10:14pm
My sleep got messed up yesterday. I got about 4 hours. In turn, my day was me being sluggish, forgetful, uninspired, tired, trying not to fall asleep. My ideal sleep time is between 6 and 7 hours, with my bedtime being 10:00 pm to 4:30 am. Any less or more, and I can barely function properly. So, sleep is a pretty serious business for me. I jumped out of bed while sleep was taking me away when it dawned on me that I hadn’t done my post for the day.
Today, I want to talk about how to make chilli oil. I understand that this is strange; hear me out. It’s just been on my mind for some days. A few months ago, I lost my appetite for a lot of spice (we say “too much pepper” in Nigeria) in my food. So, my pepper tolerance level is pretty low at the moment. I also don’t like slicing rodo (scotch bonnet) because it makes my fingers hurt. A couple of days ago, I accidentally put too much pepper in my noodles (which would have been okay in the past). I did not enjoy the meal at all. That did it for me. Divinely, I got inspired to make my own chilli oil. That way, I can still have adequate pepper without slicing rodo all the time and accidentally doing too much. It would last for a while too. Don’t talk to me about ground pepper, else you will see my red eyes. I could add it to my egg (pepper incidents often happens with this too). It could also work as a dip for finger foods, like the fried yam I love so much. This sounded great to me.
So, I watched this video on YouTube. Sigh. Bro… I don’t even know where to find half of those ingredients he mentioned. Where would I find “peppercorn” in Lagos state? Anyway sha, I made a mental note to check out other recipes that contain ingredients I can find. I’ll do so now. Walk the Internet with me.
- 10:47 pm. I found this. Sigh. Let’s just say I may be here for a while. I hope to end this at 11:30 pm, so I can get some well-deserved rest. You bet I won’t be waking up at 4:30 am.
- 10:50 pm. My keyword is “how to make chilli oil in nigeria”. See what DuckDuckGo is giving me. I’m switching to “how to make chilli oil”.
- 10:56 pm. WikiHow has it simple. Somehow, I don’t trust them. Interesting.
- 10:59 pm. This does not look bad, and the famous peppercorn is optional. This too.
- 11:00 pm. BBC says to use within one week? I thought this could last for longer than that. To be honest, I was thinking months…
- 11:05pm. I have a problem with this article. Check out the image.
- 11:11 pm. Jumia has peppercorns and star anise which websites like this, this, and this, recommend. I kinda trust them ????
- 11:18 pm. I’m pretty conflicted. Do I go with the simple, or do I go out of my way to find those ingredients? The fact that Jumia has some makes the latter quite tempting.
You know what? Let me ?sleep? over it. No, I am not postponing making a decision because I REALLY need to sleep right now (yes, I am). Pfft… What do you take me for?
Now that I think of it, this guy probably influenced my divine inspiration. I have been enjoying his shorts for a while now (took a while for me to find his channel).
11:31 pm. This is 500 words (or more ?)! Talk to you tomorrow!