We enjoy a new Indian-Hyderabadi(sp?) place up here in Minneapolis called Kabobs...They do a wonderful Jalapeno Curry dish that I quite-like and their mixed vegetable dish comes, unabashedly, firey hot--like it or not; they make it the way they make it. Place is chock-full of Indian patrons (big surprise). Anyway, I have gotten quite close to the proprietor and now take him fresh lemon-drops and fatalis for his home-use. 8-) My generosity from my crop(s) is usually reflected in my generous to-go portions and a tendency to get an 'extra' entree that the "staff" gets at the end of the night...ah, better living through sharing...peppers... Cheers all, H. Alan CH 1189 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Doug Irvine" <dougandmarie@shaw.ca> To: "Jim Graham" <spooky130@cox.net>; "Chilehead List (post)" <chile-heads@globalgarden.com> Sent: Monday, September 17, 2007 10:08 PM Subject: [CH] re: math question > Hey Jim, welcome back from old Doug in BC, who has been eating hot & spicy > since about 1947. When one comes right down to it, and not trying to > minimize your questions, all the math in the world is not gonna change > what your taste buds tell you. I can eat habs straight, enjoy the fruity > flavor, and live to taste another day. However when we go to any > restaurant we always take a little bottle of our own powdered chiles > grown, dried, powdered by me from our crop on our deck. We have several > local Thai spots we frequent, and are friends with the owners, who are > native Thai, and both of them bring us extra peppers to add to our meal. > And they are aware that we bring our own, as well. Both Marie and I have > developed our own level of tolerance for heat, which explains why we carry > our own pepper powder. Rather than complain to the server, we simply apply > what we wish, to bring the flavor to our level. > Glad you fought the cancer, hope you beat it. Marie beat her breast cancer > about 20 years ago....another survivor, thank the Lord! > Cheers, old Doug on Vancouver Island BC --- http://USFamily.Net/dialup.html - $8.25/mo! -- http://www.usfamily.net/dsl.html - $19.99/mo! ---