44 | PICKLES, HOT SAUCES & PESTO MORAN’S ZHUG –FIERY PEPPER SAUCE ITAMAR WRITES: A few years ago when my family and the Segolis were eating a wonderful lunch at your house in Netanya, Saba suddenly took out a jar full of small, red peppers that he'd been proudly growing in his garden and told us that they were extremely spicy, like "Habanero Peppers". And I, as an avid enjoyer of all hot spicy foods, did not dare to pass up the opportunity to try it out, but not without your stern warning that I should try just a tiny bite at first before anything else. I cautiously picked up the bright red pepper, and bit a tiny piece of it, and I did not feel a thing, not spicy at all! So, in my shrewdness, thinking that the pepper is no big deal, I just ate the entire pepper at once. The next thing I remember was me, mouth, throat and ears on fire, chugging down milk and water, and dry heaving over the kitchen sink. To this day it was the hottest thing I've ever eaten, and hopefully, it will remain that way! Saba writes: “We thought we’d have to take you to hospital”! A fiery sauce that goes with anything needing extra spice. You can freeze it in small containers.
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