Comments on: the midnight oil http://thestonesoup.com/blog/2009/02/the-minight-oil/ Mon, 21 May 2012 14:34:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: could you feed yourself for $5 a day? http://thestonesoup.com/blog/2009/02/the-minight-oil/comment-page-1/#comment-268297 could you feed yourself for $5 a day? Mon, 07 Nov 2011 07:43:41 +0000 http://thestonesoup.com/blog/?p=205#comment-268297 [...] burgers – serve with chilli oil instead of the [...] [...] burgers – serve with chilli oil instead of the [...]

]]> By: jules http://thestonesoup.com/blog/2009/02/the-minight-oil/comment-page-1/#comment-263284 jules Mon, 24 Jan 2011 09:36:01 +0000 http://thestonesoup.com/blog/?p=205#comment-263284 good questions paul dried chilli would be fine - slightly different flavour but still great. and as you say much safer, although I'm wondering if there's a risk from the garlic good questions paul
dried chilli would be fine – slightly different flavour but still great. and as you say much safer, although I’m wondering if there’s a risk from the garlic

]]> By: Paul http://thestonesoup.com/blog/2009/02/the-minight-oil/comment-page-1/#comment-263283 Paul Mon, 24 Jan 2011 09:32:07 +0000 http://thestonesoup.com/blog/?p=205#comment-263283 I've got a copy of your book and love it. I was going to make this oil, but read around a few other recipes first and came across a number of people discussing the risk of botulism. Does simmering the oils, garlic and chilli together kill the bacteria? If not, does using dried chillies rather than fresh (which apparently removes the risk of botullism) make much difference to the taste? Many thanks. I’ve got a copy of your book and love it. I was going to make this oil, but read around a few other recipes first and came across a number of people discussing the risk of botulism.

Does simmering the oils, garlic and chilli together kill the bacteria? If not, does using dried chillies rather than fresh (which apparently removes the risk of botullism) make much difference to the taste? Many thanks.

]]> By: jules http://thestonesoup.com/blog/2009/02/the-minight-oil/comment-page-1/#comment-255066 jules Thu, 11 Feb 2010 00:51:36 +0000 http://thestonesoup.com/blog/?p=205#comment-255066 thanks for reading ava rf you don't have to deseed the chillis - it's all up to you and really depends on how hot your chillis are and how hot you want your oil to be. I usually get lazy and deseed most but leave some with the seeds in. thanks for reading ava

rf
you don’t have to deseed the chillis – it’s all up to you and really depends on how hot your chillis are and how hot you want your oil to be. I usually get lazy and deseed most but leave some with the seeds in.

]]> By: rf http://thestonesoup.com/blog/2009/02/the-minight-oil/comment-page-1/#comment-255064 rf Wed, 10 Feb 2010 23:19:32 +0000 http://thestonesoup.com/blog/?p=205#comment-255064 must you deseed the chili's ? must you deseed the chili’s ?

]]> By: Ava http://thestonesoup.com/blog/2009/02/the-minight-oil/comment-page-1/#comment-250616 Ava Wed, 08 Jul 2009 18:00:05 +0000 http://thestonesoup.com/blog/?p=205#comment-250616 I read your website every week, its great and got lots of information to take in and lots of interesting articles. I read your website every week, its great and got lots of information to take in and lots of interesting articles.

]]> By: jules http://thestonesoup.com/blog/2009/02/the-minight-oil/comment-page-1/#comment-236240 jules Fri, 06 Mar 2009 12:00:56 +0000 http://thestonesoup.com/blog/?p=205#comment-236240 farmer gal it's taken a while for me to get into the whole flavoured oil thing too. hope you enjoy the chilli oil pete glad you liked it, great idea to include it in pizza em yeah I did use the whole 200mL oil but if you wanted a lighter version you could easily tweak it down to 150mL. glad to hear your tweak ended up tasting good... that's what the best cooking is all about. taking an idea and making it your own cheers jules farmer gal
it’s taken a while for me to get into the whole flavoured oil thing too. hope you enjoy the chilli oil

pete
glad you liked it, great idea to include it in pizza

em
yeah I did use the whole 200mL oil but if you wanted a lighter version you could easily tweak it down to 150mL. glad to hear your tweak ended up tasting good… that’s what the best cooking is all about. taking an idea and making it your own

cheers
jules

]]> By: Em Johnson http://thestonesoup.com/blog/2009/02/the-minight-oil/comment-page-1/#comment-235110 Em Johnson Wed, 04 Mar 2009 03:39:28 +0000 http://thestonesoup.com/blog/?p=205#comment-235110 Hi Jules I tried this out two nights ago (the spaghetti/chilli oil recipe), and found I needed to adjust as I went. Did you intend for us to use 200ml chilli oil when we use a commercial brand? I cut the oil down a little and added about 3 of my Mum's bottled tomatoes (pureed) which I'd cooked down with a little garlic. I added slivered almonds too, and the whole dish was yum. :) Delish! keep 'em coming, cheers Em Hi Jules

I tried this out two nights ago (the spaghetti/chilli oil recipe), and found I needed to adjust as I went. Did you intend for us to use 200ml chilli oil when we use a commercial brand?

I cut the oil down a little and added about 3 of my Mum’s bottled tomatoes (pureed) which I’d cooked down with a little garlic. I added slivered almonds too, and the whole dish was yum. :)

Delish! keep ‘em coming,

cheers

Em

]]> By: Pete http://thestonesoup.com/blog/2009/02/the-minight-oil/comment-page-1/#comment-233412 Pete Sun, 01 Mar 2009 01:33:42 +0000 http://thestonesoup.com/blog/?p=205#comment-233412 Made a jar of this yesterday and it worked really well. I guess it'll get a bit more potent as time goes on, but it was fantastic in the pasta last night. I'm going to mix it with passatta for spreading on pizza bases to give them a little kick. Great tip, thanks. Made a jar of this yesterday and it worked really well. I guess it’ll get a bit more potent as time goes on, but it was fantastic in the pasta last night. I’m going to mix it with passatta for spreading on pizza bases to give them a little kick.

Great tip, thanks.

]]> By: Farmer Gal http://thestonesoup.com/blog/2009/02/the-minight-oil/comment-page-1/#comment-233225 Farmer Gal Sat, 28 Feb 2009 16:17:12 +0000 http://thestonesoup.com/blog/?p=205#comment-233225 Oooo... Flavored oil. That may have to be my new frontier in cooking. Thanks for the suggestion! Oooo… Flavored oil. That may have to be my new frontier in cooking. Thanks for the suggestion!

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