word to the wise, no wait . . .

word to the stupid. don't spend an hour cutting and peeling and gutting fresh jalepenos without gloves or deal with the pain that is hellfire on your hands for the next couple of days.

i went to stacy's last night to hang out. she'd never seen Ferris Bueler's Day Off. Yeah, i know. WTF? Plus, i wanted to test out this new recipe i'd gotten on sunday on her and knowing how she's a nut over spicy food, she seemed like the best test subject.

so we're in the kitchen making this recipe, drinking beer, having a good time. it calls for 15-20 fresh jalepenos, cut length-wise, gutted of seeds and then you add a special stuffing to it and bake. the jalepenos turned out great. the problem is, when you are cutting and cleaning and gutting the japs, they tend to squirt and leak juice. which gets in the worst possible places like eyes, hands, open wounds, etc. at the time, it's no big deal, but when you wake up at 3 am because your hands are on fire, you've discovered the delayed reaction that is the jalepeno. still, to this moment, my hands feel like they were pressed on 150 degree concrete in the middle of a texas summer for 20 minutes. searing pain. it hurts to type this. i spoke to her this morning and asked if she was having issues and she said she just thought it had been her that was in severe pain, but was glad that she wasn't the only one.

and here's the recipe. it's outstanding if you like jalepenos.

1 tube of jimmy dean hot sausage
1 cup mozarella cheese, grated
1 block cream cheese
15-18 whole, fresh jalepenos

cook sausage and crumble. in a large bowl, combine sausage, mozarella and cream cheese. get your hands in and mix well. should have a wet play-dough consistency. cut japs, lengthwise, in half and gut of seeds. fill with mixture and bake on a cookie sheet for 15 minutes at 400 degrees. jalepenos should soften a bit (a bit of crunch still) and the skin should be sweating a bit. mix with beer and a good 80's flick - he makes you look like an ass, is what he does, Ed. enjoy!

again, word to the wise. use rubber gloves when cleaning, cutting and gutting the jalepnos or suffer their wrath the next day!