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hi there,

you guys don't know me, but i feel like i know you.  i've been lurking =
for about 6 months now just reading the digest as they come in the mail. =
 i've found a lot of good information in them and am glad that there are =
so many other people out there like me. =20

just the other day my wife made a loaf of _THE BREAD_ and brought to my =
work.  the owner of the store i work at also loves hot food (we've been =
known to take hits off of the hot sauce bottle to relieve headaches, =
last wednesday we drank about half the bottle).  anyways, i can't begin =
to describe the sensations that i felt not only in my mouth but =
throughout my body when that bread kicked in.  it was great.

so, the reason i've stopped lurking and want to start participating is =
that i can see that this list has a great number of people that like to =
share good gardening tips, recipes, and general advice. well, i need =
some.

in '94 while i was going to college and living in a duplex in =
wilmington, nc i caught the gardening bug.  i grew bells, jalepenos, =
cayenne, and other varieties.  my garden was beautiful and bountiful =
until the rental company decided to put new siding on the duplex and i =
had to harvest what i could before they stomped my garden to dust.  =
luckily it was november and i had been able to harvest for quite some =
time.  i also made my first homemade salsa at this time, it was so much =
better than anything i had bought in the store and i probably made about =
5 gallon size batches that summer (plenty of it went to friends and =
relatives).  once while i was making it in the kitchen my firends that =
were in my living room actually had to go outside because their eyes =
were tearing up.

so, summer of '95 my fiance and i moved up to syracuse, ny (they =
actually call this place the snowiest metropolitan area in the country) =
and rented a townhouse, unfortunately, there was no room for a garden.  =
but, in april '97 my fiance and i bought a nice little house and in may =
got married.  this is were our story runs amok (amuk?), while i had =
started about 300 peppers inside to get ready for planting and dug up a =
sizable portion of our small backyard for a garden, my peppers weren't =
to be.  when we left in may to go back to nc to get married the peppers =
had just started to peep up out of their beds.  i trusted a friend of =
mine to look after our cat, iguana, and peppers.

he meant well.

unfortunately he watered them too much, gave them no light and they got =
moldy and died.  end of pepperfest '97.

but this year i'm back.  and along with 3 different bells, habs, =
serranos, jalepenos, hot cherry, thai, hot portugal, ring of fire and =
golden cayenne, hungarian wax, and cubans (and the wife's asst. =
vegetables).  i'm hoping to have a bumper crop and all the salsa, hot =
sauce, and fiery dinners i can handle.  but this being upstate new york =
i'm not sure how my peppers are going to handle the cool nights and the =
early fall.

well, enough of an introduction.

i'll just leave you with something we through together for supper =
tonight.  excuse the measurements as we just kind of throw things =
together.

Boiled Chicken and Rice (sounds tasty huh?)

2 chicken breasts boiled in all the spices you can find as well as your =
favorite hot sauce
(tonight i used a mild sauce native to north carolina called Texas Pete, =
it's modeled on generic Louisiana hot sauce, and is kind of salty)

steam a cup of rice mixed with sauce and spices

chop up bells and whatever other pepper you want, an onion, and a tomato

once chicken is cooked through pull apart with fork and throw in a large =
pan

start cooking on medium

add in rice and stir

cook for about 5 mins

stir in peppers, onion, and tomato

reduce to low and place cover on pan

cook another 5 mins

voila, yet another use for chicken

excuse me if there is already a recipe like this, but sometimes my wife =
and i just start throwing things together and see what we get.

well, i've probably wasted enough of your time introducing myself but =
it's nice to come out of the shadows.


see ya,=20

Robb Burden
rburden@aiusa.com


btw, i tried to fill out the membership fot the tcs, but i got a server =
script error.  let me know if it was my fault.

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