DIY chili oil

[paolow]

Ok, I like things spicy so for xmas (or some other present related date) I was the lucky recipient of a jar of chillies in vinegar by Mrs Paolows aunt (I think). Its pretty big - probably like a big bottle of Courvoisier and jammed with the things so I tried to use them the other day in a chilli I was making. This is where the problem presented itself.
The jar is a bit like this:





But has a wine bottle sized neck. This makes it completely impossible to remove the bloody things!
Its a shame because the fragments of chilli I have dug out have been quite nice.
What I am thinkgin then is to drain off the vinegar and bin it and replace it with olive oil and a 'pouring' stopper and then use it as chilli oil.

Genius or insanity?


I did put this in the food forum. God knows how its ended up in the lounge....

Edit because its not in the lounge. Idiot. Proof that men can't multitask...

Edited by paolow on Thursday 25th March 18:04

Edited by paolow on Thursday 25th March 18:05

[paolow]

Wow! I never realised the things could be so hazardous! I did consider the chance that the thing is 'display purposes only' as its so impractical but also thought that, well, chillies are chillies.
I did think of drying this years chilli crop, whacking them in there and doing it what appears to be the right way. However, its such a bd getting the other ones out (literally impossible) I might just bin the thing...