re: Alright folks.. here is the peanut butter roux gumbo (with PICS)

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It's the same with the peanut butter chile. The guy's recipe called for chocolate, which would add a bitter-sweet taste. He had no chocolate so he added peanut butter, an umami-salty taste. it's the opposite of bittersweet chocolate. He created the opposite flavor of what was intended by adding the chocolate. There is a reason the chile recipe calls for chocolate, just like there's a reason the cake recipe calls for sugar; it adds a certain layer of flavor that compliments the other flavors.

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Here's my point, why does it bother you so much what he adds? If it goes against culinary science, and tastes like shite, so be it. I think most people can understand the difference in flavor between chocolate and peanut butter, and can deduce that one can't always be substituted for the other if they have any experience at all in cooking, yet we don't feel the need to call someone else stupid for having a different opinion, or trying something, even if it doesn't work.

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So yes, picking the exact opposite flavor of what is called for in a recipe is stupid. You don't substitute one cup of salt for one cup of sugar.

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Huh, learn something new everyday.