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Title:How to Make them Goodies
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Created:Wed Feb 19 1986
Last Modified:Thu Jun 05 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:4127
Total number of notes:31160

3131.0. "Chili Sauce?" by TLE::EIKENBERRY (Don't confuse activity with productivity) Fri Jul 12 1991 15:38

  I was looking at a recipe for cooking green beans last night, and it 
calls for chili sauce.  Where would you find this in the supermarket?  I once
used Heinz Chili Sauce in a recipe, but that stuff doesn't seem to have
much "chili" in it.  I doubt they mean any kind of oriental chili sauce.
Any recommendations on brands?

--Sharon
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3131.1CSCOA1::ANDERSON_MDwell in possibilityFri Jul 12 1991 15:546
    
    I've seen Chili Sauce around here that is essentially tabasco peppers
    steeped in vinegar and salt.  (Used mostly for sprinkling on greens.)
    Could this be what they meant?  
    
    Mike 
3131.2Cuisinart recipe?BROKE::THATTENisha ThatteMon Jul 15 1991 16:037
I have a recipe for spicy green beans which calls for chili sauce.  I use 
oriental red chile sauce and it comes out great.  In fact I always use the 
sauce/paste whenever a recipe calls for chili sauce -- it never occurred to me
to use tabasco sauce! 

-- Nisha
3131.3TLE::EIKENBERRYDon't confuse activity with productivityMon Jul 15 1991 16:234
  I have some Chili Paste at home - how does the paste compare to the sauce?
Is the paste hotter than the sauce on a volume-by-volume comparison?

--Sharon
3131.4BROKE::THATTENisha ThatteMon Jul 15 1991 18:1711
Actually, I think I have paste too.  I personally like very hot food so when it
says put in tablespoon of chili sauce I put in a tablespoon of this stuff.  It 
doesn't seem to come out *that* incredibly hot but then again it could be just 
our dead taste buds that feel that way.

The paste is red, thick, and you can see the seeds.  It is  not liquid enough to
pour but not solid enough to stand a fork in.  (If you would like I can look at 
the brand name tonight and let you know.)

-- Nisha
3131.5HELPGSMOKE::GCHARBONNEAUSat Jul 20 1991 07:002
    CHECK THE CHILI NOTES FOR MORE HELP.
    
3131.62 different things (your kind & mine)GANTRY::HULLEIS Delivery - MotownSun Jul 21 1991 13:4416
My mom and grandmother used to can homemade chili sauce every year - a
day-long effort to cook down the tomatoes, etc.

Chili Sauce in the midwest is really nothing more than a sweet, chunky
sauce, kind of like ketchup but not pureed. Occaissionally they would
actually puree a batch down to a smooth sauce and that was ketchup, but
still 100X better than any commercial slop you can buy. I LOVE the stuff on
my mom's genuine Cornish Pasties.  I keep meaning to get the recipe from
her one of these days before she gets too old or gets sick.

Our chili sauce has tomatoes, sugar, and some other spices, but not a bit
of hot flavoring at all.  'Chili' in this case is a misnomer.  The Heinz
brand is close in type to our homemade stuff.

	Regards,
	Al
3131.7BSS::HAYESJVeryfunny,Scotty.Nowbeamdownmyclothes.Fri Mar 24 1995 06:5610
    re:  .6
    
    There's also a chili sauce available in grocery stores called Homade
    Chili Sauce.  It's in a little spherical jar, about 8 or 10 oz., and
    made by Sona & Hollen Foods in Los Almitos, Ca.  Great on hot dogs,
    hamburgers, meatloaf, etc.  It's probably similar to the sauce your mom
    and grandmother made.
    
    
    Steve