Re: [CH] Another useless survey
DN/hotsdesr (hotsdesr@deltanet.com)
Wed, 23 Sep 1998 20:00:58 -0700
>1. Not everyone likes red Tabasco sauce, but most people on the list have
>probably tried it. If Tabasco rates a 5, how would you rate the hottest you
>can tolerate? (Higher is hotter.)
Depends on quantity. I can tolerate a 10, but tend to do it on a tip of
a toothpick.
>2. What is the hottest pepper you routinely eat? What is your favorite chile?
Habanero, Habanero
>3. How many times a week do you normally eat something you'd consider hot?
About 10 times a week
>4. How long ago did you first start eating hot stuff? How old were you?
>(Yeah, yeah, I know that I can then calculate how old you are...as if I care...)
About 23 years ago. About 23.
>5. What is the first hot food you remember eating?
Some sort of casserole with Jalapenos
>6. How long ago, in hours, did you eat something hot?
2 hours. The cart is located next to Wetzel's Pretzels. I dipped mine in
a Ring of Fire habanero hot sauce.
>7. Approximately what percent of your hot food comes from:
> 10%- Fresh peppers
> 10%-Dried peppers
> 70%- Sauces and salsas (got to do something with all this product)
> 10%- Restaurant meals
> 0%- Second-hand consumption and inhalation
>
>8. Do you grow your own peppers?
yes
>9. Do you cook with chiles?
yes
>10. Do you dry chiles for later consumption?
no, freeze them
>11. Do you make your own powders?
no
>12. What is the most unusual thing you've ever done with chiles (that you
>want to talk about)?
I tried to quit smoking by sucking on jalapenos.
>13. Have you "converted" people to the ways of chile? How many?
Yes, my step daughter. Several friends.
>14. Do people consider you crazy (for more that just chiles)? Is it a good
>thing or a bad thing?
Of course. Good thing.
>15. How would you describe your cultural heritage? Is it a culture which
>typically eats chiles?
Iowa farm (Welsh/Irish heritage) - bland meat and potatoes. (My mother
thinks that Pizza Hut spaghetti is too hot)
>16. Indicate which fits best:
> - I am a radical vegan
> ** - I am a vegetarian
> - I tend towards vegetarianism
> - I'm an omnivore
> - I like meat and potatoes
> - I didn't get to the top of the food chain for nothing
>
>17. Have you ever eaten something which you would consider too hot? Describe
>the case.
I had a recipe that called for a dried ancho. I lived in Cody, Wyoming
where you were lucky to get fresh bell peppers. I found a can of
chipotles in adobo. This is before I knew anything about the various
variety of chiles. I reasoned that the entire can could probably be
substituted for the one pepper (they looked small after all).
>18. Have you ever entered a hot substance eating contest? How did you do?
No
>19. Have you ever had an unusual strong reaction to eating peppers? What was
>it? If so, have you had gastrointestinal problems, such as an ulcer?
Nothing unusual and no problems
>20. Do you grow your own chiles? Lots or a little?
yes, habaneros, red savinas, scotch bonnets, jalapenos, and bells. About
30 plants total.
>21. Is your profession related to chiles? If yes, what is it?
no and yes, my profession is a computer programmer, selling hot sauces
is for fun.
>22. How long have you been on the Chile Heads list?
3 years
>23. Are you a knuckle-dragger? (If you've been on the list a short time, you
may not understand this...)
appreciate the threads
>24. How do you spell the name of our favorite fruit?
Chile
>25. Do you use chiles for anything other than eating? What? (rael, control
>yourself...)
Decorations.
>26. Where do you live?
Southern California (Oceanside)
>27. Is it hotter in the Summer or the city?
Depends on where/when I'm cooking.
Susie
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