[CH] Re: Another Useless Survey
J.D.Scudder (supervisor@scudder.sbceo.k12.ca.us)
Fri, 25 Sep 1998 11:23:23 -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.)
If Tabasco is 5 and Dave's is 10, then 10
>2. What is the hottest pepper you routinely eat? What is your favorite
>chile?
Red Savinas when I can get 'em, like now, harvest time - whatever is fresh
>3. How many times a week do you normally eat something you'd consider hot?
14
>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...)
41 yrs. 5 yrs.old
>5. What is the first hot food you remember eating?
My older bros dared me to eat a spoonful of Tabasco, first meal was Mexican
food at the El Charro in Nampa, Idaho
>6. How long ago, in hours, did you eat something hot?
0.25
>7. Approximately what percent of your hot food comes from:
> - Fresh peppers 75% in season 30-40% rest of year
> - Dried peppers 10%
> - Sauces and salsas 40%
> - Restaurant meals 10%
> - Second-hand consumption and inhalation 0%
>8. Do you grow your own peppers?
Yes
>9. Do you cook with chiles?
Yes
>10. Do you dry chiles for later consumption?
Yes, if there are any left
>11. Do you make your own powders?
Yes
>12. What is the most unusual thing you've ever done with chiles (that you
>want to talk about)?
Massage
>13. Have you "converted" people to the ways of chile? How many?
At least one, my Sainted Wife
>14. Do people consider you crazy (for more that just chiles)? Is it a good
>thing or a bad thing?
Yes, it's a good thing
>15. How would you describe your cultural heritage? Is it a culture which
>typically eats chiles?
Mutt - Celtic - Scandanavian - who knows, Scudders have been here since 1623.
>16. Indicate which fits best:
> - I am a radical vegan
> - I am a vegetarian
> - I tend towards vegetarianism
> O- 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.
Sampled about a tablespoon of Dave's, the flavor gagged me, but the heat
was tolerable, eventually
>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?
When I first started eating fresh Habs I got a stomach ache from eating
them on a previously empty stomach. Hiatal Hernia, no problems with
chiles, but mixing beer and chocolate gets me every time ;-)
>20. Do you grow your own chiles? Lots or a little?
Yes, about sixty plants, Savinas, Habs, Tabascos, Rocotos, Jalapeņos,
Serranos some hybrids and two exuberant C. Baccatums.
>21. Is your profession related to chiles? If yes, what is it?
No
>22. How long have you been on the Chile Heads list?
About a year, give or take a couple of days
>23. Are you a knuckle-dragger? (If you've been on the list a short time, you
>may not understand this...)
My purient interests are pique-able
>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...)
Analgesic balm (watch that root word)
>26. Where do you live?
Lompoc, California
>27. Is it hotter in the Summer or the city?
Wherever it's happenin'
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