Sometimes that strategy backfires. Long, long ago ... when Doug was rather young, I took him to a Hunan restaurant that I had newly discovered. The chef had recently arrived from Taiwan, so the Hunan and Szechuan dishes that were marked "Hot", were hot -- not yet "tamed" for the american taste (this was well before my CH times). I ordered Moo Shoo Pork for Doug (you know -- so he could have fun rolling up his dinner in the accompanying pancakes). I ordered Szechuan Beef for myself (or some such -- after all, I've lost many gray cells sense then). When the dinners arrived, doug said: "Dad, what do you have there? -- what is it? -- can I try some? -- I want to try some!" "Doug,", I said, quite inadvertently and unknowingly applying reverse physiology, "this is very spicy hot - far to hot for you." Well, I lost most of my Szechuan Beef to Doug, and had to settle for rolling up the Moo Shoo Pork for myself (at least I got some chile-pepper oil from the waiter). Thereby hangs the tale of the start of a major CH! AndyB jim@wildpepper.com wrote: > Re: So what did the other teens do?? Learn from her lesson????NOOOOOO > they had to try it too. LOL > Anita > > Reminds me of the time when the high school kids were picking chiles for > me a few years back out in the fields. They were all daring one another > to try one of the Red Savina(R). The first one tried it and promptly > went into SEVERE discomfort, eating grass, apples, well water, ANYTHING > he could get his hands on to try and help the burning. You could see > the other kids all looking at each other with amazement, hearing them > say to themselves 'it can't be all THAT hot'. They ALL had to try it > themselves. Sigh... like my daddy used to tell me: the burnt finger > teaches best ;-) > > -Jim C > Mild to Wild(R) > > . >