Bunch of knuckledragging old farts. On Thu, 27 Jul 2006 13:24:32 -0400, linsubs wrote > Jeez! <shaking ma head here> > This is what it's come to? Where in chilepeppa is your fire, folks? > El Grande surely must be filled with sorrow at such neglect. > > It's a sorry commentary on a list when the only thing that can bring > it to *life* is mention of an old contentious experience shared by > old-timers, leading only to more reminiscing of way back when. Next > thing ya know, you'll be pulling out the dominoes to play fer a > couple hours afore you go home and take another nap. <VBEG> > > Chileheads list used to be as lively as the peppers that drew people > together. Oh, I got nothing against fond memories n' all -- right > fine stuff on occassion. Give everone the warm fuzzies. But what > happened to discussion of chiles? ... and sharing of recipes and > cooking? As salaciously entertaining as Rael's nubile-navel-lickin' > stories can be, there *were* other enjoyable discussions not > involving navels or toes ;-) I am not an old-timer but even I > remember that much. Now it seems all you wanna talk about the old > days. And who's bin around the longest. > > Whaaat? No one has a new smoker or is trying a new technique? No > one found a new killer hot sauce to rave about? No one wants to > tell the list about a new way to cook a chile or two? Or has a > pepper tale to tell? Have we really said it all? > > Or are ya just too pooped to do anything but graze on what you > already said? Heck, are you even eating chiles? > > Well, let's find out if ya got anything left. > > Anyone using a stovetop smoker? What did you make there that was > worth telling about? Ya did make somethin', didn' ya? I just bought > both the regular and mini from Cameron. My first run at it, smoking > jals, wasn't so great. Afraid I darn killed the jals (and criminy, > were they a hot bunch! I know they were jals but they aspired to > more). Boring problem with lid (promptly replaced by Cameron), so > don't yet have a tale or recipe worth sharing. > > Has anyone tried a kamada smoker? and if so, what's the best thing > you're doing with the bugger? > > I read an article briefly mentioning where some guy built a smoker > from two clay plant pots (based on Alton Brown instructions) and said > it worked great. Never heard of it myself. Anyone tried that? > > Anyone found a good source for sugar chile seed? chimayo chile > pepper seed? Anybody besides Jim growing peppers? Me, I haven't yet > tried growing peppers cuz of a black thumb. Death on wheels to > plants so far. That sugar chlie sounds tempting, though. > > I see joemama and Linda H are at least cooking these days, and > willing to share their recipes with the rest of us. (thanks, by the > way, you two) > > Am I at least riling you? Wanna throw tomatoes at me? Good, do it! > Give it your best shot, but by heaven, send 'em with chiles -- > remember where you are! Even rotten tomaters be better than the > stinkin' death smell of a CH list dying on its vine. > > Ah, c'mon, El Grande deserves better, doesn't She? -- =Mark http://www.exit109.com/~mstevens