Man-o-war jelly

Ever wonder about the jellyfish jelly Spongebob loves to put on his krabby patty?

He catches jellyfish in his little net in the jellyfish field, 

and then "milks" their tentacles for jelly,

like they're cows.

He eats it on toast or on his burger.

And he raves about it.

You'd think maybe it would be sweet,

but it is coming from something that zaps everyone in bikini bottom.

So I take that to mean it would be spicy. Like…really spicy.

I decided to take a shot at man-o-war jelly, me-style.

First, I got about 10 kinds of pepper including two types of habanero, ghost peppers, 

trinidad scorpions, datil peppers and more.

It was turned into a fiery puree. 

After straining out the pulp, boiling the juice, adding sugar and pectin and letting it chill for 24 hours,

it was ready to spread on toast…. almost.

Just a little taste seems to scorch my tongue.

So it had to be cut with something a little sweeter.

So I put some store-bought apricot jelly and strawberry jellies in two little containers,

and some of my own homemade mint jelly in a third container.

Each one contained maybe 2-3 tablespoons.

In each one, I blended about a teaspoon of the super hot pepper jam.

It creates something that starts out juicy and sweet, but heats up and "zaps" you later.

It's perfect on a melba toast or cracker with some cream cheese- a sassy horsd'eurve.  

or on good old bread with nutella- an adventurous sandwich.