Well this is sort of a review. I thought, being a non-perishable item, it might be good for my hampers so, wary of what Andie was saying happens when you grind spicy things (eg dried red chillies etc), I put a face mask on and got stuck into it. It is quite an involved recipe but it does make a lot (this is only a small quantity from the jar it made) but OMG, it nearly killed me making it. I was coughing & spluttering, had burning lips (even with the mask on, it went right through that) and my nasal passages have had a good clear out. I will be be happy if I wake up and find myself still alive in the morning. I found I had to grind it twice as long as the recipe said and now I have to decide what to do with it. As my first hamper is being used as a prize in a raffle and as a lot of the carers are elderly people, I just can't see them using it but I do have a SIL who loves anything spicy so I think it will go in their hamper. I sprinkled a little on a piece of tomato to see if it knocked me off my feet and there was nothing about it I didn't like but I think sprinkled in soups, stews etc will be the way to go. Has anyone else out there made this - I don't know if I was brave or stupid when I picked this to make. Oh and the lad at Foodland who helped me find the seaweed - I told him I would take a sample in for him to try on Thursday - poor lad, he doesn't know what he has let himself in for.
