peanut+anchovy snack mix/Re: Party mix, anyone? (heh heh)

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@@@@@@@ Heidi:

> OK, so I got a hankering for some of that Chex Party Mix,

> you know, that spicy crunchy stuff. So I mixed up

> some nuts and dried anchovies, shook with some olive oil

> (coconut oil would've been better) then added some

> spice mix (Old Bay because I was feeling lazy).

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Some of the local Chinese shops sell these little plastic containers

of ready-to-eat dishes of perishable freshly prepared foods in the

refrigerator case--they're made in NYC I believe, so I don't know how

far beyond this mid-Atlantic region they're sold. They have spicy

pork ears (fantastically delicious), spicy beef tendon (fantastically

delicious), cuttlefish with a sort of spicy mustard seasoning

(fantastically delicious), spicy dried anchovies (never tried), a

squid thing (never tried), and maybe others I haven't seen or can't

recall offhand, but they also have this one that is a mix of peanuts,

dried anchovies, and maybe some other stuff (some kind of fruit?),

but I only tried it once a long time ago so I can't remember

exactly. There was definitely some oil and spicy seasonings, chili

peppers of course, sugar too I think. It was okay, but not something

I'd ever get again, mainly because of the low-quality secondary

ingredients. It's been a long while since I ate those things (as

convenience fast-food compromises to my usual standards of knowing

the source, etc), but they're pretty nice.

Mike

SE Pennsylvania

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