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Re: Holiday Six Cheese Cheeseball (Happy Holidays!)
« Reply #15 on: December 23, 2009, 09:41:15 PM »
Curval that stuffs nasty!   i got a pepper or two for you to Jam!   lol 

if you wanna spicy it up just add peppers dummy! :bolt:

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Re: Holiday Six Cheese Cheeseball (Happy Holidays!)
« Reply #16 on: December 25, 2009, 07:08:23 PM »
If it were just for me...there would be 5 jalepenos + the seeds in the recipe.

I traditionally make this cheeseball for a large family holiday get-together with relatives who for the most part are pansies for anything remotely spicy (as far as heat).  This is the reason the "spicy" if you can remotely call it that in the recipe is paprika.

Hey, I grow my own habeneros, jalepenos, cayennes, tobascos, chili-reds, and New Mexicos...I even make my own hot sauces and salsas, home made.  I DO respect my relatives tastes for "mild" by leaving them at home.  On the other hand, for Christmas I am the easiest person to get a gift for and my happiness can be bought for as little as a dollar for a bottle of hot sauce or BBQ sauce.



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Re: Holiday Six Cheese Cheeseball (Happy Holidays!)
« Reply #17 on: December 29, 2009, 02:51:31 PM »
Curval that stuffs nasty!   i got a pepper or two for you to Jam!   lol 



Too many of us have seen your "peppers", I wouldn't brag if I were you.  :uhoh  :neener:


Rox, that sounds way too good to pass up, I'll be adding it to my recipe book.  I did get a few jars and bottles for Christmas, plus I still have a couple Habs from this years crop that I smoked, might try adding a bit of them.   :x
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Re: Holiday Six Cheese Cheeseball (Happy Holidays!)
« Reply #18 on: December 29, 2009, 04:25:59 PM »
Too many of us have seen your "peppers", I wouldn't brag if I were you.  :uhoh  :neener:


Rox, that sounds way too good to pass up, I'll be adding it to my recipe book.  I did get a few jars and bottles for Christmas, plus I still have a couple Habs from this years crop that I smoked, might try adding a bit of them.   :x



One of the nice things about making a cheeseball with such a large volume of ingredients is that you have the option to divide it into smaller cheese balls for different reasons (i.e. a party, an office get together, making it for your own family)  when you make it in such a large quantity you can have some jalepenos or habs in there and if it's mixed extremely well, no one will get "burned".

You can also divide off 2 regular cheeseballs and then put finely diced peppers of your choice in the remaining cheese/ingredients just prior to forming the other two actual cheese balls.  That way (mark the plastic wrap you put over it) the family who doesn't like hot/spicy can have the mild cheeseball and you can have some SPICY cheeseball for yourself.

The next time I make it I am doubling in the amount of cream cheese and mayonaise.  It just turned out a tad too "crumbly" this year.


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Re: Holiday Six Cheese Cheeseball (Happy Holidays!)
« Reply #19 on: December 29, 2009, 05:15:39 PM »
I say screw the wimps, put in habanero's and tell no one  :devil

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Re: Holiday Six Cheese Cheeseball (Happy Holidays!)
« Reply #20 on: December 29, 2009, 05:23:41 PM »
I say screw the wimps, put in habanero's and tell no one  :devil

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Re: Holiday Six Cheese Cheeseball (Happy Holidays!)
« Reply #21 on: December 31, 2009, 06:34:21 PM »
Ooh an ulcer, spike the eggnog too! :t

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Re: Holiday Six Cheese Cheeseball (Happy Holidays!)
« Reply #22 on: January 01, 2010, 12:54:16 PM »
For you folks who do like Habeneros...here's an easy sauce.

BTW:  It is FAR cheaper to grow your own habeneros than to buy.  If you plant them in large buckets (like the kind drywall mud comes in) you can bring them inside for the winter.  I have one that's 9 years old.



Not To Kill You Habenero Sauce


3lbs   Habeneros, de-stemmed
3       Packages Carrots, tops removed
4       Large white onions, quartered  (use Vidallias if in season)
1       head of garlic, remove skins from all cloves
5T     salt
3       quarts white vinegar  (or--just enough to cover ingredients in the blender)

3T     corn starch and 3T water, mixed


Cut the carrots, onions, and garlic into smaller pieces.

In stages, place ingredients (except cornstarch and water) in a blender.  Use just enough vinegar to cover in a blender and blend on high, at least 2-3 minutes for each batch of ingredients.  Transfer to a large stock pot.  Continue until all ingredients are blended.  Bring to a boil and then turn down to simmer and cover.  Simmer for 2 hours.  In stages, return to blender and blend on high as many times as it takes until all ingredients no longer have lumps and are sauce consistency.  Return to stock pot and bring to a boil again and then to low and simmer.  Combine the cornstarch and water and slowly stir into the sauce, it should thicken somewhat.  Simmer another hour, because if you don't the sauce will have millions of small air bubbles that will mess up your bottling process.

Having boiled your bottles and lids (you can re-use other sauce bottles or use Ball Jars), using a kitchen funnel, transfer the sauce (it should be 200F or higher at transfer time) into the bottles or jars and set aside on a towel to cool overnight.  Keep re fridgerated. 

If re fridgerated, the sauce will last over 2 years.  Re fridgerate after each use.



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Re: Holiday Six Cheese Cheeseball (Happy Holidays!)
« Reply #23 on: January 01, 2010, 02:42:00 PM »
Considering that heading, can you give us the instructions to make the lethal version? :devil

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Re: Holiday Six Cheese Cheeseball (Happy Holidays!)
« Reply #24 on: January 01, 2010, 03:57:21 PM »
Considering that heading, can you give us the instructions to make the lethal version? :devil

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Sure.  Omit the carrots and add a quart of habenero extract.



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