Peppadew Addiction!!!
Has anyone else been seduced by these sexy little crimson darlings? The sweet, pickled, spicy beauties entice me to the anti-pasto/olive bar every shopping trip. They are wonderful by themselves or with a scwidge of goat cheese pressed ever so gently into their luscious little cavities. The biggest problem is to determine how many days it will be until the next grocery trip to allow enough for my habit.
I'm up to four a day now! Is there a twelve-step program? Does anyone else have this monkey on their back or another daily food addiction?
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13 Comments:
Yum! I totally forgot about peppadew. I found it about a year or so ago at Trader Joe's, bought it religiously for a couple months, and then somehow forgot about them. TJ's even had a peppadew goat cheese that was awesome. I'll have to look for it again. They are AWESOME in sandwiches. Yummy, thanks for the reminder!
FigswithBri at 6:30PM on 02/20/08
The supply of blood oranges trickling into Denmark is truly pathetic, but I've still been buying them, and eating about a half dozen daily, even when they're water and insipid.
mongoose at 2:56AM on 02/21/08
YES!!!!!!!! I didn't even know what they were called until last year. Before that I was calling them "those little red peppers that are sweet and hot and found in olive bars in better supermarkets." "Peppadew" is a whole lot less to say.
Love them plain but will have to try a scwidge (?!) of cheese as you suggest.
chiff0nade at 5:19AM on 02/21/08
Put one of the pitted greek olives in the middle...or a cippolini onion.
sparkalina at 10:18AM on 02/21/08
@chiff0nade - "scwidge" - a small little bit - larger than a smidge, smaller than a wedge or maybe just a small wedge ( a term I picked up from listening to those Brits, Nigella and Jamie. Not sure if there is a proper spelling or actual definition, just my own interpretation...
@mongoose - I totally understand. I know it's an OCD (obsessive-compulsive desire), but we're not hurting anybody!
frederika at 12:56PM on 02/21/08
Scwidge goes right down in history with smidgen, dash and pinch!
chiff0nade at 2:48PM on 02/21/08
You've got it!!!
frederika at 3:09PM on 02/21/08
Oh, I thought this was going to be about people who are addicted to mixing Dr. Pepper and Mountain Dew. I thought, "how gross, who are these people?"
Frederika--doesn't sound like anyone is going to help with your addiction. Not only are you getting further directions on ways to enoy them, but you are also getting others re-addicted! It's in my head now, I won't be able to stop thinking about them until I, too, have stuffed a scwidge (how about a squidge?) of goat cheese into one.
I'm addicted to anything pickled, brined and cured. I throw parties just so I can stock up on the entire antipasti section.
I am currently super-addicted to caperberries. Love them. Texas de Brazil, the Brazilian Churrascaria, has caperberries on their salad bar and I get an entire plateful to eat during the entire meal. Actually to call it a mere salad bar is an insult to this oasis of food, but until our vernacular catches up with this restaurant concept, it will have to do.
wookie at 3:24PM on 02/21/08
@wookie - I've heard you can't get help until you admit to having a problem and unfortunately I don't consider it a problem I need to kick yet. I always love to drag a few of my friends down with me, don't you? So much more fun that way!
When we had brunch at a cool place in NYC, they put these ENORMOUS caperberries in our bloody marys. I think they brined or pickled their own, but they were killer! Maybe it was just the ambiance and all, but I've never had any that tasted quite like that. OK, I'll keep trying...
frederika at 3:35PM on 02/21/08
@frederika-- Oh yes now you're talking. A bloody mary with caperberries.
Wow. I bet that is sooo good. My cousin and a few friends live in NYC and I have yet another reason to visit. You must tell me where you had brunch. Please and Thank You.
wookie at 3:51PM on 02/21/08
I love to mix peppadews with the tiny mozzarella balls from the same olive bar. A fabulous combination!
Library Lady at 4:27PM on 02/21/08
I love the 'dews but they can be hard to find. Even in Manhattan.
Hell2Heights at 5:44PM on 02/21/08
@wookie - I think I like it your way (squidge) - like a combination of a squeeze (like squeeze cheese in a can) and a wedge, like you can squidge a wee bit of a tasty morsel into another yummy edible. So it can be a noun or a verb!
I looked up the brunch place in NYC in my travelogue and it was The Stone Park Cafe in Park Slope. I don't know if it's worth a trip all the way to Brooklyn if your peeps live in the city. There are such great places for brunch there - you know those NYers love their brunch!
frederika at 11:32PM on 02/21/08