Re: [CH] History
JohnT (Love2Troll@kc.rr.com)
Fri, 20 Jun 2008 14:34:37 -0500
I'm enjoying this thread!
On Thu, Jun 19, 2008 at 11:44:25AM -0500, Sandy Olson wrote:
> It's fun to hear how people got hooked on the pod.
On Thursday, June 19, 2008 2:16 PM, Jim Graham wrote:
> Ok, here's my story. It started when I was a little kid (about
> 12 years old). My mom worked at Brooke Army Medical Center
> at Ft. Sam Houston in San Antonio, TX
I was stationed at BAMC for nearly a year (mid-60s) while attending x-ray
school (army medic) and took my OJT there. Not even remotely a chile-head
then, but sure fell in love with the pecan trees at the house I rented.
DaveA might relate. <G> I love pecans and pecan wood (thanks Beth!) is what
I mostly use for smoking pods and meats. I think I posted a recipe for hot
pecans some time back, but maybe wasn't here.
Grew up a typical Norse in MN & loved chile con carne, but can't think of
anything else with any heat. And trust me, my mom's ccc was not very hot.
Uff da! I have at least one vintage cookbook from that era. (local
churches (usually Lutheran) used to publish cookbooks now and then featuring
recipes from local church people. Any talk radio fans here of Garrison
Keillor might relate. Loved lefse, but let's not talk about lutefisk.
For me it was when stationed in Germany that I got my first taste of heat.
Street vendors sold shaslik with a hot sauce. One of my best friends was
engaged to an English 'bird' and we drove to London several times and
crashed at the house she and several other roommates rented. Did the usual
fish & chips thing, but for me it was the restaurants that served Indian
curries that was my conversion point (so to speak) to eating the heat.
Never looked back.
JohnT