A dip or a dip mix that can be left out at room temp. for a long time?
I got my brother a dip crock that says "No Double Dipping!!" on it for Christmas... this is his biggest pet peeve of all time! (And of course, it's my duty as his sister to double dip as much as possible, but that's another story! ;-) I'm wanting to put a dip of some sort in it for him, but I would like to wrap it up to be put under the tree. Does anyone have any dip recipes or perhaps a dip mix recipe where all he would have to do is add sour cream later on or something? I don't want to do the Knorr veggie dip or anything like that, I would prefer to make my own.
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Pelican Bay http://www.pelicanbayltd.com/dipsspic... has a bunch of great ones, as well as dippychick.com for a variety. there are also lots of other websites where you can order packets as well if you search.
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re: scoobyhed
I am going to hazard a guess having seen it in my Lebanese friend's pantry - it was the consistency of molasses or thick honey. I believe, it was just super concentrated pomegranate juice. Just like you could think of regular molasses as super concentrated sugarcane juice. One can find it in any middle eastern market. However, I am planning to use Trader Joe's pomegranate glaze. It isn't as thick as the molasses, but since I'll have room to play with consistency with this recipe, I am not worried.
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Katie,
I tasted this dip at a party once and it has haunted me since. Just got the ingredients together yesterday. It is a Turkish/middle eastern dip called Muhammara. Although a number of recipes on the web call for roasted red peppers, here is one that should be authentic and does not involve a fresh vegetable: http://www.powells.com/cgi-bin/biblio... (Note that the recipe for the dip is immediately followed by a tomato pilaf recipe without so much as a paragraph change!) Thus, IMHO it should survive at room temperature just fine for 24 hours. Also, most of the ingredients are preservatives - oil, salt, dried ground red chili peppers, cumin. -
MMRuth
Dec 18, 2006 06:13 PM
I know it's not quite what you are asking for, but you could put in an assortment of dip recipes and some herbs/spices - maybe a v. nice can of lump crab meat.
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re: MMRuth
Katie Nell
Dec 18, 2006 06:23 PM
I would love to do that normally, but my brother has trouble with the microwave!! ;-) He still lives at home and mommy and daddy still "take care" of him (and well, his sister does too when she's home)!!
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Boy, that's kind of a hard one. It did make me think of a dip mix I recently got in Vermont for a friend. It was a wasabi-maple-ginger dip and tasted amazing (sweet and spicy). I'm guessing you could sub some dark brown sugar for the maple syrup (dehydrated), mix in some wasabi powder, some ground ginger, a little salt and see how it tastes. Alternatively, if the gift bowl is big enough you could just nest some fancy jarred salsa in it and wrap it up.
