Wednesday, October 20, 2010

"I was thinking Benderbrau if it's an ale, Botweiser if it's a lager. "

Food Boat. 
 Heres a little story. Theres a little pepper, called the Naga Jolokia or Ghost Chili pepper and its the hottest pepper in the world. Seriously, go a head, click on the link and read up a bit on it. I'll wait................all done? Good. Anyways, a friend came in to Thumbs, and I over head him talking about the hottest pepper in the world. I heard this and immediately stopped what i was doing and walked over to the other side of the bar and said "You mean the ghost chili?" to which he replied "The one and only." He reaches into his pocket and pulls out a sandwich bag with a vividly red pepper inside. Right away another friend asked me to get a knife and a cutting board or some other cutting surface. Intrigued, i did as asked and right away I knew what was about to go down. 5 of us gathered around the tiny silvers of this pepper and without any consultation 3 of us just dove right in and picked up a slice and popped it right into my mouth. The other 2 puss out. We later mocked them for being "smart" about it.

Oh dont worry, ill get to the food here in a second.

The second I bit down into that slice of pepper, all hell broke lose. It didnt feel that bad at first but as my brain was uttering the words, "this aint that...." BOOM! It felt like what I could only imagine is the 1st few seconds of the apocalypse. And it only gets exponentially worse. Like an Atom bomb went of in my mouth and then every time a piece of debris rained back down onto the ground, another bigger Atom bomb would go off. All we could do was curse, laugh and sweat. For about 20 minutes. Thank the heavens there was a half gallon of milk at the bar.

Yes the food turned out great...hold on a second, Im almost done.

After 20 minutes it was still hurting but at least I could talk. Mind you I was still working behind the bar so I was still serving people. People that looked at us and wondered what the hell was going on. We urged to try the 2 slices that were still left, but they too were "smart" about it. After work it was only appropriate that we go and catch the 8:15pm showing of Jackass: 3D.

Ok, here's what you need to know about the drummies and the asparagus. After your grill is nice and hot, place your drummies evenly on the surface.Close the lid and run back inside. Use a small roasting pan or make a little foil boat like I did and place your asparagus inside. Season with chopped garlic, lime juice, olive oil and some sea salt. Run back out and place it on the top rack of the grill. Check the drummies turn them over if needed and close it back up again. With all 3 burners on low, this meal took about  30 minutes and thats why there's some charring on the drummies, so try using only the left and right burners instead.

Alright folks, let me know what you think of this recipe. It went well with my room mates I think cause when I got back home later in the evening, there were no traces of left overs in the kitchen.
Until next time,

Mahalo.

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