Yes. The exit wounds are not pleasant.

This fella right here

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Bought a ball of dough from Trader Joes. Modified marinara, mozz cheese, fresh basil, and onions pizza. I think next time I will bake the dough on it's own for a couple minutes first. Any hot sauce heads here? Holy man - Wild Elephant Deterrent from Dragon's Blood Elixir is a fraking hot hot sauce. Ouch!

Exit wounds Love it, hadn't heard that one before but very accurate description.  The two below are the latest additions to my stable.  They're reasonably hot but still tolerable.  My daily driver is Blair's Original Death which is pretty mild.  I had to cull the herd a while back because some of the sauces were just too hot and were inedible and had gone far past the best before dates.  Dave's Total Insanity for example, I'd take a tiny drop every few months to try to build my tolerance but I'd be reduced to uncontrollable bouts of hic-cupping every time.  Weird. I will admit to having mellowed as I've aged and while I do like spice and heat, I'm no longer willing to suffer the collateral damage the really hot stuff is capable of inflicting.

Soup time

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My wife and I had chicken mole for dinner this evening, on toasted Mexican rolls, with frijoles on the side. Somewhat surprisingly, this was the first time I had ever made mole. We found the oaxaqueño mole paste with the assistance of a very helpful woman at a local Mexican market, who also instructed me in how to mix, heat, and reduce it down to the right consistency. The coated chicken ended up just a little too dry - easily remedied next time, I think. I'm going to try it on enchiladas next, and after that perhaps on fried eggs (if the cholesterol cop will allow me to have them).

Good call churchilllafemme. I love me some mole enchiladas!

I've never had mole of any type. So many foods and so little time...

I've never had mole of any type. So many foods and so little time...

Brian, I have only had it once and really liked it. Just as you stated, so many foods...

So many moles too from what I heard on a cooking show. I think they mentioned something like 8 or 9 different ones (if I remember correctly they were regional moles). I'd want to make one with chocolate if I could find Mexican chocolate or a reasonable substitute. For me that's the one that I've heard the most about.

Chili - except different this time. Instead of ground beef I'm using chunks of "stew" beef and added red bell peppers.