Re: [CH] Let me just get the dominoes

=Mark (mstevens@exit109.com)
Thu, 27 Jul 2006 13:48:07 -0400

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?


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=Mark

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