Do you believe Rick?

[tim]

Bless him - but are finger chillies not average hot chillies?

Four ounces in that paste? And 3 tbs of that paste for 2 Lobsters?

I put 1/10th of that in for one Lobster & ruined it.

[tim]

[Barnowl]

No idea what a 'finger chilli'  is (and I've grown over 40 varieties to date) but 4oz of any chilli would seem far  too much -  4 chillies perhaps rather than 4oz ?

[tim]

Got me searching - http://www.quickindiancooking.com/2006/10/09/all-about-chillies.

And that led me to Mallika's rather fun site .

[Fork]

What a great site Tim.Just watched the 10 minute chicken curry film.Guess what i will be trying later on this week  ;D

[Barnowl]

Thanks Tim - now I know what finger chillies are. Good site too :)

[tim]

With hindsight, I suppose he meant fresh chillies?
But even that would still mean eight of them which, in so little else, is a bit de trop?

[Hyacinth]

Wow! I'm a serious chilli eater but that's far too much for something as delicately flavoured as lobster where you want the flavour of the meat enhanced not overpowered? Surely an error?

[tim]

Thanks, Lishka. Just for the book - here's the rest of it.  Including more (albeit 'mild') chilli! HE reckons that - although spicey - the recipe doesn't hide the Lobster flavour.

I didn't say that I used 2 tsp dried Birdseye - the only ones I had - & then only used 2 tsp of the final paste. Just tried to 'dilute' it before saving it for 'next time' but it's still killing me!!

[Deb P]

Phew , birds eyes are a bit lethal......I gave some the other year to a friend to cook with as we had grown loads, a few months later he made us a meal and nearly blew our heads off....he had used ONE of our chillies! :-[

[Marymary]

Does seem a shame to do that to a lobster - they are such a rare treat I prefer to just savor the natural taste with a bit of lemon - don't really see the need to 'spice' it up. 

[tim]

Don't worry, Mary - we also had one with a delicate dressing.

But I shall bin those chillies - I like to taste my food, not have my tastebuds neutralised!

[froglets]

Ring him up and ask Tim.

One of the first conversations I had with a now good friend, - he told me he'd been cooking a meal for friends from a famous chef/restaurant's cook book & it said 4 Tablespoons of Tabasco.  Thinking it had to be wrong, but not wanting to ruin the meal, he phones the restaurant.  Explains to the person who answers, & gets through to the head chef ( not alas our celeb) & has a conversation about the recipe.  Chef agrees it's a typo/mis print.  Confirms tea spoons not tablespoons.

Worth a try?  After all, it's the celeb's public reputation on the line   ;D

I did think my chap was a bit weird at the time, but I've got used to him!

[tim]

Might do - he's very approachable.