Hi Shawn,

 RH> I think he has adjusted quite well. There are enough other spices he
 RH> can use on his foods that add flavor instead of heat.

 SH> That's alright then.

Yes, I've not heard him say anything about missing the hot stuff.


 RH> The family friendly chili I make is usually on the mild side but I
 RH> generally bring an assortment of heat/heat levels for those that want
 RH> it. Brought some habenero pepper powder once, labelled "hab". A friend
 RH> saw it, thought it said "hot" and used it generously. He soon found
 RH> out how hot it was. (G)

 SH> OH NO!!  That's why on my home made hot sauce I don't label other
 SH> then: X or XX or XXX.  My co worker from sri lanka says my XXX is
 SH> quite mild and tasty. Everyone else says it will burn tastebuds from
 SH> your mouth, then find your mother and burn her's off too.

(G) One of the first recipies I printed off when I joined the echo was
for a Psuedo-Melinda's Hot Sauce, using habenero peppers. Steve made it
a number of times when the girls were home, and continues to make it
now. In 2003 when she was deployed, our younger daughter asked that we
mail her a bottle, so it went, with other goodies as well. When she got
it, different guys in her unit thought they were macho enough to handle
it, but found out they were wrong. Her CO (commanding officer) was
raised in India and bragged about how he could take heat so she offered
him a taste of the sauce. He found a sauce that bested him. (G)


 SH> I only made it once, and gave the rest of the batch to her and she
 SH> probably put it on cereal.

If we take any to church, I warn parents not to let their young children
to try it, sometimes drawing a skull & cross bones on the bottle.


 RH> varieties of peppers I use. I try for a medium, all the way thru the
 RH> mouth feeling of heat but do let those who don't like heat that it may
 RH> be hotter than they prefer, but well worth a try.

 SH> I would like that.

It has placed a number of times, outright winning once in our church
super bowl chili cook off. The year it won, I had beef, elk and goat in
it.

 RH> For sure, but the popcorn aroma would still waft thru the halls. The
 RH> dorm I lived in 3 1/2 years was torn down a while ago but the one I
 RH> first lived in (one semester) is still standing....and probably still
 RH> setting off smoke detectors.

 SH> Laugh, I bet you are right.

We're going up for a reunion next year, may ask about it.

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