Ivan ate my chiles (WAS: Re: [CH] "Rogues Gallery?")
Jim Graham (spooky130@cox.net)
Tue, 5 Oct 2004 21:14:44 -0500
On Tue, Oct 05, 2004 at 08:22:11AM -0400, Myron Menaker wrote:
> Myron...in "hurricane alley"
As another resident in hurricane alley (on the NW side of the state),
I have a complaint.... Among other things (which are, of course, on
the far, far more serious side), Hurricane Ivan (b*tch) ate all of my
chiles...including lots of habs, Thais, tabascos, etc., that were in the
freezer, and of course, all of the ones that were still on the plants (I
picked everything that was even remotely ripe before evacuating). Almost
no survivors. Some of the plants themselves are growing new leaves on the
bare stems/branches that Ivan left behind, but I've no idea whether or not
they'll produce any additional peppers between now and December/January,
when the temperature starts to drop below 65 deg F most nights, and most
of the pepper plants go dormant (or, in some cases, simply die).
Oh, and for those also living in hurricane alley, a hint: MREs taste
better with generous helpings of habanero and/or habanero sauce.
Later,
--jim
PS: I just got my cable TV / Internet connection back yesterday. I was
going to send this last night, but was catching up on e-mail....
I'm one of the lucky ones---I had a home to return to (though I
didn't know whether or not that was the case for several days---I
went through that after Opal in '95, too ... not good).
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