On Sunday, January 29, 2006, at 09:29:43, you wrote: > A friend from England was over yesterday. I showed > her the Manchester "curry mile" article in one of the > spicy food periodicals, and we agreed there were not > many hot ingredients there that weren't imported from > other cultures. We thought of Coleman's mustard and > maybe horseradish. Any others? Hmm that's a good question. It seems you have to get closer to the equator to find hot indigenous foods. Garlic could count... I've had some really spicy rocambole from New York State. Nothing like habanero hot, but it did perk me up a bit. Can we count Puerto Rico? :D -Mike -- Michael Nestrud | Food | "The devious gelatin pink@gehennom.net | Science | is holding me fast" man44@cornell.edu | Undergrad |