Re: [CH] 1999 Scovie & Chile Pepper Magazine Award Winners
Dave Hendricks (bvdrangs@enter.net)
Wed, 10 Mar 1999 06:07:40 +0000
> 1999 Scovie Award Winners
>
> 1999 Chile Pepper MagazineAwards
Looks to me like they just give everyone an award, so why
bother? If the purpose of these awards is something
meaningful then at least make it look like it. Seems to me that
they are one big advertisement. ( no offense to Curt, he was
just reporting the "News" he didn't make the awards).There are so
many categories that almost anyone can walk home with some award. I
know that this may be an exaggeration but I just got my CP magazine
and saw all of their awards and thought, " so what?" To see the
Scovies too just seems like overkill, like adding too many
chiles to a recipe just to see how hot you can make it. It no longer
tastes good, but is sure is hot. "So what?"
I don't know if I own any award winners because I don't bother to
check (they probably all have awards "everyone gets at least one")
but I don't buy them because of that. I buy for several reasons.
1. Taste: I have tasted the product somewhere
2. Description: They contain something that I like or would like to
try
3. Price: if the price is really right, I'll buy it anyway (found
wonderful sauces from Arriba and Grace Foods this way)
I have very little habenero based products on the shelf as I really
don't like them. I think habs are too hot for my taste, I don't like
the flavor, and they smell bad when I cook with them. I prefer Thais,
serranos, chipotles and a host of odd chiles like Czech Black and
others.
Well, I got that off my chest and will now done my asbestos suit to
protect me from the incoming flames!
Dave Hendricks......'Ranging for Jesus!!!
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