RE: [CH] World's hottest chile
Tina Brooks (shoestring_louise@yahoo.com)
Wed, 21 Feb 2007 11:02:00 -0800 (PST)
I disagree Frank, if the scientific world were to wait
for conclusive findings, we still wouldn't be teaching
creationism or the big bang in schools, would we?
What everyone seems to be ignoring is that the "hoax"
wasn't one until Dr. Bosland and Dave DeWitt got their
hands on it. As justified as they were in calling a
possible hoax originally, they should have said
something the second they thought maybe they might
have made a mistake.
Instead, Dr. Bosland out of the blue comes up with
this pepper, and calls it his "discovery", like he'd
wandered upon it by accident while hiking in the
bamboo fields of the Indian subcontinent.
Five years is a long time to say nothing.
T
--- "Frank J. Hashek" <fhashek@comcast.net> wrote:
> Dave,
>
> I agree with you and Jim. Doing genetic analysis
> and growing a few crops
> for accurate testing takes time. It would have been
> irresponsible to draw a
> conclusion, in either way, on this without extensive
> testing. It also would
> have been irresponsible, as well as poor academic
> practice, to make a series
> of announcements on preliminary research results.
>
> Blue skies,
> Frank
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-chile-heads@globalgarden.com
> [mailto:owner-chile-heads@globalgarden.com] On
> Behalf Of Gtoughchile
> Sent: Wednesday, February 21, 2007 4:58 AM
> To: chile-heads@globalgarden.com
> Subject: Re: [CH] World's hottest chile
>
> Sorry Tina, but Jim is right. Bosland and DeWitt
> were not nearly as
> skeptical about the Naga Jolokia claims as they were
> about "Red Savina". The
> interesting thing is that Naga Jolokia apparently
> has mostly C. Chinense
> genes, but also C. Frutescens genes. Dr. Bosland
> actually proved that the
> Indian scientists were at least partially right. Too
> bad that after their
> press release they failed to respond to inquiries
> from the western press.
> Had they done so, your nose wouldn't be so far out
> of joint.
>
> Dave Anderson
> TLCC
>
> > I don't consider it unfortunate at all! :-)
> >
> > If one would recall the original article that they
> were pressed to
> > comment on, it was sooo full of factual errors it
> could only have been
> > considered a joke. He was extremely kind in only
> expressing doubts,
> > based on what was printed. The Savina(R) was
> identified as a
> > "Mexican" pepper, the jolokia as a frutescens (not
> a cross), and the
> > sum total output of chiles in the US at 8,000
> tons.
> >
> > Somebody's miffed feelings ought to be directed
> instead at the people
> > who wrote such a poor article ;-)
> >
> > -Jim C
> > http://www.StepUpForCharity.org
> > Mild to Wild(R)
>
>
>
>
=====
Tina Brooks
VP Marketing, Peppermaster Hot Sauces
www.peppermaster.com
Brooks Pepperfire Foods Inc.
Phone: (514) 393-3430
26 St. Jean Baptiste, East
Rigaud, Quebec, Canada
J0P 1P0
Network with me on www.gourmetbusinessforum.com -- The premier online business community for food professionals