Rael64 wrote: > No, it ain't a commie plot. It's a capitalist plot. And a dirty one at that. Well, yeah. I can see, and even understand to some degree their bean counter point. They want to produce a consistent, repeatable, predictable product. And the way to do that is to use heatless chilies and add the heat from another source, such as extract. Just not to a level that will reveal the burnt cat hair undertaste that extract usually has in useful amounts. What they forget is that they will tip some to our side - even though most will think the "moderate" setting on their Pace Piquante Sauce is quite daring. We'll still get the occasional convert who will zoom quickly past Sandy O and her moderate corps into the ranks of the Barnharts. Of course those who don't understand how the evil corporate mind works still expect those evil corporate types to "learn something about peppers and that there are some brilliant chilies that can be used in food without hurting anyone". Most of those evil corporate types wouldn't know a chile if you ground it to a powder and used it in place of talcum to dust their condoms. And they don't care. All they care about is that X cases of product will bring Y dollars of profit - and we need to increase the Y dollars. Anyway - you can have a lot of fun with Gustoso Chilies (Venezuelan Sweet Habaneros) if you are good a bit of sleight of hand. Munch a Gustoso (even if you're a member of the moderate corps) before their very eyes and offer around real scotch bonnets to any who want to be macho. You'll nearly always get some takers. Bv)= Just be sure YOU remember which is which. Unless you eat habs all the time ... which I don't. Chilies for me are more about flavour than about macho heat games. which, I suppose is why I don't mind that there are heatless jalapeņos and habaneros. -- ENJOY!!! From Uncle Dirty Dave's Kitchen Home of YAHOOOOAHHHH Hot Sauce & Hardin Cider ... Write a wise saying and your name will live forever. -- Anonymous