Cayenne Pepper Mistake

Ooooh.

Never again.

Never never never again.

I don't even know why I even picked UP the cayenne pepper canister and decided "well, gee, this would make a nice spice rub for some shrimp.. and oh, why don't I just POUR MORE OVER THE TOMATO SAUCE? BECAUSE I'VE NEVER HAD CAYENNE PEPPER BEFORE!"

Foolish me, I forgot how it tastes. I normally have an aversion to spicy stuff. I'm more of a "light to heavy MILD, thank you." It's the white in me.

So when I decided to invent a tomato-spaghetti-shrimp sauce of my own (with udon noodles of course) I'm not sure what I was thinking when I added paprika (spicy), cayenne pepper (ouch), regular pepper (okay), and spied what was also JALEPENOS in the canned sauce as well. What was I thinking?

I'll post up the ingredients to the sauce anyway. No pictures, sorry!

SUPER NONROMANTIC SPICY SHRIMP TOMATO SAUCE

1 lb. raw deveined shrimp
Garlic salt
Sea salt
Pepper
Cayenne Pepper
Paprika
Fish seasoning
Basil
(1) Canned Stewed Tomatoes
(1) Tomato Sauce
Garlic
Canola Oil

Directions

For the rub:
3 tbs. cayenne pepper (note: I would recommend you cut this back to 1 tsp., lol)
1 tsp. paprika
2 tbs. fish seasoning
1 tsp. garlic salt

First I lightly fried the minced garlic in canola oil before adding one by one the spiced-rubbed shrimp to the pan.

Then after all the shrimp is cooked, add the stewed tomatoes and tomato sauce. Stir.

Add spices to taste, as well as salt. Enjoy!

I could NOT eat this at all. I normally eat a plate and a half before I get full and this time I ate barely half a plate. It was way too spicy for me to handle. The BF gulped it down without much comment - because as he puts it, "spicy doesn't bother me like it does you."

*pout*

Right. Okay. Well, for now the cayenne pepper is on temporary ban because I am a little scarred.

Also, the ride was a perpetual disaster. Totally disorganized. Usually the criticism is that Critical Mass stops TOO OFTEN. This time they didn't stop ENOUGH. Two hours before a stop happened! We ditched before that happened.

Also noticed a good majority of literal drug addicts in the streets of L.A. Saw a homeless man's penis (please, don't ask). Saw at least three crackheads get in conflicts on the sidewalk/in businesses.

It's getting to the point where I'm really afraid to go out at night even with someone else. I really wish L.A. advertised women's defense classes more - that the government pretended to care about how women feel at night, alone - how we want to stand up and be independent, yet we need boyfriends to escort us home. It's ridiculous: how come we have ten billion dance classes, the majority on how to be a part time stripper---



BUT NO FLIPPIN' WOMEN'S DEFENSE CLASSES IN THE CENTRAL L.A. AREA? If I'm wrong, please, go right ahead, correct me.

It's really frustrating.

It's not enough just to carry a bottle of bear mace. There's a thousand scenarios I can think of where a woman is in a situation that mace could not fix.

I think the L.A. City Council needs to think long and hard about who pays their salaries. After all, women are graduating more on average from high school, we're slowly turning the tables on men as far as education, getting jobs (in most areas), and as powerful consumers/breadwinners.

I demand protection and education. Is that so much? (Yes.)