[CH] cheese and honey
rain@wwbbs.otherside.com
Sun, 01 Oct 2000 18:41:46 -0400
TO EVERYBODY TO WHOM I OWE SEEDS, ESPECIALLY SUSAN BYERS:
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I haven't forgotten you, and I apologize abjectly for its having taken
so long for me to get back to you. I was extremely ill for several
months and just not up to taking care of anything but making it from
day to day, but I'm a lot better and will be trying to get all those
little packages out over the next couple of weeks. Thanks for your
patience!
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And now for something completely different:
Mark said:
-> You let the rotten milk get moldy, THEN YOU EAT IT!?!?
-> Shakes head in disbelief while drizzling fermented fish sauce into birds nest
-> soup...
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Youuuu betchersweetass. :)
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-> I believe honey is hygroscopic (tends to suck up water) and will draw the
-> moisture out of plant matter placed in it. This removes so much moisture from
-> the chile that it is unable to support any type of bacterial growth. I'd
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It'll do that to an inflamed cut or scrape on/in human skin, too--draws
out a good deal of the swelling and kills the germs. Not a bad thing to
dab on a zit after it pops, if I may be disgusting. :) And rosemary
or allspice honey is even better as first aid, those being excellent
germicides (rosemary compares favorably to BHA/BHT as a preservative,
and allspice may be even better.)
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-> out, especially the thick walled varieties. This is why honey is one of the
-> very few foods that just never seem to go bad.
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Because it's hygroscopic enough to kill several common kinds of
bacteria, yes. But the chiles are germicidal too, correct?
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Chile honey....mmmmmmmm, now that makes me hungry! Here's another
idea, though: cayenne or habanero caramel apples? Braeburn apples,
maybe--something with some tang, but Granny Smiths might be a bit
much--Kraft caramels, cayenne or habbie powder, some chopped peanuts
and some sticks to park 'em on. MMMmmmmm, campfire food!
Keep on rockin',
Rain
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