Re: [CH] again confused
danceswithcarp (dcombs@bloomington.in.us)
Sun, 10 Sep 2000 17:02:37 -0500
At 05:16 PM 9/10/00 -0400, =Mark wrote:
>To my knowledge there are no poisonous varieties of chiles. Some may taste
>nastier than others, but they won't make you sick. There might be some
>ornamental plants with berries that may look like small ornamental chiles
>that might hurt you, but that's another story...
Hello, Mark. I've never heard of poisonous chiles but I've often wondered
how the first person who ever ate one--it would have been a tepin-type or
"bird pepper," right?-- figured out they *hadn't* eaten something poisonous.
carp