Re: [CH] Tobasco
Tina Brooks (shoestring_louise@yahoo.com)
Wed, 4 Jun 2008 08:10:40 -0700 (PDT)
To my knowledge, Americans are the only ones who call them "Chile" everyone else calls them Chili or Chilli.
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----- Original Message ----
From: =Mark <mstevens@exit109.com>
To: Byron <byronbromley@tellink.net>; Chile Heads <chile-heads@globalgarden.com>
Sent: Wednesday, June 4, 2008 8:31:19 AM
Subject: Re: [CH] Tobasco
If Chile's was already the name of chiles, how does Chile's own the right to
the name?
On Tue, 03 Jun 2008 18:56:07 -0400, Byron wrote
> A dumb question
>
> If tobasco was already the name of a Chile why does
>
> McIlhenny's own the rights to the name ??
>
> I can see if the restaurant used McIlhennys tobasco sauce as
> a name
>
> I'm reminded of the red Savina Habanero patent, where the
> terms Red and Habanero had to be dropped because there was a
> red habanero already in production
>
> Kinda like Monsanto wanting to Patent Soil
>
> B.
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