Re: [CH] Thanks for the powder!
Steve Ross (snross@mtu.edu)
Sat, 24 Jan 1998 14:38:55 -0500
How about "Calvin's chile blend" or "Doomsday Dust" Yeah...I like Doomsday
Dust. I guess it's not up to me though.
later,
Steve
At 12:27 AM 1/23/98 -0400, you wrote:
>Hi Calvin,
>Our hats are off to you! I always use a combination of peppers so that the
>heat is varied. Not only have you varied the heat, you have mastered it!
>I put 1 tablespoon of the powder in a batch of Bisquick biscuits. (Not too
>original, but I was desperate to taste Calvin's powder. Thanks for the idea
>Calvin.) These biscuits had to be eaten slowly because just as I was ready
>to take the next bite, the peppers started to build and ever so smoothly
>get hotter and hotter and hot....climbing until euphoria hits.
>Delicious!
>My husband took a few biscuits to work (at a construction site). He
>wrapped them in foil with a dab of butter in each one and set it on the
>boiler at the job site. By breaktime they were warm. Most of the guys had
>one or two. They all thought they were outstanding. About 2 hours after
>break one of the guys wanted another biscuit, cuz he had just "come down"
>off the two he had earlier.
>You need to come up with a name for the powder though. We've all been
>calling it "Calvin's Powder". I think it needs to be something like
>Calvin's Rolling Thunder, Hot Rockin and Kickin' Powder or The Powder.
>a la The Bread. You must have a name in mind Calvin...let us know...I want
>to be sure to recognize it when you mass market it!
>Thanks for the fun and good eats!
>Linda in Ct.
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