[CH] Supermarkets - win some, lose some.
martino@indcomp.com.au
Mon, 21 Dec 1998 16:37:18 +1000
One of my local supermarkets (Safeway, for any Oz chile-heads) has been refurbished and has started
stocking a range of chilli's (my email & my spelling). Anyway imagine my surprise/pleasure to find
habs among the more common varieties. Now I have read heaps on this list over the last couple of
years but have never seen let alone eaten one. Oh happy days. (I did try to grow them last year
however it was a dismal failure).
I bought a half dozen and carried them home in great anticipation. I must admit to feeling a little
nervous but I took a bite and it was lovely, hot and very fruity and even though I wasn't brave
enough to eat the seeds I can now say I have eaten a hab. I bought one into work and dared the guys
in the workshop to try one, one the guys popped it in his mouth chewed it said it was nice then got
on with his work. I spoke to him the next day and as well as the dreaded ROF he had also nearly died
while eating it but too many people were watching for him to admit it. You've gotta love men. The
rest of the habs were quartered and put into a bottle of red wine vinegar including seeds and
within a week the vinegar is beautiful, gives your lips a real tingle.
The other local supermarket has started stocking a couple of new M'cilhenny (sp?) Tabasco sauces, a
garlic flavoured one and also one marked mild - reckon we could get the trades description people
onto them there. :-)) Does that imply the standard Tabasco is hot??
Seasons greetings to all my C-H friends (yes, that includes you Peter, it's our diversity which
makes it such a great list). I have learnt heaps and got some good laughs from the list in the last
twelve months.
Martin